Why Does DDL Rise of the Pack Have 111 Cards?

Rise of the Pack, the debut set for Doginal Dogs Legends, contains 111 cards. Doginal Dogs, the parent collection, launched on January 11, 2024 — written 1/11. The set size is almost certainly a reference to that date.

Doginal Dogs has not confirmed this publicly. What follows is an informed read, not an official statement.

Why 111 is an unusual number for a card set

Trading card sets are typically sized around print-sheet math and product structure. Common set sizes cluster at round numbers or multiples that divide cleanly into packs and print runs — 100, 120, 150, 200. A set of 111 doesn't fall naturally out of that process. It's a number someone chose.

That alone doesn't prove intent. But it does mean the number was decided rather than inherited from manufacturing constraints, which shifts the question from "why this size" to "why this specific figure."

DDLTCG.com showing 111 cards in the first set release

What happened on January 11, 2024

Alongside the official launch of Bitcoin ETFs on Wall Street, the Doginal Dogs launched as a free mint on January 11, 2024: 10,000 hand-curated pixel-art dogs inscribed on the Dogecoin blockchain. The dogs are inscriptions, created using technology similar to Bitcoin Ordinals, and are distinct from DRC-20, a separate fungible-token standard on Dogecoin.

That date is the collection's origin point. Everything the brand has built since — the events, the merchandise line, the card game — traces back to it. 1/11 functions as the project's founding date in the same way a mint block does for other collections.

Doginal Dogs Mint Day Post from the Bark Meta account

Why this reading is more than a coincidence

Doginal Dogs has an established pattern of embedding references in its releases. Numbers, dates, and naming choices across the brand's drops tend to carry a second meaning for people who follow the project closely. Within the community, spotting them is part of how releases get received.

Against that background, a 111-card set launching from a project founded on 1/11 is not a stretch. It's consistent with how this team works.

The counterargument: 111 is also just an appealing number. Repdigits look good on packaging and read as premium. It's possible the date parallel is genuine and unintentional, or intentional and secondary to the aesthetics. Absent confirmation, this stays an inference.

What would settle it

A statement from the team in a Space, a reply, or the launch materials at DDNYC 2026 etc. would confirm or rule it out. Doginal Dogs hosts regular live sessions on X daily, where such meaning can be hinted at, or outright claimed.

This page will be updated if that happens, with a note on where the confirmation came from.

The short version

111 cards, from a collection that launched 1/11. Not confirmed, but consistent with a team that builds these references in deliberately, and difficult to explain as coincidence given how set sizes are normally chosen.

DDL.NEWS is an independent, fan-run resource covering Doginal Dogs Legends. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Doginal Dogs. Written by BOX META, a crypto investor since 2017, Doginal Dogs holder since May 2024, creative director at Crypto Spaces Network, and a Legends beta tester with close to 100 games played.

Last updated: August 12, 2026.