On Friday, December 24, 2021 at 12:05pm EST, MetaZoo Games founder Michael Waddell started up another one of his highly anticipated MetaZoo Hours on the official MetaZoo Discord server.
There were a total of 100 MetaZoo related questions & 17 personal/unrelated questions that were asked by members of the MetaZoo Discord community, and the answers all came directly from Michael Waddell himself; unless otherwise stated.
NEW CHANGES – Starting with this MetaZoo Hour Summary, I’ve upgraded the way I’ll be presenting the questions and answers to make it a much better experience for you as a reader! You’ll see that it is much better organized, and now includes a seriously helpful search feature! Try searching for Wilderness or NFT or whatever you wish; it works dynamically, which is pretty nice.
Lastly, you’ll notice I decided to start posting all of the questions again (even those unrelated to MetaZoo), but decided to sort the “Personal Questions” in their own separate section which can be found below the “MetaZoo-Related Questions.” 🙂
Michael Waddell at 12:05pm Eastern Standard Time:
@everyone MetaZoo Hour is now, CHRISTMAS EDITION! Ask me anything in #-metazoo-chat.
100 MetaZoo Questions
working on it
hmmm (Chaos Crystal post rocket emoji)
= ) (Posted today collab with Target and Smokey the Bear)
there will be a wilderness watch!
book to be published worldwide this fall
5k or 10k
Friday (Today)
Markers
Yes
No
Yes
talking to epic games
yes, and ufo
Yes
Seance, Native, War (Chibi mini set, Steve Aoki set)
yup!
pure silver holo
This friday
Yup
Eye Emoji (Announced Sent Into Space Company X MetaZoo)
constantly working on this
next 3-4 months I would say
next 3-4 months I would say
Fall/Winter
All of these new distys are in addition to our currnt
No, I think I’ll keep the purity of these memories intact
sooner than you think!
4 different blisters
Same as wilderness!
yes, our smallest one by a huge, huge margin
oh yes, just you wait
PHD will remain one of our main and proud distributors!
WL, yes
As soon as more are pulled =)
Setting this up now
It’s superior
As soon as we have it!
The may PFP project looks like it’s going to be an absolute blast
once burned, yes
it will be associated with his music
I’m here with the sample cards now, as soon as I get back to nyc, I’ll ship them
finalizing
We are working on kits for our distro for exactly this problem
We have a distributor in canada and will b expanding that as well
this friday, shoes too
Yup!
Yes
yup!
on their way!
Same as base set, I believe (2k)
Very Soon
Working on rainbow gilding with faded spade
next month (Announced May 13th, 2022)
in between spring and summer sets next year
yes, locking in one this week
about 15%
saving that for special set
No
I kind of like my memories being my own about those. I think those memories would be diluted if I saw them on thousands of cards you know?
unannounced new cryptid nation core set before war
I like whatnot and what it does for the community. Like most complex things, there are multiple sides and there’s good and bad. Most communities aren’t monoliths
smaller than you think
going smaller
being submitted end of april
hmmm i wonder
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/962029066561675307/966065005973897407/IMG_1867.png
and
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Curtesy from Austinb29
Later Today ( Went Live on 4.19.22)
End of april
sure, 1 for each promo cards
Should be!
sure !
May
not a bad idea
MZOs get special merch at collectacon!
Cool Idea!
Yes
No, probably not at this point
yes, actually lol these are being made right now
soon
blind
never ever, mini cards though…
skateboards
25th
once per set, if needed
tbd, 5k-10k
their ad person messed up lol
yes, aoki set
hoping for 100 players (player Cap 500)
he’s actually a hound dog believe it or not
next year =)
= )
May
it would be cool, but teens and up are our focus
throughout the next month!
you’ll see something from metazoo on netflix first
until the end of the month
won’t go above 100k, won’t be going lower
I think this entire first block will be very special, and we will hit critical mass around yokai island
yes
No ( Golden Ticket and Green Man have been pulled so far)
Set Pieces ( For the Blitz Format)
yes
I’m thinking about doing 1 art for each beastie we do, for each set, then never doing art again.
No Lol
such a double edge sword, isn’t it? we have something that sells out in an hour, now it’s the benchmark. We had the second highest sell out rate for wilderness topps, but because it took 4 hours instead of 1, people said it failed lol
$99
Wind in Yokai Island
No
selfie with the billboard ad and scan QR code
all of them that are in a booster pack
$50, and SRs are 1st edition exclusive
confirmed many, many times ( Discord figured out that it was 10k based by stores glitch, which I believe has been fixed)
maybe in yokai island, for now I don’t want to change up the skus in the block too much
They are certainly something we will have in future projects, don’t want to over do them though
After Revive (4/15th), before ebay (4/25th)
sprite I’m thinking
very soon (Mike has since said by end of this week)
Not on the current docket, no
I like this idea = )
Im thinking 3-5 times a year = )
On their way now!
15th
speaking to gamegenics right now
No
Sure, if they make it there in person
We need a map maker to work with us on this
No 2nd edition, only specials like the ebay branded cards
End of April (Earlier he mentioned price is $50)
yes
1st edition is the first print, we will be doing other prints like the one with ebay, distinguished by an ebay symbol on each card
= )
yes
yup!
are you sure? Might want to try to peel back the top layer
Already working on it
= )
Yea end of year
Freezea from DBZ laughing with a Santa cap on
yes
= )
yes, end of april going to go blow up the remaining wubby promos with wubby
ebay will have full holo tokens
previous ones too
have you tried the scratchnsniff feature yet?
steam
no, but maybe something similar
= )
Not on our radar right now, I want to focus on getting the english cards right first
I think around 2.8k
Just listened to it for the first time this morning
End of this week, along with more merch
= )
That’s the plan! looking more like june
nope! done
Mid April!
Working on it
likely 1, since it will be a sample card
Yes
May
= )
Yes
Mike Says ?? (we have seen now Green Man which has serialized and he came from a blister pack) Mike also has said “all types of SRs in all types of SKUs”
My father just retired from army, I’m not ignoring these, and internal discussions are happening
sounds like if that happened, I’ll never be confiding anything to that person ever again
more than you know
6
next day or so, we will announce when it launches (as of today is has went live on 3/31/22)
Magicast
we are doing closed rounds of funding
(Post a gif of a man jumping into space) (The image he had posted was a UFO ship that had sample cards in them in space)
no, set in stone now
No
locked to a regional distribution
=)
not a bad idea
steve aoki special set
hope they aren’t expecting allocation for UFO
thinking $99.99
next week or two
nope!
Yes
(Chaos)-Xmas Tree, Present, Black square, and Neck Tie emoji (Im guessing a black tie xmas party)
2
ETH
spring bb
most big box stuff will start with UFO, walmart and target will start with wilderness
Yup
starts with revive
announcing a huge comic maker collab in the coming weeks
of course, trust me, we are bigger nerds than you
it’s a non sequitur since we are removing LGS support from LGSs that don’t put on events
maybe for yokai island
how about gamer supps flavor in the meantime?
starting with ufo is the plan!
working on it
being sent out today/tomorrow I believe (was sent out on 3/31)
10/11
(Mike)- hasn’t been pulled yet (chaos crystal enthusiast)- posts Charlie from Willy Wonka getting his golden ticket gif.
Finalizing deets next week!
Already at walmart, coming to target soon, and lots more big box on the way
No, we will deliver on the product advertised
Both.
will our fans like it, will it expand the fanbase, does it make sense
Announcement coming this week
Fall
By being realistic, and by removing product from the hands of people who don’t know how to be resilient
Oh yea we are going to france in april
Maybe partners
Next 2 weeks are stacked
nope.
all 3
there will be rarity
No, collectors/investors/players all have a place in metazoo
realistically no, practically if 1 billion people sign up, then yes
I work with the team to choose
SDCC
Our process is complicated, but everyone gets creative input
Mike says “1st” not connected to this question, but this might be a hint for Magicast release?
yes
= )
Tarot for seance
We will be working with Topps and Fanatics on athletes with cryptids
Let’s just say MTG and sports cards are moving to more of a DTC(Direct to Consumer) method for a reason
yes, and all weekend
Yup
we will announce rules soon
Will be revealed in Grimm’s Kingdom
Announcement coming this week
Hasn’t been announced yet, but when it is..Minds will be blown ( Chaos Crystal Enthusiast)
No, but he’s in the book
yup
April/May
=)
Biggest this year, bigger next year
Yes, but we won’t babysit LGSs. There’s an alternative way to regulate pricing
yes
(Chaos)-We don’t and don’t plan to put out cards[barring any that don’t inherently have any actual gameplay mechanics or use] that are not tournament legal. After all, why would we make fun cards nobody can play with?
(Chaos)- They’ll be going to LGS’ soon.
Even when we 10x our fanbase this year, print runs won’t increase
lol, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you
Probably end of this week
if they reach out to me, sure
if they are out by then
yes
=)
I wonder
scav hunt will be in person, real world
yup!
We are working seriously with amazon for our bulk dtc fulfillment.
1 billion
= )
Lol wut, we are announcing an expanded partnership with them this week that includes a promo card
all remote
Soon
May/June
Hold onto your hat, we got some crazy collabs coming
it has, yes
April/May
yes
I’m proud of all the work our artists and staff did. It’s our best set so far
yes, but first, a pullback from LGS
Wilderness in walmart will be 1st edition, but moving forward it won’t be 2nd edition, but rather specially labeled collabs specific to that big box location, like a 7-11 blister pack with 7-11 on the cards themselves
Wilderness and something else
MetaZoo will be in the Metaverse in the next 2 months
all 10 beasties and all traits will be hand drawn
sooner than you think
tournament
we are expanding our customer service, things have definitely been crazy!
Eventually
yes, but not in the way you think
Not up to us to release this info, but smaller than you’re thinking, most likely
3 or 4 cards per line, a page generated per card, Fan wiki would be cool too, articles about gameplay
No more inks
yes, if it’s sanctioned format
sooner than that!
maybe a dino set?!
=)
next week or week after that
Won’t be on KS
Whatnot promo is being made right now
Roadmaps will be forward looking to 2 months at most
yes
= )
No one is outright rejected, just told to keep working
yes
Let’s see what we can do, but right now it’s just the PFPs
next week
We have some awesome fan ones
I give a hug to the winner
Unfortunately no
After the first book is published, so likely 2023!
Lets get through 1st edition lol. But if there is wilderness 2nd, it won’t be any of the current product SKUs releasing end of this month
More info on this soon!
1 per pack, normal collect-a-con ones have a set size of 20, player ones have 5 additional cards in the set
likely mid may
Likely check
We actually had someone reach out about this haha. I think it’s a cool idea
When we release our digital card game
My entire team
not a tournament, just needs to be sanctioned play
sure, let’s set something up for april
100+
Would be cool and it’s on my roadmap
it’s free so long as you have a convention ticket
@Kevin.C
Not for physical play as of right now
1st week of april
those should retroactively count if they were on MPN, yes
The tournament space will be on the convention floorspace
Yes
holo forms of bronze and silver cards from previous sets, specially stamped
You need to play in a SANCTIONED EVENT, sign up will be made available for the tournament beginning of May
It will contain the first 6 chapters
Something we are working on
Many NFTs in our future, but none like the Tokens
working on this
probably around 80
studio
: )
We think it’s great that the MetaZoo community wants to support a cause they believe in. MetaZoo is a TCG though, and an escape from reality if we are doing our jobs properly. As such, we generally want to avoid ANY politics.
I really want this, but we have yet to find a map maker that we can work directly with. If any of you know someone who has professional map making experience and an interest in MZ, please reach out to @Chaos Crystal Enthusiast
our excellent team and the community being receptive to that growth. I said this every few months, in just a short while the fanbase will be absolutely much larger, and you all will be considered early adopters
yes, very soon
yes, many museums are getting their own promos this year
oodles and oodles
my hope is comparable to Arceus, but a lot of work is needed to get to that decision
Yes, being printed now, hopefully to be released soon
first card ever was a fire breathing chicken lol
they will have redemption cards that you open from a small box and then submit for redemption
it is inevitable
stay tuned next week, it will be a random drop on the marketplace
yea, but it’s going to be awful
ohoooo he revealed that did he?
rainbow dragon is pretty cool
depends on their appetite. My appetite for collabs is always massive, but we have to calibrate to the needs of our partners
funko nft would likely come first
next month 100%
going to blow your mind
Still getting the first collab out, maybe in a year we can revisit dim mak. But when we do, we want it to be special
After target
Announcement coming this week
Soon, hopefully – we are working as fast as our partners allow us
just have to wait and see
we have new art standards and templating that it didn’t match. Kind of makes the sample more special
this week
not in this block
Wilderness release day
however many you want before the person behind you thinks its rude
first one will include samples from my personal collection
$50
Mostly just a place to add your address
ah for topps, not 100k lol
yes, MetaZoo TCG
Wilderness core is 100k topps is smaller than series 0
10 for base, 10 for nightfall, 10 for wilderness