Hello all! I am Giovanniland, a card collector, and I recently found the older version of this thread by Ponderosa, which hadn't been updated for some time. So I offered to continue this amazing project, keeping the original collections and updating them along with adding even more. Here it is: The Collection Collection v2!
DISCLAIMER: All credit goes to Ponderosa for creating the original thread and allowing me to use the previous code and format. This thread was created with their permission to keep this project updated with the newest collections.
The Collection Collection aims to host general-interest collections only, therefore some collections with personal/utilitarian purposes will not be included here. Examples:
- Cards of a given rarity that you own (unless you've gathered more than anyone else in a given season)
- Regional collections (unless you own the largest one, which will be listed under Volume Collections)
- Self collections (see Catsfern's dispatch for a list)
- Friends/favorites
- Cards for sale
- I will add separate season collections about the same theme for the the first 3 categories (Rarity, Volume and NationStates). For the other categories, if you own both of them and wish to have both featured, you can simply add the cards to the same collection or submit whichever has more cards.
- Updates are done every week! On the first week of the month I also go through all existing collections to prune any that does not exist anymore, while the other weeks are just for new additions.
Rarity Collections: Legendary, Epic, Ultra-Rare, Rare, Uncommon, Common: these are the six card classifications. Sometimes, you may wish to scroll through the entire list of cards, looking for one to catch your eye. These collections strive to make that possible.
Season 1
Every Legendary Card of Season 1 by Koem Kab
Getting all of the 184 legendary cards from Season 1 requires a boatload of cash, an eagle eye on your bids, and a fleet of farm puppets to finance the collection. This feat has also been achieved by other collectors such as Ballotonia, Elegarth, Fauzjhia, Luna Amore, Mikeswill, Noahs Second Country, Refuge Isle, Riemstagrad, Siwale, The Northern Light, The Tampa Bay Rays, The Unified Missourtama States, The United Peoples of Centrism, Vilita, and Witchcraft and Sorcery.
Wop's Epic Collection by Wopruthien
A collection of all 1,831 season 1 Epic cards, and the first non-legendary rarity collection to be completed. This is an epic feat also achieved by Riemstagrad.
Pretty in Purple: Every Ultra-Rare by Karen Matheson (puppet of Refuge Isle)
Refuge is pretty close to the 5,498 Ultra-Rare cards she needs for a complete set, of which 4,657 are already collected!
House of Blues by Mara Jade-Skywalker (puppet of Dr Hooves)
This collection holds over 12,000 Season 1 Rare cards! There are less than a thousand cards left, mostly ex-nations.
Season 1 Uncommons by CartAgRiem 021 (puppet of Riemstagrad)
Brought to you by the same major collector of Season 2 uncommons, here is a rising collection seeking to achieve all 40,319 uncommons from the first season.
Season 2
Every Legendary Card of Season 2 by Mikeswill
There are less legendary cards here compared to Season 1, but it's still an extremely hard challenge to gather them all! Other collectors that have also completed it are: Aerilia, Alistia, Ballotonia, Chimes, Dr Hooves, Economichunger, Elegarth, Fauzjhia, Feu de Glace, Fhaengshia, Grea Kriopia, HumanSanity, Ioavollr, Koem Kab, Laudesia, Mediobogdum, Minskiev, Noahs Second Country, Numero Capitan, Osheiga, Philville2, Pytong, Racoda, Radicalania, Refuge Isle, Riemstagrad, ROM, Seanat, The Atlae Isles, The Northern Light, The Unified Missourtama States, The United Peoples of Centrism, Triseria, and Witchcraft and Sorcery have also achieved the feat.
Season 2 Epics by Mediobogdum II (puppet of Mediobogdum)
Another completed rarity collection! Here's every single epic card of Season 2, a total of 1,680 cards. This feat was also achieved by Fhaengshia, Laudesia, Riemstagrad, and The United Peoples of Centrism.
Power to the Purple: Every UR II by An Actual Hurricane (puppet of Refuge Isle)
The sequel to Pretty in Purple is completed, with all 5,045 Season 2 Ultra-Rare cards! It's an ultra-rare sight to see such a big collection.
Season 2 Rares by S2 Rares Collector (puppet of Noahs Second Country)
This collection by Noah contains every 11,770 Season 2 Rare card! Currently, it's also the largest complete collection ever.
Season 2 Uncommons by CartAgRiem 021 (puppet of Riemstagrad)
Here is an almost-complete collection of uncommon cards, with over 35,000 out of 36,987 uncommons from Season 2.
All Seasons
All Legendary Cards by The Northern Light
Gathering legendary cards from one season is hard enough, now imagine every season! Here you can find any legendary that ever existed, a feat also managed by Ballotonia, Elegarth, Fauzjhia, Mikeswill, Noahs Second Country, Refuge Isle, Riemstagrad, The Unified Missourtama States, The United Peoples of Centrism, and Witchcraft and Sorcery.
All Legendary and Epic Cards by Riemstagrad
Adding even more to the item above, here is the only nation to have collected all legendary and all epic cards from both seasons, for a total of 3864 cards.
Common Cards by 9003
9003 is the nation with the most cards in the world, with over 250,000 of those being of common rarity! They hold over 95% of all existing common cards.
Special Mentions
Wrong Season by Guaylandia (puppet of The Cosmic Mainframe)
Legendary cards are special for their rarity, but some don't have that prestige in every season. Here is a complete collection of non-legendary cards that had achieved that status in other seasons.
Volume Collections: These collections are recognized for the impressive feat of quantity on top of quantity. In order to make it into this group, you need an extremely large collection united by a single, identical property.
All is default by BuccaRuu
A gargantuan collection of over 23,000 default flags! The Australian Aboriginal flag is by far the most common in the game.
All The Dragons There Ever Were by The Last Dragon Chronicles (puppet of Panagouge)
Here there be dragons! A collection of over 2,000 dragon cards of various types is available here.
Animals by Vylixan Artemis (puppet of Vylixan)
Vylixan has collected more than 3,000 animal cards! Both real photos and digital art about animals are included.
Animation, Comics & Manga by Vylixan Kinoumena (puppet of Vylixan)
This collection contains cards about different types of animations and comics from around the world.
Anime and Pokémon Flags by Seanat
This collection comprises two well known themes that certainly have a good representation in this game, having over 2,500 different cards combined. Notably, the collector browsed through every card with user-uploaded flags to determine which were anime and Pokémon-themed.
Asteria by Vylixan Asteria (puppet of Vylixan)
A celestial display of cards featuring stars of different sizes, shapes and colors.
Black & White by Riemstagrad Kaarten Depot Zwart-Wit 01 (puppet of Riemstagrad)
A throwback to the era of monochrome images! The cards combine nicely with the common cards' gray border.
Cats! by Nazbeth
Meow! If you are looking for cats, Nazbeth surely owns a lot of them. Cuteness awaits in this collection!
CTE Cards by Charon Azrael (puppet of Racoda)
Here are cards from nations that are currently ceased-to-exist! Note the difference between CTE and ex-nations: a nation whose card is not an ex-nation card may have CTE'd, and it will not be reflected on the card; while an ex-nation card may have its respective nation refounded after the snapshot.
I AM THE EX-NATION EXTRAORDINAIRE!!! by Destructive Government Economic System
Most nations here have vanished by now, but are registered as cards. This collection has almost 19,000 cards from ex-nations, some being the only copy ever found!
My Doods by Sergeant McCool (puppet of One Small Island)
This collection houses over 1,500 cards whose flags are photographic images of men.
Pink, White and Blue by Seanat
Here are displayed cards whose flags use pink, white and blue as their main colors. This color combination is common in NationStates due to the prominence of the transgender pride flag.
Season 2 Delegates by Naughty Catboys (puppet of Fhaengshia)
A massive and complete collection of World Assembly Delegates! Despite the amount of work needed to lead a region, there were over a thousand Delegates in the world at the time of Season 2.
Second Best Card Collection by Second Best Card Archive (puppet of Noahs Second Country)
This collection contains any card with a reference to the number 2 in their nation name, including Roman numerals and the word two in several languages!
Symbolic Flags by Giraffeton
Flags with symbols on their center are gathered here, including popular ones such as stars, shields, crosses, suns and moons.
The North Pacific S2 by The North Pacific Card Collections S2
This is now the largest complete regional collection, housing all 8,776 cards from the North Pacific! You can see over 100 other regional collections in this leaderboard.
Wreath Flags by Giovanniland
Here are over 2,500 wreath flags, many being olive branches. Wreaths are present in popular flag designing websites and programs, which explains the enormous amount of cards being displayed here.
NationStates Collections: These collections fit into a finite category related to the NationStates universe. It is possible to collect all these cards, but trying to actually join any of these categories? Good luck with that.
Benevolent Dictatorships by Galiantus III
In contrast, Benevolent Dictatorships are the least common of the national categories, if you don't count Mother Knows Best State as separate from Father Knows Best State. This collection has all 605 eligible Season 2 cards with that category!
Bookends: First & Last Cards of Seasons 1 & 2 by Steampunk Ariel (puppet of Luna Amore)
Here are both copies of Testlandia, a very expensive card with ID #1, as well as New Sequoia and Greatian, rare CTE cards with the last IDs for their respective seasons.
Cards Upon Cards by The NationStates Collectable Edition (puppet of Authoritaria-Imperia)
This collection displays cards that feature the NS Trading Cards icon in their flags! A nice example of self-reference within cards.
Class Cards by The Unified Missourtama States
We'll never get to talk with them, but you can surely collect them! Over 400 cards from school nations.
First Hundred by Samudera
In this impressive collection you can see every card with an ID from 1 to 100, including many really expensive cards! Unfortunately, some of the nations with an ID eligible for this collection have ceased to exist, therefore it has less than a hundred cards.
Gallery of WATER: Anarchies by Babylonid
Anarchies are a common national category of the 27 different ones, with thousands of nations at the moment the Season 2 snapshot happened. This collection strives to collect of them, with over 100 cards at the moment.
GA and SC Authors by Samudera
A selective group of nations that have contributed their time and effort into writing resolutions for both chambers of the World Assembly.
GCR Delegates by ROM
A list of politicos and warriors, these powerful nations have earned or took the delegacy of the Game-Created Regions!
GCR Founders by Warzone Codger
Aren't GCRs founderless? This collection takes advantage of the fact that, while it wasn't possible to change the region in your Season 2 card, there was a 5-day timespan to change some features, including founder badges.
NS World Cup Winners by Recuecn
The top athletes of the NS sports world, these nations have the honorable distinction of having won the NS World Cup!
Senior Residents by The Cosmic Mainframe
All nations in this collection have the highest possible residency stat! They have never moved out from their regions ever since the residency stat was introduced.
The Sports Collection by Drawkland
Another NS Sports collection, but this time, any notable player with significant contributions is listed here.
Top 50 Challenge Ladder by NSC Potato HQ (puppet of Noahs Second Country)
These nations have the highest points at the Challenge mini-game, added for the 10th NS anniversary.
Top 100 Card Collectors by Ioavollr
A collection containing cards of the top 100 card traders by deck value. Note that some nations currently in the leaderboard don't have a card in either season.
Top 100 Population by Ballotonia
At the time of the Season 1 card release, these were the 100 most populous nations in NationStates.
Commended: Season 1 and Season 2 by Samudera and Ballotonia
Here you can find cards of every nation that has been commended by the World Assembly! Many cards-related commendations have been awarded recently.
Condemned: Season 1 and Season 2 by Samudera and Ballotonia
Much smaller this time, these collections contain all notorious nations that have done bad enough deeds to achieve a condemnation.
First Places: Season 1 and Season 2 by Samudera and Pangurstan
An exclusive group of nations who have the highest stat in any World Census category! Fun fact: the Season 3+ collections will now feature the top trading cards collector due to the new International Artwork stat.
Game Volunteers: Season 1 and Season 2 by Ballotonia
Ballotonia has assembled a full list of the admins, moderators, mentors and editors that keep this site running.
General Assembly Authors: Season 1 and Season 2 by Ballotonia
Here are complete collections of every nation that has contributed a resolution to the General Assembly.
Issue Authors: Season 1 and Season 2 by Ballotonia
Every nation that has written at least one issue for NationStates are displayed here! Another collection by Jutsa also includes co-authors.
Security Council Authors: Season 1 and Season 2 by Ballotonia
Looking into the other chamber of the World Assembly, Ballotonia is only one card away from collecting every nation who has written a Security Council resolution.
United Nations Authors: Season 1 and Season 2 by Ballotonia
Last but not least, you can see all cards of long-time nations who wrote resolutions to the predecessor of the World Assembly in these two collections.
See the next post for continuation of the thread: