Steam Trading Cards

Info

Steam Trading Cards are virtual cards earned by playing games on Steam. Sets of cards can be turned into game badges and tradable Steam community items.

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Regular Cards

Bounty Hunter	Phantom Lancer	Razor	Riki

Tidehunter	Tiny	Tusk	Vengeful Spirit

Foil Cards

Foil cards are significantly rarer and more costly than regular cards. They can be used to craft the special Foil badge. Else, Foil cards serve no different purpose than regular cards.

Bounty Hunter (Foil)	Phantom Lancer (Foil)	Razor (Foil)	Riki (Foil)

Tidehunter (Foil)	Tiny (Foil)	Tusk (Foil)	Vengeful Spirit (Foil)

How to obtain

As a drop while playing Dota 2.
- Because Dota 2 is a free-to-play game, players do not receive free cards like most other games. Instead, a card drop becomes available for roughly every $9 USD spent on cosmetic items in the Dota 2 Store The Dota 2 Store “ Play Thank you, thank you for your business. Click to listen— The Shopkeeper ” The Dota 2 Store is a micropayment service that allows players to purchase in-game cosmetic items such as .
- If you have card drops available, they will appear automatically in your Steam inventory as long as your Dota 2 client is open.
- Cards drop approximately once every 15-60 minutes.
From the Steam Community Market The Steam Community Market is a real money auction service used to buy and sell items related to Steam and Steam games, including Dota 2. All sales and purchases are completed using the Steam Wallet. .
By trading with another player.
From a Booster Pack.
- Booster Packs are packets of several cards that drop randomly after you have forged one Dota 2 badge.
- Booster Packs can also be bought on the Market.
- Booster Packs drop more frequently for players with higher Steam Levels.

Level	Booster Pack drop rate
10	+20% drop rate
20	+40% drop rate
30	+60% drop rate
40	+80% drop rate
50	+100% drop rate, etc...

Badges

Once a player has collected a set of 8 cards, a badge can be crafted on the Badges page in his/her Steam Profile. Badges can be leveled up by crafting repeatedly, with each set raising the badge level by one. The Foil badge can only be crafted with a set of Foil cards. Badges can be featured on your Steam Profile.

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Foil

100 XP	200 XP	300 XP	400 XP	500 XP	100 XP
Support	Disabler	Jungler	Initiator	Ganker	Hard Carry

Rewards

Crafting badges will always grant the player a Dota 2 Profile Background and an Emoticon, with a chance of obtaining a Coupon. It will also contribute 100 XP towards your Steam Level, which will add featuresSpecial attraction to your Steam Profile display.

Profile Backgrounds

Profile Backgrounds are used to decorate your Steam Profile. They can be sold and bought on the Market, or traded with other players.

Dota Ancients	Tidehunter	Vengeful Spirit	Dragon	Crystal Maiden & Lina

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Emoticons

Emoticons can be used in chats and comments on Steam. They cannot be used in the Dota 2 client. They can be sold and bought on the Market, or traded with other players.

Antimage	Axe	Bloodseeker	Brewmaster	Invoker	Lone Druid	Nature`s Prophet	Rubick	Tidehunter	Puck

:d2antimage:	:d2axe:	:d2bloodseeker:	:d2brewmaster:	:d2invoker:	:d2lonedruid:	:d2naturesprophet:	:d2rubick:	:d2tidehunter:	:d2puck:
B0C3D9	B0C3D9	B0C3D9	B0C3D9	B0C3D9	B0C3D9	B0C3D9	B0C3D9	5E98D9	4B69FF