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== Colour Mastery and Why It Matters ==
Colour Mastery is both a boon and a trap. Its intention was to differentiate players of different skill levels to allow players to compete with others of similar levels by splitting everyone into 4 tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. You earn Colour Mastery points by using a card repeatedly in your decks, with [[Card pack#Rarities|Common]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|C.png|x18px|Common]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Uncommon]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|U.png|x18px|Uncommon]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Rare]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|R.png|x18px|Rare]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Mythic]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|M.png|x18px|Mythic]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Masterpiece]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|MP.png|x18px|Masterpiece]]18}}) giving 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 / 16 Mastery points when mastered to the colour(s) of the card (or half the points to all colours if Colourless) respectively. However, the implementation was not done in the best of ways.
Consequently, what happens is that players are lured by the prospect of greater rewards in higher tiers and some choose to intentionally master cards to reach a higher tier only to find that they cannot compete as their card collection is way weaker than what is needed to compete at that tier. And the biggest problem is that there is no way to drop back down to a lower tier, so these players are stuck having to fight against opponents with decks that outclass theirs completely. This can be the deathblow that kills any fun you might have in MTGPQ (at least for quite a long while) so avoid making this mistake.
== Card Drop Rates ==
Managing your expectations on card drops will greatly influence your enjoyment of this game. The drop rates for [[Card pack#Pack types|regular pack types]], ie. those which come in the 5-card pack, Super Pack (5x3) and Premium Pack (5x5) configuration, are approximately 55% / 39% / 5% / 1.4% / 0.1% per card for [[Card pack#Rarities|Common]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|C.png|x18px|Common]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Uncommon]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|U.png|x18px|Uncommon]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Rare]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|R.png|x18px|Rare]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Mythic]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|M.png|x18px|Mythic]]18}}) / [[Card pack#Rarities|Masterpiece]] ([[File:rarity-{{Rarity|MP.png|x18px|Masterpiece]]18}}). Premium Packs are the best option of the three for procuring cards as they come with an additional guaranteed Rare.
There is currently no pity timer in the game. As such, it's important to understand that there will be times where one goes on a streak of good pulls with Rares, Mythics and even the occasional Masterpiece popping up but there will also be streaks where all you see is Common and Uncommon cards.
