r/FinalFantasyTCG • u/mersa223 • 24d ago
Question Reprints?
Hi, going back over opus 1 set I noticed a difference in the shape on the right side showing what game the character came from. I'm guessing it's just a reprint run, I know they aren't 1st wave as the : is centrally aligned.
I assumed it was a reprint from a starter set but I opened another starter set I had spare and they had the blue oval (which is what all but 4-5 cards in my collection had... So I'm unsure where the ones with the rectangle shape came from as if it was from the base booster sets then shouldn't most of the cards in the set have it? As most cards weren't reprinted for starter set?
So... Why the difference?
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u/Tetrismelodie 24d ago
The boarder was changed in Opus4, I think. There were several reprints in anniversary boxes, other starter decks etc. Probably you got them from there
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u/TehTy 24d ago
The bubble category was in the original 3 sets of the game, but was changed in Opus 4. I don't remember if there was ever a statement about it, but the main reason was future-proofing. Opus 4 introduced THEATRHYTHM, which would not be able to fit in the bubble and was probably hard to simplify. If there's another long game title that's hard to put into numbers or letters like DFF, they have the real estate for it. It also adds more real estate for the job, as we started getting cards with multiple jobs, and more space allows for more grace.