Rare Cards
Here is a list of all of the rarest cards in Final Fantasy 8, where they are and who has got them.
Name: PuPu
Location: Balamb Area
Condition: Must complete the Alien Encounter Sidequest.
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Name: Chubby Chocobo
Location: Balamb Garden
Condition: Must take part in the Queen of Card's Quest.
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Name: Angelo
Location: Forest Owl's Train or White Seed Ship
Condition: Must win from Watt's of the Forest Owl's resistance group.
In the train during Disc 1 or in the White Seed Ship during Disc 3.
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Name: Gilgamesh
Location: Balamb Garden
Condition: Must take part in the CC Group side quest.
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Name: MiniMog
Location: Balamb Garden
Condition: Challenge a young kid jogging around the Hall.
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Name: Chicobo
Location: Chicobo Sanctuary
Condition: Must solve the Chicobo forest puzzles and visit
the Chicobo Sanctuary.
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Name: Quezacotl
Location: Fisherman's Horizon
Condition: Challenge Mayor Dobe in Fisherman's Horizon. Try
to get this card when you first arrive at Fisherman's Horizon.
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Name: Shiva
Location: White Seed Ship
Condition: Must have the "Girl Next Door Magazine" (found at
Timber Maniacs building in Timber). Talk to Zone in the White Seed
Ship during Disc 3. He will trade you the card for the magazine.
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Name: Ifrit
Location: Fire Cavern
Condition: Defeat Ifrit in the Fire Cavern
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Name: Siren
Location: Dollet
Condition: Visit the Pub in Dollet and challenge the Pub's manager
on the second floor. If you win, he will take you to a back room where
you can challenge him again and win the Siren card.
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Name: Sacred
Location: Tomb of the Unknown King
Condition: Defeat the Brothers in the Tomb of the Unknown King
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Name: Minotaur
Location: Tomb of the Unknown King
Condition: Defeat the Brothers in the Tomb of the Unknown King
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Name: Carbuncle
Location: Balamb Garden
Condition: Must take part in CC Group side quest.
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Name: Diablos
Location: Balamb Garden
Condition: Cid will give you a Magical Lamp on your first mission.
Use the lamp to challenge Diablos and win the card from him.
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Name: Leviathan
Location: Balamb Garden
Condition: Must take part in CC Group side quest.
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Name: Odin
Location: Centra Ruins
Condition: Defeat GF Odin.
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Name: Pandemona
Location: Balamb
Condition: Challenge the Hotel's Owner outside the hotel. Must wait
until Galbadia's invasion of Balamb has ended.
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Name: Cerberus
Location: Galbadia Garden
Condition: Challenge Cerberus at Galbadia Garden in the central hall.
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Name: Alexander
Location: Lunar Base
Condition: Challenge Piet, the head technician at Lunar Base during
Disc 3.
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Name: Phoenix
Location: Esthar
Condition: Must take part in Queen of Cards Quest.
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Name: Bahamut
Location: Deep Sea Research Center
Condition: Challenge the GF Bahamut.
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Name: Doomtrain
Location: Timber
Condition: Must take part in the Queen of Cards Quest.
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Name: Eden
Location: Deep Sea Deposit
Condition: Must defeat Ultima Weapon who carries the GF Siren.
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Name: Ward
Location: Esthar
Condition: Challenge Dr. Odine during Disc 3
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Name: Kiros
Location: Deling City
Condition: Must take part in the Queen of Cards Quest.
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Name: Laguna
Location: Lunar Base
Condition: Must challenge Ellone while your in Lunar Base.
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Name: Selphie
Location: Trabia Garden
Condition: Challenge the girl near the gargoyle statue after your
first visit to Trabia Garden.
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Name: Quistis
Location: Balamb Garden
Condition: Can win from the "Trepies". (the two girls in the second
floor classroom or the day dreaming guy in the cafeteria).
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Name: Irvine
Location: Fisherman's Horizon
Condition: Must take part in the Queen of Cards Quest.
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Name: Zell
Location: Balamb Town
Condition: Visit Zell's mother with Zell in your party and challenge
her to get the card.
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Name: Rinoa
Location: Deling City
Condition: Challenge Rinoa's Father, Genral Caraway. Intentionally loose
your Ifrit card to him then challenge him again to win the Rinoa card.
You can get the Ifrit card back from Martine in Fisherma's Horizon.
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Name: Edea
Location: Edea's House
Condition: Challenge Edea at her home during Disc 3.
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Name: Seifer
Location: Balamb Garden or Edea's House
Condition: Challenge Cid during Disc 1 before your first mission,
or challenge him during Disc 3 at Edeas House.
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Name: Squall
Location: Esthar or Ragnarok
Condition: Challenge Laguna at the end of Disc 3 at Esthar or once
everyone is on board the Ragnarok.
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