There's an easy work around for that. I move my pics folder first (cause its huge and you don't want to copy it) then I right click magic workstations folder in program files, hit copy, and copy the whole thing to the desktop. Put your pics back into your original folder (as both copies of mws will be routed to the pics in program files), install M15 onto the desktop version and your good. You can do whatever to the desktop version and just delete it when your done . you can even save your decks with M15 cards in them to your normal directory, if you open them in your stable mws it will just say it cant find the cards. Once M15 is in the system just update and delete your desktop version.
Usually I just make a backup of the masterbase file in case I want to revert it then just install over it when the easy installer comes out with the latest set. That has worked pretty well for me so far.
Note that whenever I've added text spoilers it's ruined the filters on MWS, I've learned to live with it until the official release of the set in an MWS build.
I've created a python script that will create a text spoiler for MWS from the updated cards.xml file. Unfortunately I can't post links yet due to a lack of posts >.< Expect a new topic soon.
I would seriously consider running Chandra, the Firebrand if only to have a little board presence, and you are GOING to have miracle cards in your hand that you might have to hard cast, she can actually make them worth it.
I'm not sure how well the Looting/Though Scour works in this deck, it's an interesting idea, I went with more incinerate and mana leaks personally.
Trying to figure out what I was going to be playing in standard this summer I started playing a creature-less Miracle based U/R variant, mostly just for fun. After playing it though, I think there might be something to it. I'll get right to the deck list I started with:
Basic premise, keep the board clear with constant sweepers and spot removal via Miracle on either your turn or your opponents (see Think Twice). Finishing your opponent will be either based off raw burn, or Planeswalkers.
It's been performing surprisingly well in testing (playing against a U/R Delver, B/u Zombies, and Heartless Lich variants).
I really want to work Ponder in somehow without hurting the Miracle card Density, and as much as I like Increasing Vengeance as a card I think that's going to be what I can along with maybe 2 Bonfires.
Usually I just make a backup of the masterbase file in case I want to revert it then just install over it when the easy installer comes out with the latest set. That has worked pretty well for me so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8uWeIWzcZU
Note that whenever I've added text spoilers it's ruined the filters on MWS, I've learned to live with it until the official release of the set in an MWS build.
I was having trouble finding a text spoiler for MWS, so I spent an hour or so creating a python script that would create one from an updated cockatrice cards.xml file... Credit for collecting the data for the cards.xml file go here:
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/digital-magic-and-mtg-software/cockatrice-apprentice-mws/563266-cockatrice-m15-mtgsalvation-based-cards-xml-auto
Here's the text spoiler I was able to create, it seems to load into MWS fine:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WdYUwdMSFHVEFGTnRqM0J1YzA/edit?usp=sharing
Here's the script I used to make the file if there are any Python GURU's who want to refine it or reuse it for the next set:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WdYUwdMSFHSXhHZVNyTndZSVU/edit?usp=sharing
Finally here is a script that will download all of the images from mythic spoiler (I find their images are fairly high quality), again in python:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WdYUwdMSFHYl9nOTZBZEJQckE/edit?usp=sharing
Note on the last script you'll have to create a folder in the root directory named "m15Spoilers"
Hope this helps some people out!
Thanks,
Norman Gates
EDIT: Just an FYI, Artist, Rarity, and Card number aren't filled in correctly since the cards.xml file doesn't provide them.
I would seriously consider running Chandra, the Firebrand if only to have a little board presence, and you are GOING to have miracle cards in your hand that you might have to hard cast, she can actually make them worth it.
I'm not sure how well the Looting/Though Scour works in this deck, it's an interesting idea, I went with more incinerate and mana leaks personally.
Have you tested at all?
4x Bonfire of the Damned
4x Devastation Tide
4x Temporal Mastery
Instants
2x Increasing Vengeance
4x Thunderous Wrath
2x Vanishment
4x Incinerate
4x Mana Leak
4x Think Twice
2x Chandra, the Firebrand
2x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Land
4x Sulfur Falls
4x Evolving Wilds
2x Desolate Lighthouse
7x Island
7x Mountain
I'm not sure about a sideboard quite yet.
Basic premise, keep the board clear with constant sweepers and spot removal via Miracle on either your turn or your opponents (see Think Twice). Finishing your opponent will be either based off raw burn, or Planeswalkers.
It's been performing surprisingly well in testing (playing against a U/R Delver, B/u Zombies, and Heartless Lich variants).
I really want to work Ponder in somehow without hurting the Miracle card Density, and as much as I like Increasing Vengeance as a card I think that's going to be what I can along with maybe 2 Bonfires.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!