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== General ==
== General ==
Some of the cards have faint playing card symbols on. It has been speculated on [http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11528&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30 Unfiction] that these may be a deck order for a solitaire cipher appearing on [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=243 Card 243].  So far, all symbols appear on cards with prime numbers, so this list will reflect that, until proven otherwise.


Some of the [[Puzzle Cards]] have playing card symbols, risk soldiers, dice, number strings, and obscure shapes on them. Each prime number card has a playing card symbol and part of a letter on it. Other cards have hidden text written in special ink.


== A chart showing cards in order: ==
We believe that [[Combed Thunderclap]] has put this data on the cards to help us find the Cube. 


{| cellpadding=10 border=1
The first meta puzzle solved, the Prime Number puzzle consisting of card symbols and letters, gave us the message 'I STOLE THE CUBE. HELP ME. COMBED THUNDERCLAP.' 
|-----
 
|
The second meta Puzzle solved, found in hidden text written on yellow letters on the Wave 4 card{{Card|223|Secret Location}} says "Five fingers point:half the world; realm; region; feature; last mystery." (Note all punctuation is added.)
| Ace
 
| 2
The details of the solutions to these puzzles follows.
| 3
 
| 4
We have several more puzzles to solve.
| 5
 
| 6
== Prime Number Cards: Playing Cards and Large Letters==
| 7
Each card with a playing symbol also has part of a letter faintly printed over the card in a slab-serif font, and it's anticipated that arranging all the playing symbol cards in order will eventually depict the whole message. All symbols appear on cards with prime numbers. 54 Prime numbers under 256 are as follows:
| 8
 
| 9
2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251
| 10
 
| J
:''See: '''[[List of Playing Cards]]''' for a plain list.''
| Q
 
| K
When oriented appropriately, these produce a text message on the corners of the cards.  Full Details can be found on the [[Prime Number Message]] page.
| JOKER
 
|-----
This message along with other hints lead us to [http://perplexcityacademy.com/libraryofbabel/ Library of Babel subdirectory]. [[Combed Thunderclap]] has used that site  to communicate with us in a few flash updates.
| Spades
 
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=017 017]
== {{Card|223|Secret Location}} ==
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This card has an additional set of numbers on it which are not related to the other Wave 4 Number Strings.  These are printed in a hard-to-see yellow text and read:<br>
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"100, 139, 6, 148, 62, 127, 118, 119, 131, 151, 146, 88, 135, 107, 112, 152, 124, 150, 130, 100, 147, 93, 121, 149, 134, 144, 126, 98, 133, 103, 143, 116, 63, 111, 91, 101, 70, 61, 105, 62, 76, 117, 123, 84, 102, 89, 115, 96, 137, 92, 85, 122, 87, 53, 104, 90, 145".<br>
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This message is a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_ciphers Beale Cipher], and was [[Secret_Location_Meta_Information_Solution|successfully decoded]] on the 30th of October, 2006. When decoded it says:  
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{{quote}}
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=241 241]
Five fingers point<br>
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=059 059]
half the world<br>
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realm<br>
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region<br>
|-----
feature<br>
| Hearts
last mystery<br>
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=139 139]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=179 179]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=251 251]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=149 149]
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|-----
| Clubs
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=089 089]
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=079 079]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=019 019]
|  
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| Diamonds
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=013 013]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=041 041]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=181 181]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=107 107]
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=137 137]
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|}
|}


== Wave 4 Meta Information ==
There are several puzzles contained in the Wave 4 Meta Information, and there is strong suspicion that these will be key to the finding of the eventual cube location.
The Meta Puzzles are:
*The [[Wave 4 Number Strings|Number Strings]]  - '''Partially Solved'''
Assuming the DNA spec leads to the translation for the letter srting we have:


frbpulafhposmlucnidymendbkielgtpdoaakiltio


== A list of cards and their symbols: ==
, which with MOD4ing each of the letters, then converting A = 1, U = 2, C = 3, G = 4 becomes:  
{| cellpadding=5
 
|-
UUUGAGAUGGCCAGACUAGAAAUGUCAAGCGGGCAACAGGAC
| | [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=002 002]
|-
 
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=003 003]
which using standard Codon interpretation becomes:  
|-
 
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=005 005]
PHEGLUMETALAARGLEUGLUMETSERSERGLYGLNGLNASP
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=007 007]
 
|-
using 3 letter abbreviations or
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=011 011]
 
|-
FEMARLEMSSGQQD
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=013 013 - Sphinx]
| (8 of Diamonds)
 
|-
using the single character codes for Amino Acids.  
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=017 017 - Easy As...]
 
| (A of Spades)
OR, using the reverse, A = 2, U = 1, C = 4, G = 3 we get
|-
 
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=019 019 - Magic Numbers]
AAACUCUACCGGUCUGAUCUUUACAGUUCGCCCGUUGUCCUG
| (J of Clubs)
|-
 
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=023 023]
which using standard Codon interpretation becomes:  
|-
 
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=029 029]
LYSLEUTYRARGSERASPLEUTYPSERSERPROVALVALLEU
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=031 031]
and
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=037 037]
KLYRSDLYSSPVVL
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=041 041 - Whipsmart Wordsearch]
 
| (9 of Diamonds)
*The [[Amorphous Blobs]] -- '''Solved'''
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=043 043]
[[Image:Jurassic_blobs.png]]
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*The [[Risk Pieces]] -- '''Open'''
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=047 047]
*[[Individual Wave 4 Meta Puzzles|Other Individual Card Puzzles]] -- '''Partially Solved'''
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=053 053]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=059 059 - Urban Myths]
| (Q of Spades)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=061 061]
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=067 067]
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=071 071]
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=073 073]
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=079 079 - Strange Loops]
| (10 of Clubs)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=083 083]
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=089 089 - Forever Foe]
| (8 of Clubs)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=097 097]
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=101 101]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=103 103]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=107 107 - Blockword]
| (J of Diamonds)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=109 109]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=113 113]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=127 127]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=131 131]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=137 137 - Sub Rosa]
| (Q of Diamonds)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=139 139 - This Sentence Is False]
| (9 of Hearts)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=149 149 - Complex Basic]
| (Q of Hearts)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=151 151]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=157 157]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=163 163]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=167 167]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=173 173]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=179 179 - By Another Name]
| (10 of Hearts)
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| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=181 181 - Down, A, B, Up, Up, Right]
| (10 of Diamonds)
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=191 191]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=193 193]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=197 197]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=199 199]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=211 211]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=223 223]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=227 227]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=229 229]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=233 233]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=239 239]
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=241 241 - T-L-P]
| (10 of Spades)
|-
| [http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=251 251 - The Thirteenth Labour]
| (J of Hearts)
|}


=== Raw Card Information ===


== Primes ==
Note:  Updated as of November 20th and should be current.
54 Prime numbers under 255 are as follows:
Please see '''[http://www.perplexorum.com/showthread.php?t=362 Perplexorum]''' or alternatively http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138 for more discussion.


2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251
{| cellpadding=2 border=1
|------
|'''Card'''
|'''Upright Number'''
|'''Reversed Number'''
|'''Shape'''
|'''Risk Char'''
|'''Red Dice'''
|'''Blue Dice'''
|'''Notes'''
|------
|{{Card|029|Beware the Puzzle Monsters}}
|1-14443432.5-3
|3-232.52.51.5-1
|[[Image:029shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Card also contains playing card symbol.
|------
|{{Card|040|Baby On Board}}
|2-11444414412-3
|1-1144144414432.5-4
|[[Image:040.png]]
|2 Infantry
|Red: 5, 4, 3
|Blue: 4, 3
|Attacker wins. Defender loses two armies.  Shape is contained within the side of the elephant.
|------
|{{Card|058|Breaking And Entering}}
|2-21122214-4
|4-23232.534334-1
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 60 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies.
|------
|{{Card|060|Celebration}}
|1-414141414144144441-1
|4-44444444111111111114-3
|None
|1 Cavalry
|Red: 6, 3, 1
|Blue: 6, 4
|This card and card 58 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies
|------
|{{Card|063|The Next Generation}}
|3-34-1
|2-414441141-1
|[[Image:063shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|------
|{{Card|090|Also Known As}}
|4-4444444443.5-1
|3-433333334-2
|None
|3 Infantry
|Red: 4, 4, 3
|Blue: 6, 3
|Attacker and defender lose an army each.
|------
|{{Card|094|Prime Rhyme Crime}}
|2-4111111441-2
|1-1114112321-1
|[[Image:094shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|096|Castle in The Sky}}
|1-222233332-4
|3-44411414441444112.5-4
|[[Image:096shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|------
|{{Card|136|Bling Bunny}}
|3-2333234-1
|4-143334-3
|[[Image:136shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|156|Going Dotty}}
|2-111221111112-4
|2-2232-4
|None
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Numbers are vertical. This card has writing revealed under a black light. See below.
|------
|{{Card|188|Hybridization}}
|4-11122221412234-2
|2-21121111221-4
|[[Image:188shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Numbers are across from each other in one line.
|------
|{{Card|191|My Dear Watson}}
|2-11444444444411111111444-2
|1-344411444443-1
|[[Image:191shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|------
|{{Card|192|Pronunciation}}
|3-3333322333332-4
|1-444444114411112-1
|[[Image:192shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|------
|{{Card|203|Ecliptic}}
|4-33223333234-4
|3-11144144144443-3
|None
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|218|The World}}
|2-4444433333323-2
|1-44334-3
|[[Image:218shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|------
|{{Card|222|Instigator}}
|4-1414411122-2
|3-34433333432-4
|[[Image:222shape.jpg]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Numbers are vertical.
|------
|{{Card|235|Circuitous}}
|1-4444444434444444444443-4
|4-222233332222.5-1
|[[Image:235shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|------
|{{Card|236|Swarms}}
|4-4333223323-3
|3-2112223-2
|None
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|------
|{{Card|237|Roaming Identity}}
|3-3333334433334-1
|2-1222323-2
|[[Image:237shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|Numbers are vertical. This card has micro-printing on it: "otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29".
|------
|{{Card|250|Manoeuvers}}
|4-3322333333333332-1
|1-343-2
|[[Image:250shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|The number string 1-343-2 is in a bold font.
|------
|{{Card|253|Sightseeing}}
|1-1111211112-4
|2-111114441114114-1
|[[Image:253shape.png]]
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|}

Latest revision as of 07:50, 26 July 2007

PERPLEX CITY, SEASON ONE
The search for the Receda Cube on Earth


General

Some of the Puzzle Cards have playing card symbols, risk soldiers, dice, number strings, and obscure shapes on them. Each prime number card has a playing card symbol and part of a letter on it. Other cards have hidden text written in special ink.

We believe that Combed Thunderclap has put this data on the cards to help us find the Cube.

The first meta puzzle solved, the Prime Number puzzle consisting of card symbols and letters, gave us the message 'I STOLE THE CUBE. HELP ME. COMBED THUNDERCLAP.'

The second meta Puzzle solved, found in hidden text written on yellow letters on the Wave 4 cardSeason 1 Card #223 - Secret Location says "Five fingers point:half the world; realm; region; feature; last mystery." (Note all punctuation is added.)

The details of the solutions to these puzzles follows.

We have several more puzzles to solve.

Prime Number Cards: Playing Cards and Large Letters

Each card with a playing symbol also has part of a letter faintly printed over the card in a slab-serif font, and it's anticipated that arranging all the playing symbol cards in order will eventually depict the whole message. All symbols appear on cards with prime numbers. 54 Prime numbers under 256 are as follows:

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 31 37 41 43 47 53 59 61 67 71 73 79 83 89 97 101 103 107 109 113 127 131 137 139 149 151 157 163 167 173 179 181 191 193 197 199 211 223 227 229 233 239 241 251

See: List of Playing Cards for a plain list.

When oriented appropriately, these produce a text message on the corners of the cards. Full Details can be found on the Prime Number Message page.

This message along with other hints lead us to Library of Babel subdirectory. Combed Thunderclap has used that site to communicate with us in a few flash updates.

Season 1 Card #223 - Secret Location

This card has an additional set of numbers on it which are not related to the other Wave 4 Number Strings. These are printed in a hard-to-see yellow text and read:

"100, 139, 6, 148, 62, 127, 118, 119, 131, 151, 146, 88, 135, 107, 112, 152, 124, 150, 130, 100, 147, 93, 121, 149, 134, 144, 126, 98, 133, 103, 143, 116, 63, 111, 91, 101, 70, 61, 105, 62, 76, 117, 123, 84, 102, 89, 115, 96, 137, 92, 85, 122, 87, 53, 104, 90, 145".

This message is a form of Beale Cipher, and was successfully decoded on the 30th of October, 2006. When decoded it says:

Five fingers point

half the world
realm
region
feature
last mystery

Wave 4 Meta Information

There are several puzzles contained in the Wave 4 Meta Information, and there is strong suspicion that these will be key to the finding of the eventual cube location.

The Meta Puzzles are:

Assuming the DNA spec leads to the translation for the letter srting we have:

frbpulafhposmlucnidymendbkielgtpdoaakiltio

, which with MOD4ing each of the letters, then converting A = 1, U = 2, C = 3, G = 4 becomes:

UUUGAGAUGGCCAGACUAGAAAUGUCAAGCGGGCAACAGGAC


which using standard Codon interpretation becomes:

PHEGLUMETALAARGLEUGLUMETSERSERGLYGLNGLNASP


using 3 letter abbreviations or

FEMARLEMSSGQQD


using the single character codes for Amino Acids.

OR, using the reverse, A = 2, U = 1, C = 4, G = 3 we get

AAACUCUACCGGUCUGAUCUUUACAGUUCGCCCGUUGUCCUG


which using standard Codon interpretation becomes:

LYSLEUTYRARGSERASPLEUTYPSERSERPROVALVALLEU

and

KLYRSDLYSSPVVL


Jurassic blobs.png

Raw Card Information

Note: Updated as of November 20th and should be current. Please see Perplexorum or alternatively http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138 for more discussion.

Card Upright Number Reversed Number Shape Risk Char Red Dice Blue Dice Notes
Season 1 Card #029 - Beware the Puzzle Monsters 1-14443432.5-3 3-232.52.51.5-1 029shape.png       Card also contains playing card symbol.
Season 1 Card #040 - Baby On Board 2-11444414412-3 1-1144144414432.5-4 040.png 2 Infantry Red: 5, 4, 3 Blue: 4, 3 Attacker wins. Defender loses two armies. Shape is contained within the side of the elephant.
Season 1 Card #058 - Breaking And Entering 2-21122214-4 4-23232.534334-1 None 1 Cavalry Red: 6, 3, 1 Blue: 6, 4 This card and card 60 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies.
Season 1 Card #060 - Celebration 1-414141414144144441-1 4-44444444111111111114-3 None 1 Cavalry Red: 6, 3, 1 Blue: 6, 4 This card and card 58 overlay each other to create one set of red/blue dice and 1 cavalry figure. Defender wins. Attacker loses two armies
Season 1 Card #063 - The Next Generation 3-34-1 2-414441141-1 063shape.png        
Season 1 Card #090 - Also Known As 4-4444444443.5-1 3-433333334-2 None 3 Infantry Red: 4, 4, 3 Blue: 6, 3 Attacker and defender lose an army each.
Season 1 Card #094 - Prime Rhyme Crime 2-4111111441-2 1-1114112321-1 094shape.png       Numbers are vertical.
Season 1 Card #096 - Castle in The Sky 1-222233332-4 3-44411414441444112.5-4 096shape.png        
Season 1 Card #136 - Bling Bunny 3-2333234-1 4-143334-3 136shape.png       Numbers are vertical.
Season 1 Card #156 - Going Dotty 2-111221111112-4 2-2232-4 None       Numbers are vertical. This card has writing revealed under a black light. See below.
Season 1 Card #188 - Hybridization 4-11122221412234-2 2-21121111221-4 188shape.png       Numbers are across from each other in one line.
Season 1 Card #191 - My Dear Watson 2-11444444444411111111444-2 1-344411444443-1 191shape.png        
Season 1 Card #192 - Pronunciation 3-3333322333332-4 1-444444114411112-1 192shape.png        
Season 1 Card #203 - Ecliptic 4-33223333234-4 3-11144144144443-3 None       Numbers are vertical.
Season 1 Card #218 - The World 2-4444433333323-2 1-44334-3 218shape.png        
Season 1 Card #222 - Instigator 4-1414411122-2 3-34433333432-4 222shape.jpg       Numbers are vertical.
Season 1 Card #235 - Circuitous 1-4444444434444444444443-4 4-222233332222.5-1 235shape.png        
Season 1 Card #236 - Swarms 4-4333223323-3 3-2112223-2 None        
Season 1 Card #237 - Roaming Identity 3-3333334433334-1 2-1222323-2 237shape.png       Numbers are vertical. This card has micro-printing on it: "otpaaworldtdnia 1.56.29".
Season 1 Card #250 - Manoeuvers 4-3322333333333332-1 1-343-2 250shape.png       The number string 1-343-2 is in a bold font.
Season 1 Card #253 - Sightseeing 1-1111211112-4 2-111114441114114-1 253shape.png        
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