Like a book with all cards, either with pictures (like 8 cards on one page or something) or just with plain text. Alternatively is there a pdf file or excel list of something like that?
I am new and would like to learn about some cards while not at the computer but travelling or so.
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I can't think of any. I have an app on my phone that has the Oracle text for every legal card, but it doesn't have scans or pictures, and I can't imagine why anyone would ever print one. New sets come out so fast, it would -have- to be some manner of digital media. I'm sure you could create one, but there's not one that I know of currently.
I don't know of one being made after Invasion. The Magic: the Gathering Unofficial Encyclopedia is what the one I have from 2002 is. It's 4th ed/Arabian Nights to Invasion... I just looked it up online and it's selling used for like... $100 wtf? rofl I bought it for $30 in 2003-ish
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Decks:
Standard: UWB Control
Modern: UWR Midrange/Control UW Control
EDH: BRG Prossh, Skyraider of Kher G Omnath, Locus of Mana BUG The Mimeoplasm
I don't know of one being made after Invasion. The Magic: the Gathering Unofficial Encyclopedia is what the one I have from 2002 is. It's 4th ed/Arabian Nights to Invasion... I just looked it up online and it's selling used for like... $100 wtf? rofl I bought it for $30 in 2003-ish
Yes, those exist, they can be found much cheaper than that though. Some sites have horrible markup for used products, search around.
They're a good read for the new guy, pictures of all the cards, each set is introduced with a description, how it came into being, accolades, controversies, some brief notes on the most powerfull cards in the set.
I own the first two, and I would recommend them to a newcomer wanting to learn about Mtg's history.
Are you guys sure that noone keeps things in like an excel sheet and makes that publicly available? With columns for card type, mana cost, description etc.?
It wouldnt even be that hard to update and you could have like a whole edition on four A4 papers or so.
Are you guys sure that noone keeps things in like an excel sheet and makes that publicly available? With columns for card type, mana cost, description etc.?
It wouldnt even be that hard to update and you could have like a whole edition on four A4 papers or so.
It's kind of pointless for most people. Laptops/Smartphones + Magiccards.info pretty much makes something like that obsolete.
You can go on eBay and get the booklets that come with fat packs. These will include a set's worth of cards.
If you just want something magic-related (non story) to read, I think there is a dead-tree version of Chapin's eBook.
Another option... you could buy a pack of Kamigawa, Ravnica, Lorwyn, Time Spiral, Alara, and Onslaught for about the price of a book. That's one way to familiarize yourself with some older cards.
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Since there are 3 sets (to a block) & a core set released each year, along with "specialty sets", any printed book will become "obsolete" within 3 months, latest. No publisher in their right mind would do that.
Well, he could make like one of those folders where you can add a new edition once it comes out.
There ARE some benefits to having things on paper that do not depend on batteries or electricity.
Well, he could make like one of those folders where you can add a new edition once it comes out.
There ARE some benefits to having things on paper that do not depend on batteries or electricity.
No, it's fine to maintain a personal collection of this, but what publisher would want to print a "Guide to Magic", that becomes obsolete and needs an entirely new edition every three months? That's insane. Plus, most people wouldn't ever need it. There's far easier digital ways to look up any and all Magic cards, whenever you want.
I thought I'd point out the fat pack player guides. They're not exactly one big book (although you could make them into one, I guess - they're already hole punched), but they've got pictures of all the cards in a set, with some background info and cool little tidbits about the block and stuff.
I thought I'd point out the fat pack player guides. They're not exactly one big book (although you could make them into one, I guess - they're already hole punched), but they've got pictures of all the cards in a set, with some background info and cool little tidbits about the block and stuff.
This is really just the best option and the closest/only thing you're going to get that's a printed version by anyone that's not home made.
I'm sure you can buy them on ebay, or some people in the trade thread here on MTGS would have them.
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Decks:
Standard: UWB Control
Modern: UWR Midrange/Control UW Control
EDH: BRG Prossh, Skyraider of Kher G Omnath, Locus of Mana BUG The Mimeoplasm
There were several encyclopedias of Magic cards printed during the early years of the game. I remember reading the first one before I ever actually bought any cards. I eventually purchased the first three volumes from a book liquidators in Orlando several years ago, but I know they printed the giant encyclopedias at least as far as Urza's Saga. They're nice, but the game has proven that it moves too quickly for print media to keep up. Releasing multiple promos per month, numerous box sets throughout the year, on top of the regular expansions is too much information to adequately be printed.
The Fat Pack booklets make up for this. There was a Tempest guidebook that was followed by miniature guides to other sets, and this eventually became the Fat Pack booklet.
Hi! You could use MTAG Spoilers ( https://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-spoilers/ ) and print out the archives for each released set. That way you could make a book. Hope this helps!
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Like a book with all cards, either with pictures (like 8 cards on one page or something) or just with plain text. Alternatively is there a pdf file or excel list of something like that?
I am new and would like to learn about some cards while not at the computer but travelling or so.
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The latest Comprehensive Rules are also good, and can be found here.
Standard:
UWB Control
Modern:
UWR Midrange/Control
UW Control
EDH:
BRG Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
G Omnath, Locus of Mana
BUG The Mimeoplasm
Yes, those exist, they can be found much cheaper than that though. Some sites have horrible markup for used products, search around.
They're a good read for the new guy, pictures of all the cards, each set is introduced with a description, how it came into being, accolades, controversies, some brief notes on the most powerfull cards in the set.
I own the first two, and I would recommend them to a newcomer wanting to learn about Mtg's history.
It wouldnt even be that hard to update and you could have like a whole edition on four A4 papers or so.
It's kind of pointless for most people. Laptops/Smartphones + Magiccards.info pretty much makes something like that obsolete.
You can go on eBay and get the booklets that come with fat packs. These will include a set's worth of cards.
If you just want something magic-related (non story) to read, I think there is a dead-tree version of Chapin's eBook.
Another option... you could buy a pack of Kamigawa, Ravnica, Lorwyn, Time Spiral, Alara, and Onslaught for about the price of a book. That's one way to familiarize yourself with some older cards.
Well, he could make like one of those folders where you can add a new edition once it comes out.
There ARE some benefits to having things on paper that do not depend on batteries or electricity.
No, it's fine to maintain a personal collection of this, but what publisher would want to print a "Guide to Magic", that becomes obsolete and needs an entirely new edition every three months? That's insane. Plus, most people wouldn't ever need it. There's far easier digital ways to look up any and all Magic cards, whenever you want.
The latest Comprehensive Rules are also good, and can be found here.
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This is really just the best option and the closest/only thing you're going to get that's a printed version by anyone that's not home made.
I'm sure you can buy them on ebay, or some people in the trade thread here on MTGS would have them.
Standard:
UWB Control
Modern:
UWR Midrange/Control
UW Control
EDH:
BRG Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
G Omnath, Locus of Mana
BUG The Mimeoplasm
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The Fat Pack booklets make up for this. There was a Tempest guidebook that was followed by miniature guides to other sets, and this eventually became the Fat Pack booklet.
STOP using "dude/bro" as a pejorative or insult. Grow up.
Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Benjamin Franklin: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."