DOTA 2 and trading cards

Yes and yes, though card drops don't seem to be working for those who make new purchases in Dota 2.

What is DOTA2 premium? O_O

I bought a Dota2 chest didnt set me to premium.... in TF2 you needed to buy a premium in the game.

"Free to play games drop game cards based on your in-game purchasing history. If you've made purchases in-game prior to the Steam Trading Card Beta, or if you purchased TF2 prior to the Free to Play Update, you'll have 4 or 5 drops available for these games. You'll receive more card drops when you buy items in game, approximately one card drop for every $9 USD spent."

You will only be able to earn DOTA2 cards if you had bought something from the DOTA store prior to the Beta.

If you go to your Badges page, you will see the list of games/cards to collect. If DOTA2 isn't on that page you won't be able to earn cards at this time.

FYI: Spectating/Watching DOTA games counts as game time and will earn you cards. You don't need to play if you don't like DOTA. Note: Idling in the lobby may not earn cards; I suggest spectating as I earned 4 cards from doing it.

My DOTA 2 says it's Premium, although I don't remember ever buying anything for it. (Clicky on this doohickey, Ricky...)

Does this mean it will cough up some cards? I tried it for an hour yesterday, without any luck.

I have received Dota 2 from Valve and I get those cards.

Oh wow, I can't believe how wrong all of you have it? I can't even help you guys you are so far off.

That's not how you get dota 2 cards.

look I have cards. its has nothing to do with the store.

Valve would love to read this. All of you buying dota 2 items thinking it will get you cards, when it won't.

I'll buy any of your dota2 trading cards for a ref each :)

Bumping this as I dont think a straight answer was found ..

Plan and Simple .. I recieved my Dota last September. Ive never bought anything from the in-game store. I have recieved Items from playing and I have been able to trade items. The tab for the game says DOTA2 - Premimum DLC

IS my account prem .. If Not, how can I make it prem

(I want to be able to get the trading cards)

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Sigh.
You don't pay anything = You get 4-5 cards.
For every ~$9 you spend in the store, you get a CARD DROP.

Read the FAQ.

Still no clear answer. So you need to pay 9$ for a card drop in dota2 but not in tf2? Or is it you get your 4-5 drops if you have premium in tf2 and dota2 and then 1 drop for every 9$ spent?
I got cards from tf2 but can't get it in dota2.
FAQ says the same about tf2 and dota2, but it's not. In other words it's enough to spend 50 cents or so in tf2 to get the cards and you need to spend 9$ for 1 card in dota2?

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards/discussions/1/828939163745497193/#c828939163766303858