"The enjoyment people have of history [in the Assassin's Creed fandom] was something we wanted to bring into the forefront," explains Lauren Bond, Lead Narrative Designer on the set
Notably, Fourth Edition cards lack the expansion symbol, they don't have their collector number printed on them, and there's no way to tell the card's rarity just by looking at the card itself: color-coding would be introduced years later, with the Exodus expansion
The Buster Sword card has two versions: one on its own, and one with Cloud wielding it
Every now and again, you might also run into a phenomenon
Here, folders of individual cards are available for browsing and trading, alongside second-hand Games Workshop miniatures, Magic: The Gathering cards, and other trading card systems