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Mtgdb.Gui: search MTG cards, build decks, manage collection

PostPosted: 18 Oct 2016, 19:12
by hidalgo
This thread a duplicate of this one, which is up-to-date and maintained.

Overview

Mtgdb.Gui is a Magic the Gathering deck builder application with collection tracking and card prices.

It's free, open source and requires Windows operating system to run.

Search features are easy to use and powerful. Search can be limited to user's own collection. Lookup for similar alternatives to a given card is a matter of 1 click.

Mtgdb.Gui supports several ways to input decks or collection, the fastest are drag-n-drop and copy / paste from another application or website.

Decks can be saved in formats compatible with other MTG-related applications such as Magic the Gathering Online, Magic the Gathering Arena, Forge or XMage.

Diagrams like mana curve provide high-level perspective on a given deck or collection. You can build custom diagrams conceptually the same way as pivot table or pivot diagram in Excel.

Download link
Wiki

Features

Cards database
contains all MTG sets up to
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths and Commander 2020
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Built-in update for images,
data and the program
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Import collection from
Magic The Gathering Online
You can also load and save decks in MTGO-compatible format.
details
Drag-n-drop and copy-paste
deck
to instantly import deck from websites and external applications.
details
Deck editordetails
Collection editordetails
Sample hand, draw and mulligan simulation
details
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Supported deck formatsForge
Magarena
XMage
Magic The Gathering Online
MTGArena
Decked builder

Cockatrice supports the deck format used by Magarena

Riiak's DotP 2014 Deck Builder v1.5.0.3 patched version supports Forge
deck format
Filters
One-click filter buttons to
instantly filter cards by
abilities like Flying or Haste,
type, manacost and so on.
details
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Search by text
in Lucene query language.
Search string supports syntax
highlighting and intellisense.
details
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Filter by legalityImage
Filter by cards
in your collection

Filter by cards
in your deck

Choose between AND / OR
operators to combine filters
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Show or hide duplicates
in search result.

You may want to see all card variants
to put your deck a specific version of
a beautiful land.
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Sort by multiple fields
details
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Statistics charts
details
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Zoom
details
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Showing card back for flipped
cards or meld pair / melded
card for meld cards.
details
Undo / redo
changes in deck, filters and
so on. Works even after
restarting the program.
details
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Card text translations
to all languages supported by
Gatherer. Including russian,
spanish, portugal and etc.
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Printing proxies
on A4 paper sheet
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Tooltips on most user
interface elements
Search result highlightingImage
Customizable color schemeImage
Using card images you
already have with Mtgdb.Gui.
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Showing the last card
removed from deck in search
result even if it doesn't
matches filter.
The people who used Magic Duel's online deck builder will understand me.
It is such an annoying thing when you have a filter, then you remove a card,
and you cannot quickly undo as the card disappears from search result.
This is not going to happen in Mtgdb.Gui!


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Re: Mtgdb.Gui - Windows app to search MTG cards and build de

PostPosted: 18 Oct 2016, 19:14
by skibulk
This belongs in the DotP forum: viewforum.php?f=62

Re: Mtgdb.Gui - Windows app to search MTG cards and build de

PostPosted: 18 Oct 2016, 20:34
by Huggybaby
I don't think this app is specific to DotP is it?

Re: Mtgdb.Gui - Windows app to search MTG cards and build de

PostPosted: 18 Oct 2016, 22:51
by hidalgo
It is only Magic The Gathering specific :)

Re: Mtgdb.Gui - Windows app to search MTG cards and build de

PostPosted: 18 Oct 2016, 22:54
by skibulk
hidalgo wrote:Using the pictures found in this site and data from mtgjson.com I was able to build a nice application which I use to build my decks for Magic Duels online game.
Okay I read this and I thought it was only for Magic Duels. My mistake.

Re: Mtgdb.Gui - Windows app to search MTG cards and build de

PostPosted: 02 Nov 2016, 17:30
by hidalgo
I made some minor improvements/fixes

  • Changing cards language is undo/redo -able
  • Search result / keywords highlighting was slightly mispositioned in some rare cases
  • Renamed fields to use in filter and search: Name -> NameEn, NameLocal -> Name.
    E.g. now to search by name you type just Name:死灵式渴求 instead of "Name local":"死灵式渴求"

Mtgdb.Gui v1.2.1

PostPosted: 29 Dec 2016, 01:05
by hidalgo
List of changes:
  • TDI - tabbed document interface. Before I had this tabs feature I had to keep several open instances of Mtgdb.Gui.exe, which was undesirable for several reasons:
    -Slow program startup - around 15 seconds in my PC to load all sets.
    -High memory consumption - multiplied by N where N is the number of opened instances.
    -File access concurrency for undo/redo history files.
    Now you can open some tabs, work with them in parallel - no problem.
    Multitab.jpg
  • Improved printing - more precise card size, white guidelines between the cards to help cutting.
    proxy.jpg
  • Minor improvment of mana buttons behavior

Mtgdb.Gui v1.2.2

PostPosted: 08 Jan 2017, 07:04
by hidalgo
Deck reordering - as suggested by aidscoi168 here deck reordering is now possible. Implemented via drag-n-drop.

Mtgdb.Gui v1.2.4.3

PostPosted: 08 Jan 2017, 13:36
by hidalgo
Deck reordering improved - now you can scroll the deck while dragging the card.

Mtgdb.Gui v1.2.5

PostPosted: 20 Jan 2017, 19:37
by hidalgo
Now supporting Forge deck format.
You can actually play the deck you've built with Mtgdb.Gui. To do this
  • Select Forge format when saving your deck in Mtgdb.Gui
  • In Forge deck editor load the deck from previously saved file.

HINT
To skip importing deck in Forge you may save the deck to C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Forge\decks\constructed
This is somewhat riskier than manually loading the deck from file in Forge and then saving it, because Forge makes some adjustments when saving the imported deck, like assigning particular card image variants to the cards in your deck.

Re: Mtgdb.Gui - Windows app to search MTG cards and build de

PostPosted: 20 Jan 2017, 22:39
by Xitax
This is very interesting. I'll have to check it out.

Will this program have the ability to use my card images kept separately?

Mtgdb.Gui v1.2.6

PostPosted: 21 Jan 2017, 02:53
by hidalgo
Will this program have the ability to use my card images kept separately?
Configurable location of directories with card images. You may store images separately from Mtgdb.Gui directory. To tell the program where to find your images edit the configuration file \etc\Mtgdb.Gui.xml
To prevent your edit from accidental loss I recommend copying \etc directory to a location higher than Mtgdb.Gui directory in directories tree. Mtgdb.Gui will find and use the copied config.
Note that the entire \etc directory must be copied, not just the config file lying inside.

Particularely you may use images from Forge cache located at C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Forge\Cache\pics

Mtgdb.Gui v1.2.7

PostPosted: 22 Jan 2017, 01:47
by hidalgo
  • Aether Revolt set included.
  • Better support for manually updating data from mtgjson.com
    Just replace \Resources\AllSets-x.json by current version from mtgjson.com
  • Reduced download size from ~70MB to ~60MB

Mtgdb.Gui v1.2.8

PostPosted: 22 Jan 2017, 19:32
by hidalgo
  • Supporting Magarena deck format.
    To export deck to Magarena
    • Select Magarena format when saving your deck in Mtgdb.Gui
    • Save your deck to
      Code: Select all
      \Magarena\decks
      subdirectory of Magarena application.
    • In magarena threre are 3 groups of decks - "Prebuilt", "Player" and "Firemind top decks". As you may have guessed, your deck will be in "Player" group.
  • Translations to non-english languages for new sets Aether Revolt and Commander 2016

Re: Mtgdb.Gui v 1.2.9

PostPosted: 28 Jan 2017, 09:22
by hidalgo
  • Faster startup and scrolling.
    • The startup delay decreased from ~12 seconds to ~4 seconds.
    • Previously the scroll was fast only when scrolling up after scrolled down or vice-versa. Now to get the scroll slowdown you have to scroll fast during several seconds. When scrolling normally the speed is ok from the very beggining.
  • Possibility to replace pictures in Forge by those you use with Mtgdb.Gui. See \ets\Mtgdb.Gui.xml <ForgeIntegration/> tag for instruction.
  • Scroll on zoomed card to see other variants of card image.
  • Fixed compatibilty issue when importing some decks from Forge.
  • Fixed some minor usability issues of intellisense in search textbox.
  • Minor visual enhancements e.g
    • Prettier visualization of dragged card
    • Partially showing the word that doesn't fit the last line.