Two ways to collect: how the Origins economy works

The split

Origins keeps two things apart that most card games mix:

1. Playing. Every competitive card is earned in game. Nothing you buy makes your deck stronger.
2. Collecting. Limited-edition versions of cards exist in numbered print runs, come digitally graded and can be bought, sold and traded with other players.

The studio's own loading screens call it "real collecting in digital" and "two ways to collect".

What is confirmed

• Graded cards. Collector versions carry a grade; at Card Party in July the team gave a Slab to anyone pulling a 10/10 Alternate Art. Lower grades and different series exist and are worth different amounts.
• God packs. Rare packs in which every card is Legendary or better.
• Alpha Edition. The first collector edition, "Myths & Legends: Alpha Edition", is sold in pre-order only: booster packs of five cards, boxes of 24 packs and cases of six boxes, with ten rarity levels from common to storybook. When the print run is finished no more Alpha boxes are produced. The final sale was announced in the Kickstarter AMA of 10 September 2026.
• Trading on Steam. Cards and sealed products will be traded on the Steam Community Market and connected marketplaces once the full game launches. Demo collectibles earned today become tradeable at that point.
• Mobile later. Pack opening on phone is planned for 2027.

What is not confirmed yet

• Prices in euros for packs and boxes outside the Alpha pre-order.
• Marketplace fees beyond Steam's standard ones.
• Whether physical metal cards, shown by the CEO in March 2026, will ever be sold.

Why it matters for the meta

Because collector cards are cosmetic, a tier list only has to care about the card itself, never about the version. OriginsMeta will track Steam Market prices from the first day items are listed, so that collecting has the same data as playing.