Card Number
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| Card Number
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| Japanese |
カードナンバー | ||
| Japanese (romanized) |
Kādonanbā | ||
| English |
Card Number | ||
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A Set Number (officially Card Number; Japanese: カードナンバー Kādonanbā; not to be confused with the eight-digit code at the lower-left corner of cards) is the ID code found on most OCG and TCG cards, intended to denote the set from which the card originated, and its numerical placement in that set. Another purpose for set numbers is to help players distinguish a card's Original Print from its Reprint.
Set numbers are located immediately underneath the image on most cards, on the right-hand side. On Pendulum Monsters, set numbers are placed on the bottom left corner of the card instead, in the same line as the ATK/DEF values, as the Pendulum Effects and the Pendulum Scales take up the space where the set number would usually be placed.
The general format for set numbers is "SET-LN999", where "SET" is the two-, three-, or four-character set prefix, "LN" is the one- or two-letter regional abbreviation, and "999" is the set card number. Some older cards, depending on the region, did not have a regional abbreviation in their set number, and Series 1 cards did not have a set number at all. Limited Edition 2 is the first set to feature printed set numbers on its cards.
A very limited number of cards have nonstandard set numbers, such as SD1-ENDE1 ("Armed Dragon LV7"), which, instead of the usual three-digit set card number, has "DE" and a one-digit number.
See OCG set prefixes and TCG set prefixes for more information on set abbreviations, and passcode for the eight-digit number in a card's lower left-hand corner.
