How do I get free Trading Cards

[EuShooter]

I just started my Steam account and I was trying to figure out how steam trading cards work and if you guys can give me any leftovers please.

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

When you buy a game (check the store page to see if they have cards) and then play the game after 2-4+ hours you'll start dropping Steam cards (half or one less than half depending on how many cards a game has), the rest you'll have to trade or buy from the Steam market and there are 5 normal badges and 1 foil badge you can craft. You can buy stuff in-game up to $9 USDs to get more drops too.

(Side note: if you play games that don't have cards and have enough time they'll automatically drop into your inventory if they get cards one day)

When summer and winter sales happen most of the time they'll do sale cards that you can get from purchasing games, crafting regular game badges (replaces the coup you get normally), and by doing the queue daily (now only 1 card).

When and if you level up your Steam account level (every 10 levels up the chance) and get all card drops from your games (the more is better) you will be eligible for booster drops (when someone crafts a game badge that you are eligible with you have a change to drop that booster), these contain +3 cards from that set of game cards and can have a very low chance to be a foil, you can all so craft these boosters or trade / buy from Steam market.

And begging is frowned upon.

[Social Commander]

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