So how do you get Foil cards?

[[RUS] Election Hacker]

Do they drop from idling like the normal cards once you reach level 10, or are they a crafting reward like background images and emoticons? Kinda confused.

[RandomSanity]

DarkOne§Darkhawx eredeti hozzászólása:

It is a pain in the ass when you get double ups and just keep getting the same card... :/ DAMNIT JUST GOT A ******* DOUBLE UP!

FYI for situations like that there is an online tool that scans your inventory and matches you with people who also have duplicate trading cards in the same game and allows you to offer them a trade offer.

http://www.steamtradematcher.com/

It makes this issue a great deal less annoying as it usually only takes a few seconds to swap your duplicate for someone else's duplicate.

[uckkla]

[Naoufel]

NRA GOP eredeti hozzászólása:

Kill Kayt GReY eredeti hozzászólása:

they drop like normal cards. I can confirm as I just got one.

How long do you have to play to get one? Also is there a drop limit like the normal ones?

you must play 2 hours to get drop the first card

[tinyshadow337]

Nugg - ♥♥♥♥ mouse LEGGOOO! eredeti hozzászólása:

You must be a level 10 or higher to get Foiled Cards.

actually, my wife got a foil card at level 2, so u do not have to be level 10 to get foil cards!

[Glimmer]

Chibicus Midgeticus eredeti hozzászólása:

Nugg - ♥♥♥♥ mouse LEGGOOO! eredeti hozzászólása:

You must be a level 10 or higher to get Foiled Cards.

actually, my wife got a foil card at level 2, so u do not have to be level 10 to get foil cards!

This point has been addressed repeatedly, back in the early stages of the Beta when that post was made there was a level requirement. If you can't be bothered to read the whole thread, what makes you think others will make it this far for your correction?

[Ampck]

:csgogun:

[Ampck]

dang

[AJ]

Nugg - ♥♥♥♥ mouse LEGGOOO! eredeti hozzászólása:

You must be a level 10 or higher to get Foiled Cards.

well i am level 4 and i just got a trading card

[The_Driver]

Endagered Heavy eredeti hozzászólása:

Nugg - ♥♥♥♥ mouse LEGGOOO! eredeti hozzászólása:

You must be a level 10 or higher to get Foiled Cards.

well i am level 4 and i just got a trading card

A) That post refers to foil cards, not just trading cards
B) That post was correct at the time of posting (nearly 3 years ago!)
C) This has been discussed multiple times in this thread, the last time, in the latest "on topic" post above yours

[Inerxia]

what's foil card does?

[The_Driver]

Mal eredeti hozzászólása:

what's foil card does?

This has been answered in the frequently asked questions compilation:
https://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/faq

What are Foil Trading Cards?
There is a small chance whenever you get a Trading Card from playing a game that it will have a special foil border. You'll need to collect a set of foil cards in order to craft them into a foil badge. There is no extra benefit to having foil cards or foil badges aside from their rarity.

Note that the games foil badges are separate badges that can only be crafted to level 1 (instead of level 5).

[Owltaku]

When I was level 4, I got a csgo foil card

Nugg - ♥♥♥♥ mouse LEGGOOO! eredeti hozzászólása:

You must be a level 10 or higher to get Foiled Cards.

[jim]

It's not true that you have to be level 10... I am level 2 or 3 I don't remember and I got a Foil garry's mod card.

[The_Driver]

ItzJim_ eredeti hozzászólása:

It's not true that you have to be level 10... I am level 2 or 3 I don't remember and I got a Foil garry's mod card.

Not currently, but as the information has a timestamp, you can easily consider at which time it was posted, and guess what: It was correct at that time.

[MrL0G1C]

Someone should lock this thread, or the original poster should remove the ref to lev10.

Summary:

You get foils the same way that you get normal cards, they get dropped for games that are eligible for card drops when you play the game for long enough (from 30min to a couple of hours).

To see which games are elligle for drops, visit your profile->badges page, it'll tell you x card drops remaining for each game. The total number of drops is the full set divided by 2 and rounded up.

Only 1% of card drops are foils. You can also get foils in booster packs which you can buy from the market or they drop for people who have completed all of their card drops for a game. You can get more than 1 booster pack drop for a game (I have had).

Craft normal cards to make badges, craft foil cards to make foil badges. 5 normal bagdes per game set* 1 foil bagde per set.

Foil cards are typically worth more than normal cards due to their rarity.

*steam sales don't have same limit.