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# Minting & Reveals

The collector's guide: how to pull, what you pay, and how rarity works.

## How to pull a card

1. **Connect** your TON wallet (see [Getting Started](/tigermint-docs/getting-started/getting-started.md)).
2. Open a collection you like.
3. Choose **how many** cards to pull.
4. Click **Pull** and **approve** the transaction in your wallet.
5. Watch the reveal as your card flips and the NFT lands in your wallet.

The pull is blind: you won't know the rarity or artwork until the mint confirms.

> A note on language: everywhere on Tigermint, you **pull a card**. **Packs** (sealed, tradable, and rippable) belong to [Wild Packs](/tigermint-docs/for-creators/wild-packs.md), coming soon.

## What you pay

You pay the card's price plus a flat **0.07 GRAM per card** that covers putting the card on-chain. Your wallet shows that exact total before you approve it, and nothing else is added at checkout. Anything you overpay beyond it is refunded automatically. The full breakdown is on the [Fees & Payouts](/tigermint-docs/for-creators/fees.md) page.

Keep a little spare GRAM in your wallet for standard network gas.

## Rarity tiers

Most collections sort their cards into four tiers:

| Tier      | Typical odds | Color  |
| --------- | ------------ | ------ |
| Legendary | \~3%         | Orange |
| Epic      | \~9%         | Purple |
| Rare      | \~23%        | Blue   |
| Common    | \~65%        | Grey   |

Odds vary by collection, so check the collection page for the exact breakdown and the live count of each tier still in the deck. The order is fixed at launch but hidden until each card mints, so no pull is ever more "due" than another.

## The reveal

Once your transaction confirms, Tigermint resolves the real card you received and plays the reveal. From then on the artwork and traits are visible everywhere: on Tigermint, in your wallet, and in explorers.

Some collections mint animated cards (video, animated GIFs, or Lottie animations). Those play in the reveal, on the card's page, and on marketplaces like Getgems. Wallet grids show a still frame, and the animation plays when you open the item.

If the image is slow to appear in your wallet, that's your wallet caching metadata. It updates shortly, or you can use the wallet or explorer's "refresh metadata" option.

### What happens technically when you pull

For the curious: clicking Pull asks the platform for a signed mint voucher (this is also where allowlists and per-wallet limits are checked). Your wallet sends one transaction carrying that voucher to the collection contract. The contract verifies the signature, mints your card NFT, pays the creator, and refunds any overpayment, all in that same transaction. The site then waits for the mint to confirm on-chain before revealing, so what you see is what actually minted.

## Your collection

Everything you've pulled with your connected wallet appears under **My Pulls**. Filter by rarity or collection, and open any card for its full details and traits. Because these are real TON NFTs, they also appear in your wallet and on TON marketplaces, where you can trade them.

## Sale phases

Some collections sell in phases:

* **VIP / Whitelist**: early access for approved wallets only.
* **Public**: open to everyone.

If a gated phase is active and your wallet isn't on the list, you can mint once the public phase opens. Collections may also set a limit per wallet so everyone gets a fair shot. Each phase can have its own price, and the smart contract enforces the exact price of the phase you mint in.