Gundam Card Game - Card Rarities

Like all card games, each card in the Gundam Card Game(GCG) is assigned a rarity. These rarities include Common(C), Uncommon(U), Rare(R), and Legend Rare(LR). These rarity types are what people will mainly see in the GCG, but there are also Alt Arts of the existing rarities as well; in which case a + would be added, eg: C+, U+, R+, LR+, C++, and LR++.  The ++ means that it is a "case hit" or an extremely rare pull. The reason it is called a case hit is because within a case of booster boxes(12 Booster Boxes) there is usually only 1 of each ++ inside.

The differences between each rarity can vary quite a bit, unless they are Alt Arts(+ or ++). The Commons and Uncommons are about the same in look, however people will generally have much more Commons than Uncommons. While the Rares will have a glossy surface and each Booster pack will contain at least 1 rare. Legend Rares have a glossy surface and texturing added unto it. Alt Arts generally follow the way a Legend Rare is and have texturing and glossiness as well. Some Alt Arts are promos of existing cards, in which case they only have the glossiness that Rares have despite the card itself not being a rare.

Now in GD03 - Steel Requiem a new rarity was added, the SP, a different type of Alternate Art. Currently, SPs are reprints of existing cards but with a smaller pull rate(about 1 in every 2 boxes). There are a total of 7 SPs within GD-03 Steel Requiem, none of which are units. We shall have to wait and see if there will be more SPs in GD-04 and Gd-05.