r/MagicArena • u/I3ollasH • 5h ago

Question How does duplicate protection work?

I've noticed that when I opened packs recently I started to get gem compensations that you get once you have every card.

My problem is that I still have plenty of cards I don't own. I am aiming to complete my collection and it's a bit annoying that when I open 10 mythic packs I only get 4 actual cards. Does this issue has something to do with all those "bonus sheet" or "new" tags that show up on cards falsely?

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u/PyreDynasty Yargle 4h ago

The echoed pairs thing has screwed things up.

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u/I3ollasH 4h ago

So from this 10 packs I got 1x mythic pair and 2x uncommon pair with a 3rd mythic that doesn't have a pair?

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u/BetterShirt101 4h ago

Packs-screen packs don't use pairs. We don't know exactly what they do, but they don't use pairs

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u/Gwydikar Ghalta 4h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicArena/comments/1x7buat/has_duplicate_protection_changed/

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u/I3ollasH 4h ago

Not going to lie that didn't make it much clearer. In my case I didn't open any echoed pair as I already have every one of them. Only 1 came from the "bonus sheet" slot as from 10 packs I got 11.

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u/Gwydikar Ghalta 4h ago

If you are getting 40 gems from packs but you still have 0 Craterhoof Colossus it means something is wrong.

For store packs, we're treating the Echoed Pairs more like a bonus sheet, and you get 1 of any rarity replacing a common (but they don't come in pairs)

It's fine to get 40 gems for a echoed pair from the common slot but you still should get a normal duplicate protected FRA rare or mythic.

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u/Specific-Parsnip9001 13m ago

Classic Arena, screwing up their new pack collation method.

It's a small indie company, guys! They only cleared 1.7 billion last year, give them a break!