Are talking about the chess board maybe? Not sure what this is referencing.
After you've played the game for a few months and particularly play in the tourney's, you can accumulate a mass of instants quite easily. I usually run around 50-100 of each without ever making them, and I'm sure long-time players probably have 100;s of these. Very easy to get fragments just takes bit of time first to get that stockpile up.