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'''Foil''' cards were printed with a shiny layer on the paper, which causes a reflective rainbow effect when it catches the light. Most foils came from random insertion into booster packs, although some [[Promotional]] and [[Tengwar]] cards were also printed in foil. In general as a result, foil versions of cards are rarer and more expensive than their nonfoil counterparts, and are the holy grail for many collectors. | '''Foil''' cards were printed with a shiny layer on the paper, which causes a reflective rainbow effect when it catches the light. Most foils came from random insertion into booster packs, although some [[Promotional]] and [[Tengwar]] cards were also printed in foil. In general as a result, foil versions of cards are rarer and more expensive than their nonfoil counterparts, and are the holy grail for many collectors. | ||
Here on the wiki, we have successfully gathered images for nearly every foil card known. See [[List of Foil Cards]] for a gallery (tho be warned, it takes a while to load and browse). | Here on the wiki, we have successfully gathered images for nearly every foil card known. See [[List of Foil Cards]] for a gallery (tho be warned, it takes a while to load and browse). | ||
== Movie Era == | == Movie Era == | ||
For the first 10 sets, each set was printed twice: once as standard cards, and again as foil. Each booster pack had about a 1 in 6 chance of having one of the cards randomly replaced with a foil card of a random rarity. This meant that collecting full foil sets was ''significantly'' more unpredictable, and also could result in some interesting booster packs: for instance, this could result in a booster with two rares (one of them foil, replacing one of the common cards). Due to the mechanics of inserting foils into early sets, it was possible - though very unusual - to open a pack with more than one foil card plus an ordinary rare. | For the first 10 sets, each set was printed twice: once as standard cards, and again as foil. Each booster pack had about a 1 in 6 chance of having one of the cards randomly replaced with a foil card of a random rarity. This meant that collecting full foil sets was ''significantly'' more unpredictable, and also could result in some interesting booster packs: for instance, this could result in a booster with two rares (one of them foil, replacing one of the common or uncommon cards). Due to the mechanics of inserting foils into early sets, it was possible - though very unusual - to open a pack with more than one foil card plus an ordinary rare. | ||
In the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] set (and presumably for all movie-block sets), the odds of which card was inserted as a foil varied based on its rarity, which was as follows <ref>Information pulled from pre-release FOTR information on the Wayback: [http://web.archive.org/web/20020417203305/http://www.decipher.com:80/lordoftherings/articles/foilprogram.html]</ref>: | In the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] set (and presumably for all movie-block sets), the odds of which card was inserted as a foil varied based on its rarity, which was as follows <ref>Information pulled from pre-release FOTR information on the Wayback: [http://web.archive.org/web/20020417203305/http://www.decipher.com:80/lordoftherings/articles/foilprogram.html]</ref>: | ||
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Each of these chances was calculated independently, which results in each booster having a ~17% chance of having at least one foil, which is where Decipher's 1 in 6 advertised chance calculation comes from. | Each of these chances was calculated independently, which results in each booster having a ~17% chance of having at least one foil, which is where Decipher's 1 in 6 advertised chance calculation comes from. | ||
== Shadows Era == | == Shadows Era == |