Booster Crafting Details *Updated (12/8/17)

Brigby
Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
edited December 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion

Booster Crafting

Update: Added new information regarding Origins set.
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Hi Everyone!

Today we are here to talk about our next big change to Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest!

We all know how frustrating it is to open a duplicate card in MtG PQ. Even if you can convert them into Mana Runes, nothing is comparable to a brand new card! As many players were expecting, the new crafting system will finally be released before the end of this year. This post explains how Booster Crafting works, and what we hope you can accomplish with it.

The Release

When Booster Crafting launches on/around December 18th, all your duplicate cards will automatically be converted into Mana Orbs and Mana Runes.

You will see something like this:
(*Please note that some values in the following images are placeholder values)

Mana Orb is the new currency used only for Booster Crafting. Whenever you open a pack, the game automatically converts duplicates into Mana Orbs and Runes, so you can both craft new Booster Packs and level up your Planeswalkers at the same time!

On release, the only way to obtain Mana Orbs will be via duplicate conversion, however, later on you may even be able to gain some Mana Orbs from Events!

The New Crafting System

We redesigned the system, so that you never trade a duplicate for another. This means that all crafted packs will never yield a duplicate!

Crafted Boosters will contain a brand new card for your collection. Here are the options you will be able to select when crafting your booster:
  • Set: New sets will become available for crafting one month after their release. During this first month, you will get extra Mana Orbs when converting duplicates from that set.
  • Rarity: Everything from Common to Mythic Rares. Masterpieces cannot be crafted.

These two crafting options were selected to emphasize deck building variety and exploration, which are cornerstones of the Magic franchise. We want players to experience what makes Magic “magic” in the Puzzle Quest way, which means focusing on what is great in both franchises.

You can find the amount of Mana Orbs and Runes each duplicate will give you in the tables below.

Crafting Costs

Selecting a Set and Rarity determines the cost of the Booster that you would like to craft.

Sets will affect the crafting cost in 3 ways:
  • Legacy Sets (all Sets that aren’t in the Standard Rotation) are treated as a Single Set, and will be the cheapest you can craft to complete your sets!
  • All Standard Sets, except for the newest one, will have the same price.
  • The Newest Standard Set (most recent set released) will cost slightly more than the rest of Standard.
Selecting a Rarity will also affect the Booster cost. You can craft from Commons to Mythics from any Set. Increasing the Rarity will increase the cost.

Check out the table below to find the Mana Orb costs for each Crafted Booster: *New Update*

Origins Set 

Since Origins is the basic set of the game and also a classic one, it will remain in Standard and craftable as an individual set. In light of this and its popularity, we decided to make Origins the cheapest Standard set: it is priced as a Legacy Set! Check out the updated price table above.

Masterpiece Booster Re-Roll Policy

With the announcement of Booster Crafting details, this means that we will be discontinuing the Masterpiece Booster Re-Roll Policy next Friday (12/8). We hope that with this 1 week notice, players that are working towards another Masterpiece Booster will still have the opportunity to request a re-roll, should they require it. Any requests submitted prior to this date, but would end up being resolved after that timeframe, will still be honored and completed by Customer Support. 

In order to ensure that there are no conflicts with the proposed conversion rates though, moving forward, Customer Support will also be removing Masterpiece Booster duplicates that players request re-rolls for. Please note that players possessing duplicates from the re-roll policy, prior to this announcement, will still be able to keep those duplicates. This only applies to future duplicates being re-rolled.

Special Holiday Offers

December is an exciting time for us, as it’s both the holidays and the second anniversary of MTG PQ’s release! To commemorate the Holiday with MTG PQ, we at Oktagon, alongside D3 Go!, decided to not only release the long-awaited Booster Crafting, but to offer special discounts on Booster Crafting prices for anyone who purchases certain Mana Crystals Offers or Bundle Packs during this period!

Purchasing certain Mana Crystals Offer, or a Bundle Pack, will give you a non-cumulative discount on the Booster Crafting prices for the duration of the holiday period. Be sure to check out the info in the Vault, once Booster Crafting is released, for more information on these discounts.  Please note, we will be announcing all the Anniversary and holiday plans soon, so stay tuned!

We’ve worked hard to create an enjoyable experience! We hope you enjoy the newest addition to the game, and we can’t wait to hear what you think! Always keep the feedback coming!

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  • Yirrixees
    Yirrixees Posts: 19 Just Dropped In
    wow awesome guys!
  • Gilesclone
    Gilesclone Posts: 735 Critical Contributor
    Very good.  This exceeded my expectations!
  • Krishna
    Krishna Posts: 205 Tile Toppler
    Cool. I like that Legacy dupes are not worth less currency, but are cheaper than standard. The cost for the newest set is 50% more though... Will have to really want cards to spring one of those.
    I know I give the devs a hard time, but they have been doing good so far and this, the holy grail is finally real enough to give us screenshots! Good on ya
  • majincob
    majincob Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    This is amazing! I like everything about this. Glad they redid the whole system.
  • Sorin81
    Sorin81 Posts: 558 Critical Contributor
    This is actually impressive. I am glad I didn't convert my dupes to runes. Great job. I may actually be able to get a couple of the cards I've been chasing.
  • Furordraco
    Furordraco Posts: 142 Tile Toppler
    Nice I love all this! Finally a brand new innovation. Thank you @Oktagon
  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    GrizzoMtGPQ said:
    Jewels for Elite Packs should never result in a dupe. Why is this not obvious to you @Oktagon?

    Why not? 
  • TheDragonHermit
    TheDragonHermit Posts: 465 Mover and Shaker
    Been anticipating this for so long, can't wait to see it in action.
  • NiftyC
    NiftyC Posts: 47 Just Dropped In
    This is stupendous. Congrats on and thanks for what looks like a well-considered system! 
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2017
    Much better than expected. Most importantly, not exchanging dupes for dupes is fantastic, and what I feel people most desired.

    I do wish you were able to choose the color, however, as the price seems extreme considering the slow rate of reward accrual for many individuals.  For example, I'm missing 13 Origins mythics. A booster costs 5000 orbs, which is equivalent to 10 duplicate mythics (as you receive 500 orbs for them at conversion).

    This means if I want, say, Hixus, I'll have to spend between 10-130 duplicates mythics to get it. That's a huge range of outcomes from "generous" to "exorbitant".

    Being able to limit by color would not only help mitigate the disparity of those outcomes (while still assuring a degree of randomness), but assist people--particularly those who haven't been on the gravy train--in targeting specific cards that match their favorite planeswalkers and play styles.


  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    madwren said:

    I do wish you were able to choose the color, however, as the price seems extreme considering the slow rate of reward accrual for many individuals.  For example, I'm missing 13 Origins mythics. A booster costs 5000 orbs, which is equivalent to 10 duplicate mythics (as you receive 500 orbs for them at conversion).

    I would not be surprised if they made it block format like this in order to get it out faster, and then made color or set-specific offers like they used to with regular boosters.  If that isn't the plan, however, @Brigby tell the devs its a good idea every once in a while
  • Oaklanbash
    Oaklanbash Posts: 46 Just Dropped In
    The only thing I care about is I will have a Day's Undoing on Day 1..... TSN, Goggles, Starfield I will consider but they aren't needed for my decks.  Day's Undoing goes in practically every blue deck out there.
  • Krishna
    Krishna Posts: 205 Tile Toppler
    madwren said:
    Much better than expected. Most importantly, not exchanging dupes for dupes is fantastic, and what I feel people most desired.

    I do wish you were able to choose the color, however, as the price seems extreme considering the slow rate of reward accrual for many individuals.  For example, I'm missing 13 Origins mythics. A booster costs 5000 orbs, which is equivalent to 10 duplicate mythics (as you receive 500 orbs for them at conversion).

    This means if I want, say, Hixus, I'll have to spend between 10-130 duplicates mythics to get it. That's a huge range of outcomes from "generous" to "exorbitant".



    With Origins, a lot of the Mythics are really solid and useful in the most competitive decks. I am honestly debating blowing all my orbs on Origins mythics and seeing what I get. Gaea, Day's undoing, Starfield, Hangerback, Thopter Spy, Goggles, Obliteration, Hixus, etc are all incredible cards that I can't wait to get a shot at. Other sets though, I could see getting grumpy chasing cards like Heart of Kiran and getting cards like Depala.
  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    what is mana orbs from a 'non-craftable set'?
    will I be able to craft origins cards?

    HH
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    hawkyh1 said:
    what is mana orbs from a 'non-craftable set'?
    will I be able to craft origins cards?

    HH

    When a set is released, it will not be craftable for a month.  You get bonus orbs during that time period.

    "New sets will become available for crafting one month after their release. During this first month, you will get extra Mana Orbs when converting duplicates from that set."
  • Krishna
    Krishna Posts: 205 Tile Toppler
    edited December 2017
    hawkyh1 said:
    what is mana orbs from a 'non-craftable set'?
    will I be able to craft origins cards?

    HH
    the newest set is not craftable for one month. during that time, the dupes are worth more

    "Crafted Boosters will contain a brand new card for your collection. Here are the options you will be able to select when crafting your booster:
    • Set: New sets will become available for crafting one month after their release. During this first month, you will get extra Mana Orbs when converting duplicates from that set.
    • Rarity: Everything from Common to Mythic Rares. Masterpieces cannot be crafted."
    Origins BETTER be craftable lol
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    Krishna said:
     Other sets though, I could see getting grumpy chasing cards like Heart of Kiran and getting cards like Depala.

    Sure. It'll definitely vary depending on each individual's collection. While I'm thrilled about many aspects of crafting, I dislike is that it is setting a lot of people up for the same disappointment they have when they get bad cards from elite packs. Yes, randomness is to be expected, and sure, no one really thought you could craft a specific card. However, I think the range of outcomes (10-130 orbs, in my example) is too high, and thus I'd like to see it narrowed a bit so that a person can intelligently focus their attempts instead of throwing orbs into the wind when they're missing 50% of the mythics in a set.

    That narrower range of outcomes would benefit those individuals who aren't sitting on a warehouse of duplicates. I'm one of the lucky ones that was around for the gravy train. A lot of people, particularly newcomers, aren't going to get many shots.

  • GrizzoMtGPQ
    GrizzoMtGPQ Posts: 776 Critical Contributor
    @Ohboy because jewels are way to rare and hard to come by to give a dupe. It's just a **** experience. I think mostly I will only use them to try 1-2 times on a pack where I don't have most of the cards already.

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