Adrenalyn XL
football trading card game
Adrenalyn XL is a football trading card game produced by Panini.
Overview
In 2010, it featured 22 of the 32 FIFA World Cup 2010 teams. The England players show only the player's heads and say England Superstar on them. There are 18 England Cards and they have 3 Champions Cards. There are 350 Cards: 250 Base Cards, 25 Star Players, 25 Goal Stoppers, 25 Fan's Favourites, and 25 Champions. Each card has a rating in attack and defence and an overall rating out of 100. They bear only a few differences from the Super Strikes collection, one of which is that the font on the cards are different and that they sport a FIFA World Cup 2010 logo at the top right hand corner of the card and at the back of the card.
In 2010, Panini also released a UEFA Champions League-edition, containing 350 cards from 22 of the competing clubs, including Barcelona, Arsenal and Lyon.
Odds
The odds for each of the inserts was as per 2010/2011:
Star player - 1 in 4 packets
Goal Stopper - 1 in 5 packets
Fan's Favourite - 1 in 8 packets
Champion - 1 in 24 packets
The odds for each of the inserts is today (Nordic Edition in Denmark):
Rising star - 1 in 6 packets
Star player - 1 in 6 packets
Fan's Favourite - 1 in 8 packets
Goal Stopper - 1 in 11,4 packets
Master - 1 in 15 packets
Top Master 1 in 60 packets
Legend 1 in 80 packets
Scandinavian Star 1 in 80 packets
Dansk Mester 1 in 80 packets
Card features
Each card features an attack, defence, and an overall rating. They feature the player in the middle of the card and the player's team at the top left hand corner of the card.
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