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Update:
I'm not sure why, but this is bugging me more and more. I grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil, to jot down the apparent frequency of treasures and cards. After the 1st 500 kills (all sorts of different things on different islands - don't ask) I've found that "plunder" is awarded very close to 10% of the time. Cards are awarded very nearly 2% of the time.
Of the eight cheat cards I got this evening, FIVE of them were spades. Four of those were 2 of spades, one was a 3 of spades.
I am beginning to suspect that the spades themselves have extra code, to increase their relative rarity. I suspect that code is broken, resulting in 99% of spades being 2 or 3. (I have 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 of spades. The others I'm pretty sure I got from "Black Mack" quests in Rowdy Rooster on Port Royal.)
I also noticed that attacking only French Undead on Isla Cangrejos, got me ZERO treasures and zero cards. I assume the same happens for Spanish undead on Cutthroat. Once I noticed the pattern, I did another 50 French undead - still zero.
Well, paper and pencil in hand, I'll head back to Kingshead now...
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