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This page lists terms, abbreviations, acronyms, and nicknames commonly used in Magic: the Gathering Puzzle Quest.
General
Term / abbrev | Definition |
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AI | The Artificial Intelligence which controls your opponent's moves |
CMC | Converted Mana Cost; long time Magic: the Gathering players may use this acronym to mean casting cost |
D3 | D3Go |
D3Go | The publishers of MtGPQ |
Devs | Refers to the game developers (Oktagon) and/or publisher (D3Go) |
Dupe | A duplicate card received when opening a card pack |
ETB | Enter the battlefield, when a creature or support comes into play |
Evergreen | In Magic: the Gathering Puzzle Quest, this term is used to mean an Icon Ability. (This contrasts with the term's use in Magic: the Gathering, in which the term refers to abilities which appear in any expansion set, rather than in a limited number of sets with a shared theme.) |
F2P | Free to play, a player who progresses without paying money to gain advantages |
Greg | A nickname for the AI which controls the opponent planeswalker during a game |
Hibernum | The original developers of MtGPQ |
Legacy | Cards from all sets, or events in which cards from all sets can be used |
MP | Masterpiece card rarity |
MTG | Magic: the Gathering, the collectible card game on which MtGPQ is based. Sometimes referred to as paper MTG |
MTGPQ | Magic: the Gathering Puzzle Quest, the name of the game |
Nerf | A reduction in power in a card or Planeswalker by the developers |
Node | A battle location in the UI of an active event. |
Oktagon | The current developers of MtGPQ |
PP | Premium pack, a pack with five 5-card boosters plus a guaranteed rare card |
PvE | Player vs Enemy, an event type where you face predetermined decks provided by the game |
PvP | Player vs Player, an event type where you face decks provided by other players |
PW | A Planeswalker, a powerful being you take the role of when playing the game |
RNG | Random number generator, code which determines random events in the game |
Shield | Numeric count on a support in play. Matching the support gem reduces the shield count by one; the support is destroyed at zero shields |
SP | Super pack, a pack with three 5-card boosters |
Standard | Cards from Origins and the most recent sets, or events in which only those cards can be used |
SWW | Something Went Wrong, an error message appearing in-game which accompanies a critical error |
Tier | Mastery level, determining the opponent and reward pool in events |
tinykitty | A word which auto-replaces profanities when posting on the official forums |
Unobtainium | A nickname for mana jewels (premium purple in-game currency) |
Abilities
Card abilities are listed on their own page: Abilities.
Cards
Abbrev | Card name |
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A(ot)SS | Approach of the Second Sun |
Bacon | Decimator of the Provinces |
BB | Beacon Bolt |
Boomship | Skysovereign, Consul Flagship |
BSZ | Blue Sun's Zenith |
BtB | Behold the Beyond |
DT | Dynavolt Tower |
DtG | Deploy the Gatewatch |
Frog | Turn to Frog |
GAH | Gonti's Aether Heart |
GI | Gideon's Intervention |
GR | Gaea's Revenge |
GRB | Geier Reach Bandit |
HoD | Hour of Devastation |
HtS | Harness the Storm |
HUF | Hazoret's Undying Fury |
ID | Imminent Doom |
KI | Killer Instinct |
KTS | Karn's Temporal Sundering |
LM | Lich's Mastery |
LR | Lightning Runner |
Moon | Imprisoned in the Moon |
NM | No Mercy |
NP | New Perspectives |
Nyx | Starfield of Nyx |
OM | Outlaws' Merriment |
Omni | Omniscience |
Pig | Decimator of the Provinces |
QC | Quartzwood Crasher |
RR | Repeated Reverberation |
RR | River's Rebuke |
RU | Ruinous Ultimatum |
SA | Startled Awake |
SC | Sandwurm Convergence |
SoC | Song of Creation |
StV | Storm the Vault |
StW | Settle the Wreckage |
TSN | Thopter Spy Network |
TYS | Thousand-Year Storm |
UC | Undergrowth Champion |
UC | Unpredictable Cyclone |
UH | Ulvenwald Hydra |
Planeswalkers
Card Sets
Abbrev | Set name |
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ORI | Origins |
BFZ | Battle for Zendikar |
OGW | Oath of the Gatewatch |
ZVE | Zendikar vs Eldrazi |
SOI | Shadows over Innistrad |
EMN | Eldritch Moon |
KLD | Kaladesh |
AER | Aether Revolt |
AKH | Amonkhet |
HOD | Hour of Devastation |
XLN | Ixalan |
RIX | Rivals of Ixalan |
DOM | Dominaria |
M19 | Core Set 2019 |
GRN | Guilds of Ravnica |
RNA | Ravnica Allegiance |
M20 | Core Set 2020 |
ELD | Throne of Eldraine |
Events
Abbrev | Event name |
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AE | Angels' Embrace |
AJTH | A Journey Through History (Part 1, 2, 3, or 4) |
AWR | A World Reborn |
AX | Across Ixalan |
AM | Avacyn's Madness |
AINF | Awakened Inferno |
B4T | Battle of Four Tribes (Part 1 or 2) |
CotC | Challenge of the Courts |
DM:S&M | Duets of Mana: Spite and Martyrdom |
DM:T&M | Duets of Mana: Tears and Memories |
EC | Emrakul's Corruption |
EO | Emergency Ordinances |
FE | Fables of Eldraine |
FiRF | Fate is Rarely Fair |
FS | Fateful Showdown |
HE | Hallow's Eve |
HoD | Hour of Devastation |
HoD | Hour of Revelation |
NoP | Nodes of Power |
OGW | Oath of the Gatewatch (Part 1 or Part 2) |
PF | Planechasing Fblthp |
RatC | Revolt against the Consulate |
RaW | Ravnica at War |
RoR | Routes of Ravnica |
RGP | Return of the God-Pharaoh |
RR | Role Reversal |
RT | Rising Tensions |
RtO | Race to Orazca |
TdR | Tour de Ravnica |
TDW | The Dragon War |
TE | The Elderspark |
TG | Training Grounds |
TGT | The Great Tournament |
TiS | Terrors in the Shadows |
ToA | Trial of Ambition |
ToS | Trial of Strength |
TotP | Trial of the Planes |
ToZ | Trial of Zeal |
ToT | Trick or Treat? |