I'm getting back into Magic after a few years off. I'd like to still use my magic the Database since it has a record of which cards I own, unless there is something better now.
Does anyone have a way to just export the magic the database data into something like SQL?
Surprised no one has mentioned Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur. This guy wipes out everyone's hand and ensures you get seven new cards EACH round. He is simply amazing. Entomb and Exhume him on round one and watch everyone fume as they discard their hands.
Does anyone have Conspiracy set formatted for MtD? I don't have that one in Workstation so I cant export it.
Edi. ever mind I found an import for Magic Workstation and used my program to convert it to Magic the Database. Still a lot of manual steps since MS doesn't export the text on about 15% of the cards. Here is the link for Conspiracy: https://www.sendspace.com/file/r0x3is
I have a question about Humility and the emblems you get from some planeswalkers. Do emblems have a timestamp like a card? What if I have Humility in play and I get an emblem from Elspeth, Knight-Errant Are my creatures indestructible? What if I have the emblem before Humility was played?
Same question for Elspeth, Sun's Champion. Would my creatures have the +2/+2 and flying?
Last question: Do 'enters the battlefield' abilities trigger with Humility in play? What about Primordial Hydra that says it comes into play with X +1/+1 counters on it?
On the other hand, I see roger has been using MTG Workstation as a source. Any issues with that?
For some reason when I use Magic Workstation's dump to Excel function about 5-10% of the cards' text doesn't get included. I haven't figured out what is causing that yet so I have to go through the list and check each one. It's not major but it does introduce the possibility of user error. I'd prefer a process that was 100% automated. I may look into it some more when I have some mroe time. A conversion directly from gatherer would still be the best way to go in my opinion.
OK, so last night I was using Magic Workstation and I noticed that it can dump the card base to Excel. That gave me an idea to solve our Gatherer problem.
I dumped the card base to Excel, sorted for the "Journey into Nyx" cards and saved them as a separate file. Then I wrote a program to read in that Excel file and spit out a text file formatted for Magic the Database. A couple hours later I have a Magic the Database readable text file. There was a little post-process editing that needed to be done but that only took a few minutes.
Here is the link for the card list for Journey into Nyx formatted for Magic the Database. Magic the Database forever baby! https://www.sendspace.com/file/ceb1ld
Yeah, I just noticed how they changed the new Gatherer. It totally sucks. A new SED script could be created to import from another text format. Maybe base it off of Magic Workstation input files?
In the meantime, can you post your formatted file for Journey into Nyx?
it'd I cast martial coup with x equal 5 to destroy other creatures and some of those creatures have triggered abilities when creatures enter the battlefield will they trigger for my tokens coming into play?
what if I have archangel of thrune and auruok champion in play? Will the lifegain trigger and will that give my new creatures the counters?
ok I must be missing something here. when the combo is going off, and you have 2 or more recruiters on the field and the strix and you are casting the harpy to bounce the strix, what keeps someone from blasting the strix? The harpy is on the stack so it can't save the strix. what keeps the strix alive?
Does anyone have a way to just export the magic the database data into something like SQL?
Edit. Never mind. I found it.
Edi. ever mind I found an import for Magic Workstation and used my program to convert it to Magic the Database. Still a lot of manual steps since MS doesn't export the text on about 15% of the cards. Here is the link for Conspiracy:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/r0x3is
Does a creature's "die' effect trigger when it dies? For example Vastwood Hydra dies, does the controller get to distribute +1/+1 counters?
Same question for Elspeth, Sun's Champion. Would my creatures have the +2/+2 and flying?
Last question: Do 'enters the battlefield' abilities trigger with Humility in play? What about Primordial Hydra that says it comes into play with X +1/+1 counters on it?
For some reason when I use Magic Workstation's dump to Excel function about 5-10% of the cards' text doesn't get included. I haven't figured out what is causing that yet so I have to go through the list and check each one. It's not major but it does introduce the possibility of user error. I'd prefer a process that was 100% automated. I may look into it some more when I have some mroe time. A conversion directly from gatherer would still be the best way to go in my opinion.
https://www.sendspace.com/file/u0scas
I dumped the card base to Excel, sorted for the "Journey into Nyx" cards and saved them as a separate file. Then I wrote a program to read in that Excel file and spit out a text file formatted for Magic the Database. A couple hours later I have a Magic the Database readable text file. There was a little post-process editing that needed to be done but that only took a few minutes.
Here is the link for the card list for Journey into Nyx formatted for Magic the Database. Magic the Database forever baby!
https://www.sendspace.com/file/ceb1ld
In the meantime, can you post your formatted file for Journey into Nyx?
what if I have archangel of thrune and auruok champion in play? Will the lifegain trigger and will that give my new creatures the counters?
thanks!
http://www.sendspace.com/file/tx7k83