We took a sampling of 12 booster packs for Crusade (180 randomly assorted cards), the fifth expansion set for the BattleTech collectible card game, and found the following. Firepower, armor, and structure values are given for some 'Mechs and vehicles in parentheses (firepower/armor/structure).

2 Alliance cards (The Star League and The Federated Commonwealth), an average of 1 for every six packs (i.e., you can't count on getting one unless you buy at least a half dozen booster packs).

20 'Mechs with a general Clan affiliation (which could be used to help build a Steel Viper deck). So, if you bought two booster packs you could expect to get such 'Mechs. These range from the fast, 30-ton Hankyu Prime (3/0/4) to the hulking, slow Turkina Prime (6/3/11). All of these have some special characteristics, typically Long Range, Jump, or both.

25 'Mechs with specific Clan affiliations, 1 Wolf, 6 Smoke Jaguar, and 6 Jade Falcon, and 12 Steel Viper 'Mechs. The Steel Viper cards average 1 per pack and include 5 Battle Cobra A, 1 Battle Cobra B, 3 Crossbow A, and 3 Crossbow B.

5 'Mechs with a general Inner Sphere affiliation, not quite 1 for every two packs.

47 'Mechs with specific Inner Sphere affiliations, nearly 4 for every pack. These include 8 ComStar, 5 Davion, 6 Davion/St. Ives Compact, 3 Davion/Steiner, 1 Davion/Kurita, 2 Kurita/Steiner, 1 Kurita, 3 Steiner, 7 Marik, 9 Liao, and 2 Liao/Steiner.

16 Vehicles, more than 1 in every pack, all associated with Inner Sphere powers (i.e., they are based on antiquated technology). These included 7 with a general affiliation, 3 Fury (2/3/9) and 4 Short Range Missile Carrier-3058 (10/2/1); 5 of the Steiner Rommel (3/2/7); and 4 of the Marik/Liao Zhukov (2/2/7).

65 additional command cards, many with affiliations, an average of 5 or 6 in every pack. Many of these are pretty neat and include 5 Steel Viper R&D Team (nearly 1 for every other pack); 4 ComStar Deep Agent; 2 terrain enhancements (Icy Terrain and Entrenched Holdings); 1 Indiscriminate Terrorism; 1 Trojan Horse (Liao); 2 Political Stranglehold (Liao); 6 heat of Battle; 1 Battle Attrition; 2 Strategic Bombing; 3 Improved Construction Facilities; and 4 Backing of the Grand Council (which can be tapped to provide 1 resource point and acts as a combined Munitions and Politics command card).

Crusade cards are available in booster packs of 15 randomly assorted cards for $2.99 per pack.