Manalink Update April 8 2009 - Final Update

[jatill]

http://www.savefile.com/files/1997761

warning: Due to the sheer quantity of cards, I only did minimal testing.

As mentioned in another thread, this is my last card update patch until the 2000 card limit
is broken. I wanted to go out with a bang, and I think this submission accomplishes that.
I added a couple cards just to see what Mathusalem would do with the art
Speaking of work I'm hoping other people will do... I was very lazy with the set, DB Ability,
and AI base value for the new cards. Someone needs to update those. In fact, every
single card in the csv should have its AI Base Value reviewed, since the value for most cards
are poorly chosen. So if anyone's looking for an easy project, there you go.
Enjoy!

Bugs fixed:
-correct creature type text on Cursecatcher
-Make Bitterblossom show in deck editor (at the expense of no longer being a Faerie... still Tribal, though)
-Update Dual and Shock lands to have basic land subtypes
-Fix Kjeldoran Outpost bug
-Set numpics to 1 for a bunch of recent cards
-Change Beacon of Immortality to Instant (wording bug only)
-Allow Mystical Tutor to find Interrupts
-Fix Mulldrifter / Ressurection interaction
-Turn off Skullclamp, Karoos
-Rewrite Brainstorm to fix the random weird bugs
-Fixed hand size bug for Mox Diamond

New Bugs:
-Aether Vial doesn't interact right with cost reduction creatures
-Balancing Act doesn't interact with Symbiotic Wurm (and others) properly, but the same is true of Balance.
-Goblin Lackey triggers only on combat damage
-If Light Greaves is un-equipped, creature doesn't lose haste (same bug as Concordant Crossroads, basically)
-Nezumi Shortfang, when flipped, isn't Legendary or a Shaman (still a Rogue). Also, no visual indicator that card is flipped.
-AI only knows about Green mana for Noble Hierarch
-Goblin Tutor returns to your hand on a 2 instead of searching for a Goblin Tutor
-Big Bug: creatures that pump other creatures until EOT stop working if the creature
granting the ability leaves play. (ex: exalted). I didn't realize this until
I had already added a ton of these cards.
-Dauthi Slayer and Tattermunge Maniac don't have to attack each turn... unless there is a Juggernaut in play
-Dark depths is not snow, and Marit Lage has the usual indestructible bug. Neither are likely to ever matter.

Notes:
-I tried pretty hard to make Rafiq of the Many, but no luck this go around. I'm
sure we'll figure double strike out eventually.
-The new domain cards DO take into account land types from the Ravnica shocklands
-I also got pretty close on Isochron Scepter, but the game crashes when you active it with no legal targets.

And now for the exciting part...

New cards:
Door to Nothingness
Aether Vial (could use better AI, but I was lazy)
Honden of Cleansing Fire
Honden of Seeing Winds
Honden of Life's Web
Honden of Night's Reach
Honden of Infinite Rage
Daze
Gush
Disrupt
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Rumblin Slum
Tower of Fortunes
Balancing Act
Weird Harvest
Plumeveil
Eureka
Show and Tell
Smallpox
Pox
Thoughts of Ruin
--
Fireblast
Goblin Lackey
Gerrard's Verdict
Bringer of the Blue Dawn
Bringer of the Black Dawn
Bringer of the Green Dawn
Maelstrom Archangel
Child Of Alara
Wydwen the Biting Gale
Hidetsugu's Second Rite
--
Innocent Blood
Barter in Blood
Grafted Skullcap
Helldozer
Covetous Dragon
Courier's Capsule
Lightning Greaves
Empyrial Plate
Loxodon Warhammer
Fire // Ice
--
Dwarven Ruins
Ebon Stronghold
Havenwood Battleground
Ruins of Trokair
Svyelunite Temple
Ancient Spring
Geothermal Crevice
Irrigation Ditch
Sulfur Vent
Tinder Farm
--
Nezumi Shortfang*
Early Harvest
Death Cloud
Oversold Cemetery
Desolation Angel
Goblin Piledriver
Arkasan Squire
Sigiled Paladin
Battlegrace Angel
Aven Squire
--
Angelic Benediction
Noble Hierarch
Court Archers
Guardians of Akrasa
Rhox Charger
Waveskimmer Aven
Skirk Prospecter
Broodstar
Stratadon
Draco
--
Goblin Tutor (for real this time)
Wall of Reverence
Master Transmuter
Wirewood Symbiote
Dauthi Horror
Dauthi Marauder
Dauthi Mercenary
Dauthi Slayer*
Dauthi Warlord
Soltari Foot Soldier
--
Soltari Trooper
Soltari Monk
Soltari Priest
Stronghold Overseer
Trespasser il-Vec
Looter il-Kor
Drifter il-Dal
Barbarian Ring
Meloku, The Clouded Mirror
Sword of Fire and Ice
--
Sarcomancy
Tattermunge Maniac*
Nightscape Familiar
Hellfire
Pernicious Deed
Forbid
Browbeat
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Ravages of War
Dark Depths

[mathusalem]

GEEZ ! Woaw ! My GOD !!!

I'll be working on the arts presently !

Jatilll you are awesome.

This is the First batch of pix..; didn't have time to do them all tonight. 39 pics included

http://rapidshare.com/files/219069592/CardArtNew_.rar

[Bog Wraith]

What about the fix for the Bounce lands that are so affecting Sealed deck play?

Can you please disable them or fix them.
They truly are ruining Sealed Deck play! This is very important.

Thanks for all the work you've done jatill. All of us have benefited from your tremendous work & dedication to ManaLink. I'm pretty sure that the 2000 card limit will be conquered, and if for any reason it is not, we all have years of fun ahead of us either way! In the meantime, we should all take the time to catch are collective breaths and really give the game a real shakedown to ferret out all the bugs and continue to list them in monopoman's bug tracking thread. The more testing that is done, the more we can zero in on the bugs that can be documented and hopefully corrected.

Also, I still hold out hope that the cards that now are available will make their way into Shandalar in due time!

Again, please look into the Bounce land problem as it, IMHO, is of paramount importance!

Thanks again for everything!

[jatill]

I disabled them. They are the 'Karoos' that I mentioned.

[aww1979]

Damn, nice work... I like especially how there are many central deck cards, or in other words, cards that an entire deck revolves around. You also did many of my wish list cards, and a lot of really good cards for my 499 card deck style And nonbasic lands... mmm...

[0rion79]

I'm really impressed Jatill, great work and great selection of cards too!
With this new huge quantity of cards, now I hope that modders will find the way to enhance the deckbuilder as Mok did with 8th edition... best luck for future!!

[mathusalem]

second batch of pix 35 more
http://rapidshare.com/files/219207990/CardArtNew_.rar
going to work, will try to complete the job tonight

by the way you were right Jatill, i don't know What I'll do for Fire / ice hope it will look Ok

[Bog Wraith]

I disabled them. They are the 'Karoos' that I mentioned.

I did not know that Karoos referred to those bounce lands.

Now that I look at it, I guess it's short for Kangaroos, i.e bounce lands!

Thanks again!

[Tower_Mazer]

First of all thank you for adding 100 cards! I read you were going to do this for the 2000 card limit (1950 now I think). Are you planning on working on bugs now or is this a for real final ? If so what are you going to do with all your time now? I know you are addicted to working on this game . I don't see you being able to walk away now . Well whatever you do know you are the man that made a lot of things possible for all use players and your work is timelessly saved.

[jatill]

First of all thank you for adding 100 cards! I read you were going to do this for the 2000 card limit (1950 now I think). Are you planning on working on bugs now or is this a for real final ? If so what are you going to do with all your time now? I know you are addicted to working on this game . I don't see you being able to walk away now . Well whatever you do know you are the man that made a lot of things possible for all use players and your work is timelessly saved.

Man, you know me too well. No, I'm by no means walking away. Next week I plan on digging in and addressing all the bugs that I know how. After that, I want to improve my draft program. Next, I want to program the SPAT format (aka Type 4, aka infinite mana but only 1 spell per turn). So I'll be staying busy. And if there are other developers that want help, I'll be there for them.

This update pushes the number of cards to about 1800 (pretty awesome considering Microprose only gave us around 800, and Mok the next 350). If someone figures out the card limit problem, and 1 or 2 more serious developers ever join the project, I'd like to jump back in full force and try to get 11th edition added. At this point I'm optimistic that it's possible, considering a single person was able to add 100 new cards in a week. (granted, I was able to cherry-pick 100 cards from the 10,000 available...)

Edit: Oh yeah, I also plan on playing the game a bunch. I've been so busy creating that I haven't been able to enjoy the fruits of my labor! First on the list is my Eureka deck with quad Hellkite Overlord, Akroma, Spirit of the Night, and Progenitus.

[:o)]

Thanks for updating Manalink with new cards!

I wish the following cards to be included in next release:
- Goblin Bombardment
- Coffin Queen
- Corpse Dance
- Pendrell Mists
- Propaganda

[Wally]

Outstanding work Jatill! 100 new cards! The mind boggles!

[Dominixux]

@Jatill - Before you start to work something else with this game, please, can you correct some bugs first?
Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaase

[Dominixux]

;A Shrine
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.290 2 Wrath of God
.1744 4 Honden of Cleansing Fire
.499 4 Brainstorm
.1745 4 Honden of Seeing Winds
.1748 4 Honden of Night's Reach
.1749 4 Honden of Infinite Rage
.1674 2 Exploration
.1747 4 Honden of Life's Web
.1396 2 Capsize
.250 4 Timetwister
.212 4 Savannah
.216 4 Scrubland
.252 4 Tropical Island
.254 4 Tundra
.258 4 Underground Sea
.266 4 Volcanic Island
.189 4 Plateau

There are bugs with Shrines. I posted my deck "A Shrine". Try to play with this deck and duel same. You'll see the bugs.
This would be boring duel, so be prepared to be bored to death or win.

[jatill]

I've been playing a Shrine deck, and haven't seen anything. Can you be specific, and post to the bugs thread?