SteemMonsters alpha/beta THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 12/26/2018

hey there folks i started this little project roughly about 3 months ago with the intention of archiving some of the cool aspects of steemmonsters increasingly limited alpha cards. back then i didnt know how long i would be doing this for but i knew it was important enough to archive for steemmonsters history.
i have had some fun making these posts and regret to say due to future plans and projects i've decided to discontinue updating these figures. they have been rather time consuming for me to make and while the information has been useful to me i wasn't entirely sure how much other people found it useful.
that being said i hope someone else decides to take up the mantle and continues to update the state of the total alpha and beta cards in existence.
good luck to you all on the game and hope i see you in the battlefield =D

these are the total number of alpha cards currently left in existence
these figures were rounded up/down by 1 thousand unless otherwise shown.

fire 102k

water 96k

earth 111k

life 111k

death 110k

dragon 3.8k

fire gold-4,800

water gold-4,700

earth gold-4,900

light gold-4,800

death gold-4,400

dragon gold-116

557 thousand cards out of 1.5 million roughly accounted for
plus however many alpha boosters are still in the wild which is unknown

that's a difference of about 24k less cards since last count.
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these are the total number of beta cards currently left in existence
these figures were rounded up/down by 1 thousand unless otherwise shown.

unsold booster packs 534k= 2.670m cards

fire 143k

water 134k

earth 145k

life 144k

death 134k

dragon 4k

neutral 104k

fire gold-5.4k

water gold-5.5k

earth gold-5.4k

light gold-5.4k

death gold-5.4k

dragon gold-112

neutral gold 5.1k

3.510 million cards out of 4.5 million roughly accounted for
plus however many unopened bought beta boosters are still in the wild which is unknown

that's a difference of about 92k less cards since last count.

here is the last 7 totals to compare the trend
12/14=581k alpha+3.603m beta
11/26=612k alpha+3.803m beta
11/17=623k alpha+3.924m beta
11/9=647k alpha+4.056m beta
11/2=703k alpha+4.179m beta
10/26=742k
10/22=781k