Magic: the Gathering in the UK
Pseudo Mental Magic Cube...
A while ago, I had a thought to make a Mental Magic set made up of cards of each mana cost showing the most useful effects at those costs. But I really wanted to be able to draft it, and that wasn’t going to happen when any card could be anything. So now I’ve moved on to a (probably ridiculous) idea to make a cube composed entirely of cards that represent four different regular Magic cards (this seemed the maximum that could really fit in a standard text box on MSE) and can be used as whichever one you decide (but only once as each thing a-la Mental Magic).
Right now I’m in the position where all the cards are ready to be produced, but since putting four entire cards on a normal-sized card is impossible, I want to produce some sheets where all four options appear slightly smaller than normal and in a row (so you can easily check what the slightly more obscure cards actually do). Sadly, no Proxy generator that I know of is actually capable of doing this, and since Baker’s one uses individual image files it would take forever to do them using that. So the question is - does anyone know a Proxy generator that could make them in the style I need? I definitely don’t want to resize about 2,000 images manually! Although, I guess everyone has database apps on their phones nowadays that would make having them in paper format irrelevant anyway…
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Permalink Reply by Simon O'Keeffe on
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Are you just putting the names of the cards in the text box, or the full card abilities (and P/T for creatures?)
If just card names, then building them in MSE might be easiest, no images though.
If you are trying to condense 4 cards to the size of 1, that seems awkward for legibility purposes. Perhaps just use a full text box card with just rules text and no images. you could have casting cost in top right and I guess card type if it will always be the same.
Sounds like an interesting idea, and kind of similar to a project I worked on earlier in the year but never got round to completing. Perhaps I'll do it in my spare time over the holidays.
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Permalink Reply by Louis Mackie on
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While not as awesome, I do have an MSE file for a cube where everything is a split card, which is quite similar (eg there is Academy Rector//Armageddon). Been meaning to print that off for a while now!
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Permalink Reply by Kieran Symington on
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The actual cards were just going to have names plus possibly relevant alternate ability costs (eg. Fb - W to show it has Flashback for W). Because I can't really put the whole text on the cards, though, I wanted a set of sheets showing the actual cards for each one, but small enough to fit 4 across the page and about 5 down.
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An all split-card cube sounds like it would be a lot easier logistically than trying to do four to a card! I am worried there might be a bit of an information overload with my idea. Though only a complete heathen wouldn't love a combined Circling Vultures/Call to the Netherworld/Skull Fracture.
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Hah, this is exactly what I was working on!
Did you do it yourself Louis? (I did mine manually!)
Would be cool if I could have a copy to compare to mine ( I only have W, U, B, R done so far)
Louis Mackie said:While not as awesome, I do have an MSE file for a cube where everything is a split card, which is quite similar (eg there is Academy Rector//Armageddon). Been meaning to print that off for a while now!
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No, I got it from some guy in the US - I can email it to you if you want to check it out
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