I recently saw that MSE has some new templates and scripts out. One for exporting to Cockatrice, and numerous for creating really spectacular overlays and card layouts. I basically just played around and made about 17 cards to test this all out.
I have not tested the MWS and Lackey exporting yet, but the Cockatrice one needs some filtering for its export code. I noticed that a double hyphen messes up Cockatrice, and it need to be replaced with a single hyphen. I also noticed that an apostrophe in MSE is different from the apostrophe that Cockatrice expects. Any hybrid and phyrexian mana are also formatted wrong.
I would love to hear some suggestions on how to address these things in a more automated fashion, and also any suggestions on building custom sets that are fairly balanced for Vintage.
This set permits the addition of non-standard colours, as well as overlays. The overlay functionality is really cool, and it works in conjunction with foil overlays, as you can see in this example. The overlay is a bit tricky at first, but it's not too hard to get the hang of. I just have poor Photoshop skills.
So, this one looked like it might be a cool template. The problem was that I could not find a place to put any casting cost or card type. So, I just kinda wrote them in to fit with the rest of the card. One nice thing was that I was able to change the text colour to non-standard colours of my choosing. This card didn't turn out that well, but I believe the template has some potential.
This was a really cool alternative template. The main thing that sets it apart, is that that the text boxes are slanted, and the image area is a jagged edge.
The images were just taken from Google images. I'm really not to a point of concerning myself with doing completely original cards that are legitimately playable until I get some of the technical issues sorted first.
Yes, but you still need to do a bit of manual editing to change mana about and replace some characters. It's a lot easier than hand writing the whole thing from an MWS set list though.
It was at that moment that I realized: I'm kinda just making these things up. We can just write the rules the way we want them to work. People will have fun, and people will get it.
This is what confuses me. I'm not really familiar with cockatrice so I don't really know the situation, but I remember its takedown being mentioned on these forums a while back.
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It was at that moment that I realized: I'm kinda just making these things up. We can just write the rules the way we want them to work. People will have fun, and people will get it.
Woaaaah, what's with the cool magiccards.info type layout?
Also, can I have the link to Cockatrice? Heard of it, never tried it.
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Conspiracy Draftifact 3
Artifact Creature - Construct
Draft Conspiracy Draftifact face up.
Immediately after the draft, you may notice how freakin' screwed you are, as someone just used Lore Seeker to get a pack of Zendikar with a power nine inside.
2/3
I use magiccards.info a lot, so I just kinda hacked up their format to display mine as well. It's actually not a completed page, as you can see if you click on one of the card names.
Bruker was sent a C&D directly after a Reddit post advertising Cockatrice. It would be unwise to have that happen again. If you look, you will find it.
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I have not tested the MWS and Lackey exporting yet, but the Cockatrice one needs some filtering for its export code. I noticed that a double hyphen messes up Cockatrice, and it need to be replaced with a single hyphen. I also noticed that an apostrophe in MSE is different from the apostrophe that Cockatrice expects. Any hybrid and phyrexian mana are also formatted wrong.
I would love to hear some suggestions on how to address these things in a more automated fashion, and also any suggestions on building custom sets that are fairly balanced for Vintage.
Here are links to my "Oracle" page spoiler and the associated set files.
Malevolent Mistress Maleficent - Oracle
MMM Set Files
Here are a couple card examples:
This set permits the addition of non-standard colours, as well as overlays. The overlay functionality is really cool, and it works in conjunction with foil overlays, as you can see in this example. The overlay is a bit tricky at first, but it's not too hard to get the hang of. I just have poor Photoshop skills.
So, this one looked like it might be a cool template. The problem was that I could not find a place to put any casting cost or card type. So, I just kinda wrote them in to fit with the rest of the card. One nice thing was that I was able to change the text colour to non-standard colours of my choosing. This card didn't turn out that well, but I believe the template has some potential.
This was a really cool alternative template. The main thing that sets it apart, is that that the text boxes are slanted, and the image area is a jagged edge.
The images were just taken from Google images. I'm really not to a point of concerning myself with doing completely original cards that are legitimately playable until I get some of the technical issues sorted first.
Here is the Reddit post for the exportation files: MSE Cockatrice Exporter
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
Comic Book Set
Archester: Frontier of Steam (A steampunk set!)
A Good Place to Start Designing
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
Comic Book Set
Archester: Frontier of Steam (A steampunk set!)
A Good Place to Start Designing
Also, can I have the link to Cockatrice? Heard of it, never tried it.
Artifact Creature - Construct
Draft Conspiracy Draftifact face up.
Immediately after the draft, you may notice how freakin' screwed you are, as someone just used Lore Seeker to get a pack of Zendikar with a power nine inside.
2/3
Bruker was sent a C&D directly after a Reddit post advertising Cockatrice. It would be unwise to have that happen again. If you look, you will find it.