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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	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).
Spell	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	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)
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)
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.