NBA 2K16

You can find runes on player cards in MyTeam. To do this you have to go to your Collection, press A on a player and go to "View Card". You will find the runes moving the card. Be sure to check every corner of the card because they can be tricky to find.

There are 30 runes, 15 on Current Players and 15 on Historic Players. They follow a 5-5-5 formula, which means you will find 5 runes on 5 bronze players, 5 silver players and 5 gold players from Current and Historic. Amethyst, Rewards, Diamonds and other collections don't have runes. **They won't in case those players were not initially on those tiers when the game was launched. You could have 15 runes on gold players If your runes are on players that were initially silver and bronze but were upgraded to gold when they were release. Check the list of players on the link below**

REALLY IMPORTANT: It will be IMPORTANT to know WHEN you started to play MyTeam. It looks like the runes are determined by the current tier of the player in that moment, meaning, If you started playing back in Octuber, you will need to check all the changed players, but, If you started playing just know, you just need to check the actual players, no need to worry about Golds that changed to Diamond in January for example.
Thanks to TrapMuzik99 for this. He only got 4 runes in originally gold historics, and found his 5th and last rune on a player that was originally silver.

Like I said, once you start your MyTeam the first time, the game will assign the runes to specific players, meaning you won't find runes on any player. For example, If you have a rune on Serge Ibaka, you will always have a runes on every single card you buy of him. Don't expect to find runes on all players. You can sell the players with runes, you won't lose the runes.

More info on runes, like updated players and possible founds on amethysts or diamonds: http://www.2khead.com/forums/nba2k/gameplay-strategy/4711-nb...

You should be fine with 200,000 MTP to get all runes. Just buy and sell the cards you check. Keep a record of players you check, that will help a ton. (This is not the case anymore, with each passing day, the market is more expensive and there are less cards so...)

FINAL list of players that changed tiers:

Amethyst to Gold (won't have rune)
'95 Jason Kidd
'80 Nate Archibald

— GOLD TIER —

Gold to Diamond
'62 Oscar Robertson
'03 Tracy McGrady
'67 Rick Barry
'71 John Havlicek

Gold to Amethyst
'78 David Thompson
'93 Mark Price
'82 Robert Parish
'01 Vlade Divac
'84 Kiki Vandeweghe
'69 Wes Unseld
'77 Pete Maravich
'75 Bob McAdoo
'85 Bernard King
'77 Bob Lanier
'82 Bernard King
'75 George McGinnis
'80 George Gervin
'85 Isiah Thomas
'82 Adrian Dantley
'00 Grant Hill
'71 Spencer Haywood
'89 Dale Ellis
'84 Mark Aguirre

Gold to Silver
'97 Dan Majerle
'93 Dale Ellis
'09 Michael Finley
'00 Jamal Mashburn

— SILVER TIER —

Silver to Amethyst
'66 Jerry Lucas
'68 Dave Debusschere
'97 Kevin Johnson

Silver to Gold
'01 Antoine Walker
'00 Glenn Robinson
'95 Isaiah Rider
'00 Isaiah Rider
'05 Jalen Rose
'81 Jamaal Wilkes
'99 Keith Van Horn
'80 Scott Wedman
'97 Damon Stoudamire
'03 Jason Williams
'89 Kenny Smith
'98 Isaiah Rider
'03 Eric Snow
'04 Keith Van Horn
'69 Earl Monroe
'85 Michael Ray Richardson
'93 Drazen Petrovic
'80 Michael Ray Richardson
'69 Rudy Larusso
'90 Chuck Person
'06 Darius Miles
'01 Steve Francis
'94 Derrick Coleman
'95 Jim Jackson
'89 Danny Ainge
'97 Kendall Gill
'83 Larry Drew
'90 Derrick Harper
'94 Rex Chapman
'02 Shane Battier
'05 Steve Francis
'75 Lucius Allen
'94 Stacy Augmon
'95 Tyrone Hill
'01 Brian Grant
'01 Jalen Rose
'00 Derrick Coleman
'03 Jay Williams
'96 Gheorge Muresan

— BRONZE TIER —

Bronze to Amethyst
'01 Jerry Stackhouse

Bronze to Gold
'03 Jerry Stackhouse
'90 Tom Chambers
'91 Antoine Carr
'79 James Edwards
'87 Tom Chambers

Bronze to Silver
'06 Raja Bell
'02 Jon Barry
'84 George Johnson
'97 Mark Bryant
'90 Randy Breuer
'93 Anthony Bonner

***Thanks to stowie, Markyshizzle, TrapMuzik99 and the rest of nice guys that used the forums to help each other and finally try to solve this out.

This post is great from ReadySetDiego on 2KHead... had to share.

Source
http://www.2khead.com/forums/nba2k/gameplay-strategy/4711-nb...

Runes are found on player cards by 'Viewing' them and rotating the card in a circular motion.

https://i.gyazo.com/d38106a117a00a8e67ca2b048ab97d35.gif

Be sure to tilt and rotate the card to view the top and bottom corners at an angle.

A full 360 degree rotation is sure to unlock the rune on your card if it has one.

- 5 Runes unlock the Black Market for 4 hours. (First time only)

- 30 Total Runes

- 15 Current Collection and 15 Historic Collection

- 5 Gold Card Runes, 5 Silver Card Runes, 5 Bronze Card Runes for each Current and Historic Collections.

- The more runes you find and unlock, the more rewards/combinations you gain access to.

- In-game challenges either reward you MT or Rune combinations which you use to re-enter the black market. (Grab 10 rebounds with a single Player etc.)

- Not every code will unlock the black market again, some will reward you with MT or VC

- The Black Market sells pack which contain certain cards and top tier rewards.

- You can purchase Black Market rewards with either MT or VC.

- Free Agents and Dynamic Cards DO NOT HAVE RUNES ON THEM (No one has found one on them thus far. If you have, post evidence)

- Each user will have pre-selected cards with runes on them.

This means if you have a Tyson Chandler with a rune and sell him, the rune will not transfer unless the other person who buys who also happens to have a Tyson Chandler rune pre-set on his account. And if you did sell the Tyson and bought another back, it would have a rune again because it is linked to your account and the cards you own.

In other words, you cannot go around trading runes as they are placed on random cards for everyone.

Keep in mind that cards which were updated from gold to amethyst and diamond historics can still carry runes on them.

Any historic cards that got upgraded from bronze/silver/gold to gold/amethyst/diamond can still possibly have runes on them as they were originally those lower tiers which contain runes.

Below is a list which should be fairly accurate in regards to which cards were updated and should still be checked as they may contain runes even though their tier changed. The rune will be linked to their original tier.

Gold to Diamond
'62 Oscar Robertson
'03 Tracy McGrady
'67 Rick Barry

Gold to Amethyst
'78 David Thompson
'84 Kiki Vandeweghe
'69 Wes Unseld
'77 Pete Maravich
'75 Bob McAdoo
'85 Bernard King
'77 Bob Lanier
'82 Bernard King
'75 George McGinnis
'80 George Gervin
'85 Isiah Thomas
'82 Adrian Dantley
'00 Grant Hill
'71 Spencer Haywood
'89 Dale Ellis
'84 Mark Aguirre

Silver to Amethyst
'66 Jerry Lucas
'68 Dave Debusschere
'97 Kevin Johnson

Bronze to Amethyst
'01 Jerry Stackhouse

Amethyst to Gold (not sure if we need to worry about this one)
'95 Jason Kidd

Silver to Gold
'01 Antoine Walker
'00 Glenn Robinson
'95 Isaiah Rider
'00 Isaiah Rider
'05 Jalen Rose
'81Jamaal Wilkes
'99 Keith Van Horn
'80 Scott Wedman
'97 Damon Stoudamire
'03 Jason Williams
'89 Kenny Smith
'98 Isaiah Rider
'03 Eric Snow
'04 Keith Van Horn
'69 Earl Monroe
'85 Michael Ray Richardson
'93 Drazen Petrovic
'80 Michael Ray Richardson
'69 Rudy Larusso
'90 Chuck Person
'06 Darius Miles
'01 Steve Francis
'94 Derrick Coleman
'95 Jim Jackson
'89 Danny Ainge
'97 Kendall Gill
'83 Larry Drew
'90 Derrick Harper
'94 Rex Chapman
'02 Shane Battier
'05 Steve Francis
'75 Lucius Allen
'94 Stacy Augmon
'95 Tyrone Hill
'01 Brian Grant

Bronze to Gold
'03 Jerry Stackhouse
'90 Tom Chambers
'91 Antoine Carr
'79 James Edwards

Gold to Silver
'97 Dan Majerle
'93 Dale Ellis
'09 Michael Finley

Bronze to Silver
'06 Raja Bell
'02 Jon Barry
'84 George Johnson
'97 Mark Bryant
'90 Randy Breuer
'93 Anthony Bonner

I want to share with You a small Microsoft Word's file which I have created. This is a list of all historic players that can possibly have a rune. It makes the whole finding process a lot easier because after checking the player we can delete his name from the list. No more duplicates and forgotten players.

The list includes all updates (for example: Rick Barry from Gold to Diamond, Isiah Thomas from Gold to Amethyst, Antoine Walker from Silver to Gold, Jon Barry from Bronze to Silver etc.).

However, I haven't placed on the list these players who are Amethyst or Diamond from the beginning of the game, like 87 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lakers), 98 David Robinson (Spurs) or 94 Hakeem Olajuwon (Rockets). They certainly don't have runes.

Link to the screenshot: http://postimg.org/image/iwvej6xkx

This screenshot shows how the document looks like and how I personally use it. As You can see I was lucky to discover runes on 65 John Havlicek and 86 Danny Ainge. I have also runes on 89 Joe Dumars and 04 Richard Hamilton (both Gold, both Pistons) so I can confirm that You can discover runes on a few players from one team.


You can download this file from here:
http://speedy.sh/7nAzk/Historic-Runes.docx

Enjoy and good luck!