Weiss Schwarz Rarity Guide (2025)

FAQs

How to tell rarity Weiß Schwarz? ›

The Rarity of a card can be seen on the bottom left of a card, next to the card number. There are also some set specific rarities, such as JJR for Jojo. These generally come with some golden stamp.

Weiss Schwarz, and indeed collectible anime cards as a whole, represent a highly volatile market. Prices shift based heavily on the popularity of a character or their voice actor, and we can see the so-called "Waifu Effect" having a massive impact on the value of cards.

Today, the card game is still immensely popular in Japan and has a large following in the United States. Weiss Schwarz boasts over 10,000 total cards and dozens of sets to choose from.

There are 3 main type of cards in Weiß Schwarz: character cards, event cards, and climax cards. They are further broken down into colors and level subcategories.

The rarity of a card is indicated by the color of the set symbol on the card. Cards that are Rare or Mythic Rare tend to be more powerful or have more sophisticated abilities than the more common cards, though this is not necessarily the case.

Rarity refers to the distribution of cards in Magic boosters. Magic has common (C), uncommon (U), rare (R) and mythic rare (M or MR) cards. Basic lands technically have their own rarity (L), but are often marked as common. The latter also applies to special cards (S) and tokens (T).

FAO Schwarz is known for its large assortment of plush animals and the Piano Dance Mat, a smaller replica of The Walking Piano featured in the Tom Hanks film Big.

Spanning two huge stories there is everything from candy, to stuffies, to games, to the $1000 blingy Etch-A-Sketch in blue, my favourite colour. This store will bring you back to the childhood you never had :) Not everything is expensive, so do yourself a favour, and set aside the time to go and play at FAO Schwartz.

According to a poll by the German Brewers' Association (DBB), it was not just the cost of gas and electricity which has skyrocketed in 2022. All input costs were up over 2021. Malt and packaging materials, in particular, have also become far more expensive.

interesting! To answer your question, it's a mostly Japanese card game involving several different anime franchises. It's split into Weiss (White) which represents 'Light/Cute' anime and Schwarz (Black), for the 'Dark/Cool' anime.

How many people play Weiss and Schwarz? ›

Weiẞ Schwarz is a game which involves 2 players taking each of their turns. Each player will construct their deck.

Weiss Schwarz cards are Standard-sized (2.5" x 3.5" or 63.5 x 88.9 mm). The size of the sleeves are usually 66 x 91 mm. Local Game Stores would generally know which size are good if you tell that they're the same size as Magic the Gathering or Pokemon TCG.

People seem to be asking for double or triple the price, but one thing to know is that Weiss's quality is one of the highest in all of TCGs. General new card straight from pack grades for a 9.5 or a 10 (not full quad black label 10). Also POP number doesn't really add value in Weiss either generally.

Weiß: being innocent

White is the lightest color and symbolizes comfort, calmness and hope.

Automatic Abilities

The second type of ability is the Automatic Ability, and is denoted with 【自】 or 【Automatic】. All Automatic Abilities require a requirement to be met before it can be activated. An example of an requirement might be "at the beginning of the draw phase".

The rarity score of each trait is expressed as a percentage. (For example, 12% of the unicorns have red sunglasses, 20% have blue tails, etc.) Then you add up those percentages and divide by the number of traits the NFT possesses. Statistical rarity.

To determine a card's rarity, first check its rarity symbol on the bottom right or left of the card. Cards printed for certain products do not have a rarity symbol. Instead, they have a colored silhouette of the main Pokémon associated with the product.