Sample Cards

"The MetaZoo Sample Set was released shortly after the Kickstarter in multiple waves and officially ended sale on November, 7th 2020. The sample set has its own marker" 1st wave:  Defined by a clear packaging and one Holo card max (confirmed at 450 total produced).


 * There are two main varieties of these packs - roughly 300 had 10 total cards (9 Silver, Bronze cards, 1 Gold card), and the remaining ~150 had 3 cards (2 Silver, Bronze cards, 1 Gold card).

 2nd wave:  Defined by a fat foil packaging (confirmed at 1500 total produced).


 * There are two main varieties of these packs - roughly 800 had only a single Gold card and the remaining 1200 had two Gold cards (generally 1 Cryptid card and a 1 Spell/Artifact card).

 3rd wave:  Defined by a thinner foil packaging (confirmed at 2000 total produced). 4th wave: Defined by 2.5x3.5 paper envelopes with a MetaZoo stamp (confirmed at 2000 total produced)."*The signed and numbered envelopes (1 through 500) were only done with the first 500 sample packs. The first 250 envelopes have a special border, and the second 250 envelopes have a special gold embossed envelope. After that Metazoo stopped using custom envelopes because people were buying the packs and they had opted to use bubble mailers to protect the packs*"


 * 1) Sample cards have various errors. These were introduced by the printer who had a designer edit the cards before printing.
 * 2) The back colors of the holo vs non holo cards are slightly different.
 * 3) Despite not technically being first edition, the cards are indeed marked with a first edition symbol.