Our Alpha Series and Presale
We’re beyond excited to share details about the Kaiju Cards Alpha Series! This is our introductory card series, and the Alpha cards will give you access to our game testnet as soon as it launches.
Alpha Series Sale
The sale of Alpha Series cards will be divided into 3 sale tranches, totaling 4500 cards for sale. The first phase is the public presale, which will be happening on Friday, August 20th at 2000 UTC. 1000 cards will be available, and they will be priced at 3 SOL each. In September, the Alpha and Alpha plus tranches will be put up for sale and will be more expensive per card than the presale. More details on this will be announced in a separate article.
Presale Details
The goal of the presale is to give our early supporters and community members access to Alpha Series cards at a lower price point before the Alpha Sale is launched. If you’re reading this, you’re in on the ground floor. There will be 1,000 out of the 5,500 total supply of Alpha Series cards available during the presale, and they will be sold for 3 SOL each. Note that when you buy a card, you are buying a random card from the tranche (listed below).
Presale Supply
Legendary — 3 cards
Epic — 9 cards
Rare- 65 cards
Uncommon — 275 cards
Common — 648 cards
Total — 1000 cards
A Bit About Our Cards
Kaiju Cards NFTs are serialized, not generative. Think Pokemon or MTG, but with serial numbers on the blockchain. Each character is created and hand-drawn by one of our four industry-artists who have done original work for Adult Swim, Apple, Nickelodeon, Netflix, and other places you may recognize.
There are 23 original characters contained in the Alpha Series. They are all serialized, character by character. For instance, Frog Wizard will be serialized from Frog Wizard #1 all the way to Frog Wizard #121. If you get the #1 serial number of a character, congrats! If you don’t, don’t worry, all Frog Wizards will start with the same stats!
When you buy cards from the Alpha Sale, you’re buying a piece of Kaiju Cards history. The Alpha Series will be the lowest supply, and therefore rarest, set of Kaiju Cards to ever exist. From this perspective, even the Common tier characters can be considered rare. We have many future pack drops planned. However, none of our future NFT drops will be Alpha Series, and none will have as low of a supply cap as the Alpha Series does. Additionally, most subsequent series will be composed of entirely different characters with unique strengths and world themes.
Some parts of our game require you to carefully form a party of characters. For this reason, some users may find an advantage in owning multiple character NFTs when playing our game. Additionally, some characters may have certain advantages that others don’t.
Dynamic NFTs
When you buy a Kaiju Cards NFT you’re buying an evolving, living piece of technology — The Kaiju Cards Alpha Series NFTs will have full functionality in our game. Note that because Solana allows for updates to contracts, we will be able to retroactively implement ALL new NFT mechanics with your Alpha Series cards. This DOES NOT mean we will be erasing things (we would never), it simply means we will be adding additional functionalities to your cards all the time, giving you more options and more utility.
But it’s even more dynamic than that. Not only will we live update new functionalities, you’re also customizing your card as you play our game. This will include our stat system, talent trees, and our crafting skill system. Build your character however you’d like to prepare for the more arduous tasks to come. More on this in our upcoming article about our testnet and initial game mechanics.
A Note About Team and Marketing Allocations
Full disclosure — we have taken in ZERO VC funding. We are passionate about this project and we are self-funded. Each of our team members will be given a 1.5% allocation of the total 5,500 Alpha Series cards (we have 6 team members). In addition, 9% of the Alpha Series cards will be set aside for marketing and partnerships so that we can expand our reach. These cards will not be minted until the Alpha and Alpha Plus sales go live. There is one exception, we’ll be minting about 10 additional cards for marketing/giveaways between now and the Alpha Sale. Besides those allocations, ALL other cards from the Alpha Series sale are available for sale to the public. No large investor allocations, no unlocks of large amounts of NFTs. We feel this method is the best for the project’s longevity, and we look forward to building this community from the ground up with you all!
