What is the gold square mean when combining cards?

I notice that when I combine cards on @peakmonsters that there is a Gold outline around one of the levels.

The gold square is not related to the highest level that I can combine cards. And it is on different levels, depending on the card that I am combining. Any clue what the gold outline square means? 

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