# Magic Duels (F2P Online Card Game)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 7, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241 "2015-08-07T15:34:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241/21 "2015-08-29T15:56:02Z")

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4 Commons, 3 Uncommons, 2 Rares and 1 Mythic. Working as intended 🙂

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241/22 "2015-08-29T23:56:41Z")

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> [@Jophiel](#):
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> 4 Commons, 3 Uncommons, 2 Rares and 1 Mythic. Working as intended 🙂

Boo! But thanks for the confirmation 🙂

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241/23 "2015-08-31T13:09:55Z")

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Waiting for this on PS4…

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241/24 "2015-08-31T13:35:57Z")

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Sounds as though the new expansion will drop for Magic Duels before the end of September:

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> The battle lines have been drawn, and it’s time to save Zendikar from certain destruction. Let’s stand together and face off against Ulamog, Planeswalkers!
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> Join the Battle for Zendikar and play with this exciting new Magic set first in Magic Duels, then at your local game store in Prerelease events September 26–27.

[Preview here](http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/battle-zendikar-your-first-look-2015-08-29) but no guarantees if all these paper cards will be in the Duels games.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241/25 "2015-08-31T16:14:37Z")

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I am curious how it will work. Will we be able to buy Origins boosters in perpetuity if we wanted, for example, once Battle for Zendikar comes out or will BfZ be the only booster which will be replaced by the next set and so on.

The game is essentially promotion for the cards so it would make sense to only sell the newest set (or at least Block) but keeping the old sets available would cost them almost nothing so I could see it go either way.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-duels-f2p-online-card-game/727241/26 "2015-08-31T16:20:15Z")

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I assume they’ll keep the Origins boosters. They seem to be trying to make M: D more or less emulate M:tG so they’ll keep the current legal expansions available to purchase. I don’t know this for sure, but that’s my guess. Plus it gives incentive to buy coins to catch up if now you’re chasing two card sets.

I’m more curious about what they’ll do when Origins is rotated out of legal standard constructed play but that’s not for a long while so I guess they have time to figure it out.

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