In Brief:
- Splinterlands (official site) swapped the placeholder art on the six Mystery Cards in its Visions of Verico mini-set for final artwork.
- The cards had carried question marks since the set launched June 30. Their lore is now on each card’s Lore tab.
- An early August raffle for card holders offered a chance to help design the art and lore, plus a Gold Foil copy of every card in the set.
Splinterlands has put final artwork on the six Mystery Cards in its Visions of Verico mini-set. The cards had carried placeholder art since the set went on sale in June.
“The Visions of Verico Mystery Cards are revealed!” the studio said in a post on X. “Six characters. Six stories.”
The Visions of Verico Mystery Cards are revealed!
Six characters. Six stories. Created with our community—and ready for their moment in the spotlight!
Today’s update replaces the question marks on your Mystery Cards with their new artwork. Visit the Lore tab for each
The studio said the cards were made with its community. It pointed players to the Lore tab on each card for the backstory behind the new characters.
Question marks replaced
The change went live in a game update. “Today’s update replaces the question marks on your Mystery Cards with their new artwork,” Splinterlands said.
Owners don’t need to do anything. The new art shows up on cards already in their collections.
The reveal comes three months after launch. When the set came out, the Mystery Cards shipped with temporary artwork and lore, and the team said the final versions would come later.
How the raffle worked
Splinterlands tied the Mystery Cards to a raffle scheduled for early August. The prize was the right to help design the cards’ art and lore, plus a Gold Foil copy of every card in Visions of Verico.
The more Mystery Cards a player held, the better their odds. Every copy counted as one entry.
The studio’s post didn’t name a raffle winner. It said only that the six cards were made with the community.
The set
Visions of Verico is a limited edition mini-set of 54 cards. They’re Commons, and they cover every Bloodline, with production bonuses for Toil and Kin on land.
Packs cost $2, and paying in Dark Energy Crystals (DEC) cut 5% off the price. Each pack held 20 Regular Foil cards. Splinterlands capped supply at 250,000 packs.
The sale didn’t last long. A July 28 update to the official release notes said the Visions of Verico sale would “end in a couple of days following this update.”
Four new land abilities
The set also brought four new land abilities, released in stages over July and August.
Light Rationing came first. It lowers Grain consumption on plots producing up to 20,000 units and stacks with existing abilities. Glint Recovery, Alteration and Fortune Seeker came after it.
Fortune Seeker went live on Aug. 18. It gives holders a weekly chance to earn a Gold, Black or Arcane version of a Visions of Verico card.
Alteration drops cosmetics. Splinterlands has since added four skin sets tied to it: Cyberpunk, Fabled, Prehistoric and Samurai.
A bet on scarcity
Before launch, the studio said the Mystery Cards were meant to work as collectibles as well as raffle tickets. With the final art in place, the six cards now look like the rest of the set.
The original release notes explained how to enter the raffle in one line: “Each mystery card you own is a chance at winning this prize.”
