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Cards
In a game of Magic The Gathering: Puzzle Quest, decks are made up of unlimited copies of a selection of 10 cards. Mana is needed to play cards, and is generated by matching gems on the board. New sets of cards are continuously released. Cards come in three types: Creature, Spell, and Support.
 Creature
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Creature cards enter play in one of your three available creature slots. Creatures have Power (attack strength) and Toughness (health). Creatures automatically attack each turn after they come into play. Playing the same creature card again Reinforces an existing creature (adds to its Power and Toughness). |
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 Spell
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Spell cards perform a one-off effect, such as drawing more cards, healing, doing damage, or interfering with the opponent's hand of cards. |
 Support
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Support cards enter play as a support gem on the gem board, and have an ongoing effect on the game. Support cards in play have a shield value which decreases by one each time the support gem is matched. If the shield value reaches zero, the support is destroyed. |
Cards often have keyworded or icon-based abilities. A full list of these with descriptions can be found on the Abilities page.
Pack types
Cards may be obtained by opening packs. Different types of packs may be purchased using in-game currency, or gained as rewards in Events. A free pack can also be claimed at regular intervals.
Each card has a rarity of either Common (C), Uncommon (U), Rare (R), Mythic (M), or Masterpiece (MP). Progressively rarer cards are less likely to drop from packs. Drop rates are set by the publisher and may change at any time. Typical drop rates for each rarity in the different pack types are listed below.
| Standard pack types | Drop rate per card (typical) | |||||||
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| Pack type | # cards | Cost | Notes | C | U | R | M | MP |
| Booster Pack | 5 | 60  |
Five random cards | 1:2 | 2:5 | 1:20 | 1:70 | 1:1000 |
| Super Pack | 15 | 150 |
3 Booster packs | |||||
| Premium Pack | 26 | 300 |
5 Booster Packs plus a random rare | |||||
| Free Pack | 3 | - | Three random cards with poor drop rates | 4:5 | 1:6 | 1:50 | 1:100 | - |
| Elite Pack | 1 | 400  |
A single non-dupe Mythic or better | - | - | - | 2:3 | 1:3 |
| 100 |
A single Rare or better | - | - | 5:7 | 1:4 | 1:35 | ||
| Unusual or obsolete pack types | Drop rate per card (typical) | |||||||
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| Pack type | # cards | Cost | Notes | C | U | R | M | MP |
| Basic Booster | 3 | - | Three random cards with poor drop rates (awarded in some events) | 3:4 | 1:4 | 1:30 | 1:300 | 1:5000 |
| Free Pack | 1 | - | (Obsolete, replaced by 3-card Free Pack) One random card with poor drop rates | 4:5 | 1:6 | 1:50 | 1:100 | - |
| Fat Pack | 20 | 200 |
4 Booster packs (Obsolete, replaced by Super Pack) | 1:2 | 2:5 | 1:20 | 1:100 | - |
| Big Box | 71 | 600 |
14 Booster packs plus a random rare or mythic (Obsolete, replaced by Premium Pack) | |||||
Card sets
Standard sets
Cards in these sets may be used in Standard Format or Legacy Format Events.
Legacy sets
Cards in these sets may only be used in Legacy Format Events.
