AKSU House Collection Engine Constitution

Every member possesses one Personal Collection.

A Personal Collection consists of every collectible verified within the institution.

The Personal Collection serves as the foundation of every other Collection Engine system.

Members may:

1. (a)
   View every collectible they own.
2. (b)
   Organize collectibles into custom collections.
3. (c)
   Display collectibles publicly.
4. (d)
   Preserve duplicate ownership.
5. (e)
   Track their collecting journey over time.

Every collectible enters the Collection Engine through the member’s Personal Collection.

The Collection Engine continuously analyzes every Personal Collection.

When meaningful collecting patterns emerge, the institution automatically recognizes Potential Collections.

Examples include:

1. (a)
   Character Collections
2. (b)
   Official Sets
3. (c)
   Rookie Cards
4. (d)
   Draft Classes
5. (e)
   Teams
6. (f)
   Illustration Rares
7. (g)
   Black Star Promos
8. (h)
   Gold Stars
9. (i)
   Artist Collections
10. (j)
    Collaboration Promos
11. (k)
    Grading Collections

When a Potential Collection is detected, the Collection Engine may identify the collection, display its current progress, and ask the member whether to begin tracking it.

Members may:

1. (a)
   Begin Tracking
2. (b)
   Ignore
3. (c)
   Remind Me Later

Collection Discovery exists to naturally guide members toward meaningful collecting journeys.

Official Collections are collections formally recognized by AKSU House.

Official Collections are not created because they are expensive or popular.

They are created because they represent meaningful collecting categories that the institution recognizes and the Collection Engine can objectively identify.

Official Collections become the primary progression system of AKSU House.

If the institution recognizes it and the Collection Engine can objectively identify it, it may become an Official Collection.

One collectible may contribute toward any number of Official Collections simultaneously.

For example, Ancient Mew may contribute toward a Mew Collection, Black Star Promos, Wizards Promos, and Movie Promos.

One collectible may advance multiple Official Collections simultaneously.

Official Collection completion is determined exclusively through unique qualifying collectibles.

Duplicate ownership is preserved within the member’s Personal Collection.

Duplicates never increase Official Collection completion.

Official Collections evolve alongside the hobby.

When qualifying collectibles are introduced into an existing Official Collection:

1. (a)
   Previously earned Titles remain.
2. (b)
   Previously earned Badges remain.
3. (c)
   Previously earned XP remains.
4. (d)
   Completion percentages update.

If a completed collection of 151 qualifying collectibles receives a new qualifying promotional card, its completion measure may update from 151 / 151 to 151 / 152.

The collection evolves.

The institution preserves prior recognition.

Every Official Collection receives a dynamic difficulty rating.

Difficulty is determined using three weighted variables.

1. (a)
   Difficulty to Acquire — 50%

   1. (1)
      Marketplace Availability
   2. (2)
      Pull Rates
   3. (3)
      Historical Listing Frequency
2. (b)
   Uniqueness — 30%

   1. (1)
      Completion Percentage
   2. (2)
      Historical Completion Rates
3. (c)
   Cost — 20%

   1. (1)
      Average Acquisition Cost
   2. (2)
      Current Market Value

Difficulty is recalculated periodically.

Difficulty is never permanent.

Only Official Collections award XP.

Personal Collections never award XP.

Potential Collections begin awarding XP only after the member chooses to begin tracking them.

Recognition begins after the institutional threshold is reached.

The current threshold is fifteen qualifying collectibles.

After recognition, twenty-five XP is awarded for every additional qualifying collectible added.

XP is awarded through completion milestones.

Progression currently begins around forty percent completion.

Milestone values are maintained by AKSU House.

Titles recognize collector identity.

Titles are earned through progression rather than purchases.

Examples include:

1. (a)
   Mew Collector
2. (b)
   Pikachu Collector
3. (c)
   Rookie Card Collector
4. (d)
   Gold Star Collector
5. (e)
   Illustration Rare Collector

Official Collections may award unique institutional titles.

For example, completing a first five-star Collection may award the title ‘5 Star Collector.’

Titles are permanent unless explicitly designated as Seasonal.

Titles are never purchasable.

Permanent recognition never expires.

1. (a)
   Titles
2. (b)
   Badges
3. (c)
   XP
4. (d)
   Featured Collector
5. (e)
   Official Collection Completion
6. (f)
   Institutional Milestones

Seasonal Recognition consists of achievements available only during designated ecosystem events.

Examples include:

1. (a)
   Seasonal Titles
2. (b)
   Seasonal Badges
3. (c)
   Event Challenges
4. (d)
   Seasonal Leaderboards

Members may organize their Personal Collection into unlimited custom collections.

Examples include:

1. (a)
   My Childhood Binder
2. (b)
   Favorite Pulls
3. (c)
   Signed Cards
4. (d)
   Convention Pickups

Personal Collections:

1. (a)
   Preserve duplicate ownership
2. (b)
   May receive community recognition
3. (c)
   May be followed
4. (d)
   May be shared publicly

Personal Collections exist for storytelling and expression.

They do not contribute toward institutional progression.

Featured Collections appear on the AKSU House homepage.

Collections may be featured because they are:

1. (a)
   Rapidly Growing
2. (b)
   Historically Significant
3. (c)
   Exceptionally Difficult
4. (d)
   Community Favorites
5. (e)
   Exceptionally Curated
6. (f)
   Institutionally Noteworthy

Members featured receive the Title and Badge ‘Aksumite Featured Collector.’

Both remain permanently attached to the member’s institutional history.

The Commerce Leaderboard recognizes marketplace excellence and is ranked by:

1. (a)
   Marketplace Volume
2. (b)
   Cards Sold
3. (c)
   Seller Rating

The Collector Leaderboard recognizes collecting excellence using the Aksumite Collection Score.

1. (a)
   Collection Difficulty — 35%
2. (b)
   Collection Completion — 25%
3. (c)
   Collection Rating — 20%
4. (d)
   Official Collections Completed — 10%
5. (e)
   Community Recognition — 10%

The XP Leaderboard recognizes overall institutional progression.

Members are ranked by accumulated XP.

The Collection Value Leaderboard recognizes the largest verified Personal Collections within AKSU House and is ranked by Verified Collection Value.

This leaderboard celebrates collecting scale and provides major collectors and creators with an additional institutional achievement to pursue.

Although collection value alone does not determine collector excellence, it represents a meaningful aspect of the collecting community and therefore receives its own dedicated leaderboard.

Marketplace recommendations exist to advance members through their Official Collections.

Recommendations prioritize:

1. (a)
   Highest Rated Collection
2. (b)
   Closest to Completion
3. (c)
   Highest Difficulty Collection
4. (d)
   Recently Tracked Collections
5. (e)
   Trending Official Collections

Within those collections the Collection Engine recommends:

1. (a)
   Missing Collectibles
2. (b)
   Newly Listed Collectibles
3. (c)
   Relevant Auctions
4. (d)
   Future Institutional Opportunities

Official Collections are created, modified, maintained, and retired exclusively by AKSU House.

The institution reserves the authority to:

1. (a)
   Create Official Collections
2. (b)
   Modify Collection Requirements
3. (c)
   Adjust Difficulty Calculations
4. (d)
   Create New Progression Systems
5. (e)
   Introduce Seasonal Collections
6. (f)
   Retire Obsolete Collections

Whenever reasonably possible, institutional changes shall preserve previously earned recognition.

Every collectible contributes toward a collector’s identity.

Meaningful collecting should always move members forward.

Dedication deserves institutional recognition.

The institution should actively guide members toward meaningful collecting journeys.

Every component of the Collection Engine should strengthen the marketplace, community, reputation, capital generation, and every future phase of the Aksumite institution.