We're making a list, and checking it twice, gotta find out who's clever and wise …
We do indeed have a list. It shows which cards were traded the most here on Cardmarket between January 1 and November 18, 2021. It lists each version of a card separately but sums up the total copies across all languages. As is our long-standing holiday tradition, we ask you to guess the top entries on that list in a few categories.
This time we're looking for a special Top 5. We took our list, cut it down to the Top 1,000 Magic cards, removed all basic lands, and then sorted by most copies per shipment. So now you need to ask yourself: Which five cards (that aren't basic lands) do people need in large quantities? For example, the sixth entry in this category was
Rules (Please Read)
To take part in this contest you need a Cardmarket account, and you need to send us an email from the email address associated with your account to [email protected] by the end of today (Thursday, December 16, 23:59 CET). You can send multiple emails, but if you do, only your last submission will count.
The body of your email should contain up to five card names—in plain text, in any order—and nothing else. Note that all emails with more than 120 characters will automatically earn a disqualification. Because a robot reads your emails, only full and correctly spelled English card names will count. This includes punctuation and spaces, but our robot doesn't care about capitalization. Don't specify the set or version of a card, and if a card has a secondary name, for example because it's a double-faced card, leave that one out as well. Our robot won't read anything else you write, doesn't care about the subject line of your email, and already knows your Cardmarket username from your email address.
Prizes
After the end of the deadline, we draw our winners from a pool consisting exclusively of the final, eligible submission from each email address.
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First, we look at all submissions with at least four correct cards and randomly select two to win €25 in Cardmarket credit.
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Next, we look at all remaining submissions with at least three correct cards and randomly select three to win €20 in Cardmarket credit.
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Next, we look at all remaining submissions with at least two correct cards and randomly select ten to win €5 in Cardmarket credit.
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Next, we look at all remaining submissions with at least one correct card and randomly select fifteen to win €2 in Cardmarket credit.
If any of the above tiers should have fewer submissions than prizes listed, the corresponding prizes move down to the next tier. In each case, "remaining submissions" refers to those that have not won anything through any of the preceding bullet points. Someone who submits five correct cards first enters the raffle for the €25 prize. If they win, they're out, but if they don't, they next join the raffle for the €20, and so on.
Good Luck!
Tomorrow we'll reveal all the correct answers and hand out a total of €500 in presents!