List of MTG Engines

Here's a list of MTG Engines:

Basic Features

Name	DesktopOS	Language	Last Release	Screenshot	Release Schedule	AI*	Card Count*
Forge	Any (Java)	Java	2012-12-14 (1.3.3)	-	3-4 Weeks	Simple	11674
Incantus	Any (Python)	Python	2012-05-23 (0.7.1c)	-	1-68 Weeks	None	2583+
MAGE	Any (Java)	Java	2012-12-28 (0.10.1)	-	4-6 Weeks	Mad	5321
BotArena	Windows	C++	2012-10-31 (1.42.1)	-	~4-6 Weeks	Minimax	10233
Magarena	Any (Java)	Java	2012-11-30 (1.32)	-	~4-5 Weeks	Minimax/Monte Carlo	2822
Wagic	Any	C++	(0.18.6)	-	-	Simple	9000+
Manalink 3.0	Windows	ASM / C++	2012-11-18 (ONR V2)	-	4 Weeks	Simple	6427
Magicgrove	Windows	C#/Xaml	2012-10-27(1.7)	-	~1-6 Weeks	Minimax	230

For AI column, please give a short description that makes a touch of sense about how the AI works (AI/Simple State machine etc). Add details as a note below, if you can't think of a good description.
Card Count: There are about 13000 Distinct Mtg Cards ever printed.

Comparable Features

Name	Undo	Multiplayer*	Network Play*	"Quest" Mode	Draft	Sealed	Card Scripting*
Forge	Limited (Costs)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Incantus	None	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
MAGE	Limited (Costs)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
BotArena	Limited (Basics)	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Magarena	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Wagic	?	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Manalink 3.0	No	Not working	Not working	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Magicgrove	No	No	No	No	No (planned for 2.0)	No (planned for 2.0)	No

Multiplayer means more than 2 Players.
Network Play means more than 1 Human.
Card scripting allows for creation/testing of new cards outside of the chosen programming language, generally without recompiling.

Additional Features

Name	Standard	Commander	Planechase	Vanguard	Archenemy	Ante	MobileOS
Forge	95+%	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Incantus	??%	No	No	No	No	No	No?
MAGE	100%	No	No	No	No	No	No?
BotArena	90%	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Magarena	45%	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wagic	??%	?	?	?	?	?	PSP,Android,iOS
Manalink 3.0	99%	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Magicgrove	0%	No	No	No	No	No	No

Images

Name	Pictures	Folder Structure	Naming Convention	Crops	Full	Uniques*
Forge	Yes	Set-per-folder	slightlymagic	No	Yes	Yes
Incantus	Yes	All in one folder	WotC website*	No	Yes	No
MAGE	Yes	Set-per-folder	slightlymagic	No	Yes	Yes
BotArena	Yes	Set-per-folder	slightlymagic	No	Yes	Yes
Magarena	Yes	All in one folder	slightlymagic	No	Yes	4 Lands
Wagic	No?	-	-	-	-	-
Manalink 3.0	Yes	All in one folder	WotC Gatherer*	Yes (288x232)	No	Yes
Magicgrove	Possible	All in one folder	slightlymagic	Yes	No	4 Lands

Uniques: This basically allows for cards which have more than one image in each set to be displayed in it's different forms. This was in effect for a few early sets like Fallen Empires and Alliances. This is also the case for most basic lands.
Incantus downloads card images from the WotC website into a card_images.db, but it can also read images from the /data/cardimg/ folder as long as they use the same format, i.e. the name of the card with spaces turned into underscores and commas stripped out.
Manalink 3.0: Image files are named conforming to the English language card names officially listed in the Magic Gatherer Card Database, with non-legal file naming characters (*, /, \, :,") being replaced in the file name with an underscore for each of the illegal characters used in the card’s name. Except for the default image, alternative artwork files for a card are identified by a single space after the card's name followed by a bracketed number. e.g 'Circle of Protection_ Black (1).jpg'

Usage

Here are some brief instructions on how to add Engines to the above tables. Please let me know (friarsol) if you have difficulties with the instructions, and I'll try to clarify them.

Adding an Engine

Copy the format provided by one of the other Engines already on the list.

For example, on the first table, copy the following (from the wiki code):

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| [http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=26 Forge] || Any (Java) || N/A || Java || 2012-08-03 [http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=7738 (1.2.11)] || 3-4 Weeks || Simple || 11034

and paste it below the last line that starts an Engine table row, just before the

|}

and then fill in the appropriate data, making sure to leave spaces in between the || symbol

Each table has slightly different column length, so make sure to grab your sample table row from the right table before adding.

Adding new Columns

If you'd like to add a new Column, I'd recommend adding at the end of an existing table. The trick here is to make sure you provide phantom data cells for every other engine that exists. Unless you don't mind hitting the preview button a lot, feel free to make suggestions and I can add them in if they seem like a reasonable comparison.

List of MTG Engines

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