MTG Studio (Collection manager & Deck builder) is now free

by **Heris** » 06 Nov 2025, 16:23

Hello,
for anyone interested MTG Studio is no more paid software but its developer, Gad D Lord, has released it completely free of charge. Here it is the official website https://mtg.studio/ GitHub webpage https://github.com/gaddlord/mtg.studio and Discord server https://discord.gg/QvSFfQVztX
Lastly on the download page (official website) you can also find a portable version.

by **Heris** » 09 Nov 2025, 08:24

A new version is released:

Version 3.224 (November 8, 2025)

Changes in application:
* Added support for Arena deck format.
* Collector No column is now sorted by the X (as number part of "prefix X/Y suffix". For example we take 12 for the "U 012/350 Story Spotlight".
* Reduced application size with 1 MB due to removal of some unused code PNG resources replaced with SVG expansion symbols.
* Removed display of preview of a deck in the File | Open.
* Selecting a deck in File | Open now is super fast (since we do not display a preview).
* Removed Anti-boss Icon feature from Tools | Options | Interface.
* Added Help | Discord Channel menu to havigate to the support channel.
* The Event and Timestamp columns in Messages dialog do not auto-resize when the Messages dialog is resized.
* Removed useless Total CMC and Avg CMC from edition details displayed in Filter dialog.
* Added "Add Foil to Collection" to the popup menu in Card Pool and Deck.
* Reimplemented the machine fingerprint generation to not use WMI and only native API and registry for speed and reliability.
* Removed Donate page from the wiki and web site interface.
* Added Cards | Export | CSV with ability to export the collection to CSV with MTG Studio, Scryfall, TCG Player and MTG Online 3/Arena identifiers.
* Added ability to set a shortcut for Cards | Export | PDF and Cards | Export | CSV.
* Removed Export toolbar. Use Cards | Export menu instead.

Changes in database:
* Switched to using the official abbreviations in line with the Scryfall ones.
* Fixed card names for EOE [Galaxy Foil Borderless Stellar Sights] previously listed as [Flaxy...].
* Added 1171 The List cards.

Fixed bugs:
* Fixed a small bug of Tools | Options | Collections Condition layout.
* Fixed a bug where some of the Edition descriptions not having proper line ending.

by **Heris** » 09 Nov 2025, 17:33

A new version is released:

Version 3.225 (November 9, 2025)

Changes in application:
*Reduced executable size by 200 KB by not linking unused database drivers.

Changes in database:
*Added 68 The List cards.

Fixed bugs:
* Fixed error in repainting when Filter Row option is enabled.
* Fixed Desktop.ini to be created in the correct folder.
* Fixed Cards | Set as Companion visibility was not evaluated in some cases.

by **Huggybaby** » 10 Nov 2025, 17:40

Heris wrote:Hello,
for anyone interested MTG Studio is no more paid software but its developer, Gad D Lord, has released it completely free of charge. Here it is the official website https://mtg.studio/ GitHub webpage https://github.com/gaddlord/mtg.studio and Discord server https://discord.gg/QvSFfQVztX
Lastly on the download page (official website) you can also find a portable version.

(Maybe the moderators could move this thread to the Magic: The Gathering Software section, which is more appropriate. I wasn't able to create a new thread there.)

Thanks for the info and suggestion. New forum created. :-)

by **Heris** » 11 Nov 2025, 07:23

You're welcome.

Regards

by **Heris** » 11 Nov 2025, 17:11

A new version is released:

Version 3.226 (November 11, 2025)

Changes in application:
- MTG Studio takes into account now if Light or Dark theme has been set for the operating system and draws its dialog borders with the corresponding light or dark color.
- MTG Studio will not be UPX compressed any more which would lead smaller memory footprint, slightly faster load time, bigger executable file on disk, less often being reported false positively by malware and anti-virus scanners. Details here https://github.com/gaddlord/mtg.studio/ ... erformance
- Update.exe will download the new installation of a new version in App Data\MTG Studio folder instead of Windows Temp folder since Malware and Anti-virus software report it false positively.
- Added Cards | Lock Collection menu which allows to put your collection in read-only mode to prevent accidental changes.
- Added back "Last Card Id" property to the crash reports for easier troubleshooting.
- Selecting View | Show Columns shows the list of columns (not bands) by default to avoid extra click.
- Added Tools | Options | Grids | Incremental Search setting to control if the incremental search in the grids should be performed with "Starts with" or "Contains within" mode.