Make that three ways

The special event cards are often introduced in conjunction with a promotion in which you can win or earn that particular special card. In these you know which card you are playing for but you can't choose which one you want.

Then there are promotions in the form of games in which you can win randomly selected special event cards, in these games you have no control over which of the special event cards you win.

In some games you can win Jokers. If you have a joker you can use it to buy any card, including the special event cards. In this case you can choose which card you want. You do not have to use a joker immediately but can save it until you see a card you want. You can use jokers to buy normal cards, but that would be a bit of a waste.


A few months ago Totem added Gift Cards as prizes in their games, these can be exchanged for normal cards but not for special event cards.

Note, not all games offer all, or indeed any, of the above. Some only offer randomly selected cards or discounts on randomly selected normal cards.

Also note that the games involve gambling, You may spend a lot of credits before you win a special event card or a joker.

You should also note that, with perhaps two exceptions, there is nothing special about special event cards - they are just rare and hard to obtain.