Magic 2014 Force All Foil ?

[Falchion]

Is there any easy way to make all cards foil cards ?

[RiiakShiNal]

Easy way ... no.

There are 2 possible methods to make everything foiled:

• Edit all cards such that they have rarity set to "R" (rare) or "M" (mythic) and make sure all decks have the *_id_2 attribute for your OS set to an Id that you have available (for example for Steam/PC version you would use steam_id_2="213850").
• Edit all decks and unlocks such that the card names end with "#" which will force them to be "Promo" cards and have the foil effect. Cards with a bias number ("@" followed by 2 or 3) will need to have the pound symbol put before the bias. For example:

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    <CARD name="PREY_UPON_350208#@3" deckOrderId="2" />
  <CARD name="KALONIAN_TUSKER_337965#" deckOrderId="3" />
  <CARD name="KALONIAN_TUSKER_337965#" deckOrderId="4" />
  <CARD name="KALONIAN_TUSKER_337965#" deckOrderId="5" />
  <CARD name="GARRUKS_COMPANION_337861#" deckOrderId="6" />

Both methods will prevent you from being able to play online as you will have a Wad configuration that is different from other players. This is regardless of whether you edit the Wads or create a new Wad to override the files.

Note: You can create an override wad to change the *_id_2 attributes in decks to an Id you have for your OS and have it save to your profile that you have the foil unlock for the decks then remove that wad so that you can play online and rare & mythic cards for those decks should retain the foil effects. Though this does not give the foil effect to cards with rarities of land, token, common, or uncommon.

[Falchion]

It worked, need to edit now all deck and I can play at last :p

I could not play the game because all art was blank on cards except few foil cards

Thanks

[thefiremind]

I could not play the game because all art was blank on cards except few foil cards

If this was the problem, I'd suggest you to search for a solution rather than a workaround. This seems like a graphic issue... have you tried to reinstall the game and/or update your video card drivers?

[PhilistineAu]

I have a similar question, but the opposite.

I took an existing deck and modified it so that I could copy the box art. I removed all the cards, changed the name and kept the existing box art.

The new cards I have added are all foil. Is there a way in the deck editor to prevent this or force them all to be non-foil?

This is the code from the deck file:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<DECK uid="1" personality="D14_PERSONALITY_500_NISSA_REVANE.XML" deck_box_image="D14_19801_NYXWAVE_DECK_IMAGE" deck_box_image_locked="locked" content_pack="198" always_available="true" is_black="true" is_green="true" is_red="true" cheat_menu_filter_deck_type="Standard" tus_save_data_id="1" ios_id_1="D14_DECK_UNLOCK_1" ios_id_2="D14_DECK_FOIL_1" steam_id_1="213850" steam_id_2="213850" android_id_1="d14_deck_unlock_01" android_id_2="d14_deck_foil_01" cheat_menu_filter_datapool="D14" name_tag="D14_19801_NYXWAVE" description_tag="D14_19801_NYXWAVE_DESCRIPTION">
  <DECKSTATISTICS Size="7" Speed="8" Flex="3" Syn="6" />
  <CARD name="BANEFIRE_350480" deckOrderId="0" />
  <CARD name="BANEFIRE_350480" deckOrderId="1" />
  <CARD name="CRATERHOOF_BEHEMOTH_365864" deckOrderId="2" />
  <CARD name="ELVISH_MYSTIC_627066" deckOrderId="3" />
  <CARD name="ELVISH_MYSTIC_627066" deckOrderId="4" />
  <CARD name="ELVISH_MYSTIC_627066" deckOrderId="5" />
  <CARD name="ELVISH_MYSTIC_627066" deckOrderId="6" />
  <CARD name="ETERNAL_WITNESS_348916" deckOrderId="7" />
  <CARD name="ETERNAL_WITNESS_348916" deckOrderId="8" />
  <CARD name="ETERNAL_WITNESS_348916" deckOrderId="9" />
  <CARD name="ETERNAL_WITNESS_348916" deckOrderId="10" />
  <CARD name="EZURIS_ARCHERS_99194092" deckOrderId="11" />
  <CARD name="EZURIS_ARCHERS_99194092" deckOrderId="12" />
  <CARD name="GARRUK_PRIMAL_HUNTER_991253669" deckOrderId="13" />
  <CARD name="GARRUK_PRIMAL_HUNTER_991253669" deckOrderId="14" />
  <CARD name="GARRUK_WILDSPEAKER_991205959" deckOrderId="15" />
  <CARD name="GARRUK_WILDSPEAKER_991205959" deckOrderId="16" />
  <CARD name="GARRUK_WILDSPEAKER_991205959" deckOrderId="17" />
  <CARD name="GARRUK_WILDSPEAKER_991205959" deckOrderId="18" />
  <CARD name="GAVONY_TOWNSHIP_199233242" deckOrderId="19" />
  <CARD name="GAVONY_TOWNSHIP_199233242" deckOrderId="20" />
  <CARD name="GENESIS_WAVE_348927" deckOrderId="21" />
  <CARD name="GENESIS_WAVE_348927" deckOrderId="22" />
  <CARD name="GENESIS_WAVE_348927" deckOrderId="23" />
  <CARD name="GENESIS_WAVE_348927" deckOrderId="24" />
  <CARD name="HARMONIZE_348843" deckOrderId="25" />
  <CARD name="HARMONIZE_348843" deckOrderId="26" />
  <CARD name="HARMONIZE_348843" deckOrderId="27" />
  <CARD name="HARMONIZE_348843" deckOrderId="28" />
  <CARD name="LEATHERBACK_BALOTH_348941" deckOrderId="29" />
  <CARD name="LEATHERBACK_BALOTH_348941" deckOrderId="30" />
  <CARD name="LEATHERBACK_BALOTH_348941" deckOrderId="31" />
  <CARD name="LEATHERBACK_BALOTH_348941" deckOrderId="32" />
  <CARD name="MM_BURNINGTREE_EMISSARY_628934" deckOrderId="33" />
  <CARD name="MM_BURNINGTREE_EMISSARY_628934" deckOrderId="34" />
  <CARD name="MM_BURNINGTREE_EMISSARY_628934" deckOrderId="35" />
  <CARD name="MM_BURNINGTREE_EMISSARY_628934" deckOrderId="36" />
  <CARD name="PRIMEVAL_TITAN_348409" deckOrderId="37" />
  <CARD name="PRIMEVAL_TITAN_348409" deckOrderId="38" />
  <CARD name="PRIMEVAL_TITAN_348409" deckOrderId="39" />
  <CARD name="PRIMEVAL_TITAN_348409" deckOrderId="40" />
  <CARD name="RSN_BOROS_GUILDGATE_369008" deckOrderId="41" />
  <CARD name="RSN_BOROS_GUILDGATE_369008" deckOrderId="42" />
  <CARD name="RSN_NYKTHOS_SHRINE_TO_NYX_373713" deckOrderId="43" />
  <CARD name="RSN_NYKTHOS_SHRINE_TO_NYX_373713" deckOrderId="44" />
  <CARD name="RSN_NYKTHOS_SHRINE_TO_NYX_373713" deckOrderId="45" />


[thefiremind]

The new cards I have added are all foil. Is there a way in the deck editor to prevent this or force them all to be non-foil?

213850 is the Steam ID for the game itself, so it can unlock everything. In the deck XML, the steam_id_1 attribute controls card unlocking (so you want to keep it as it is), while the steam_id_2 controls foiling. All you need to do is change the steam_id_2 value to something else. In my mod I always use the ID of an official deck for that because I don't like foils, but someone probably likes them, so if the official decks are foiled, mine will be too, otherwise they won't be.
You might need to delete your profile after doing that, in order to see the changes.

[RiiakShiNal]

I have a similar question, but the opposite.

I took an existing deck and modified it so that I could copy the box art. I removed all the cards, changed the name and kept the existing box art.

The new cards I have added are all foil. Is there a way in the deck editor to prevent this or force them all to be non-foil?

If you want new decks created by the Deck Builder to not be foiled then you can manually edit the Settings.xml file and change the value used for SteamDefaultFoilId to something else (it is 213850 by default). If you want to make it dependent on whether an official deck is foiled or not you can change it to one of the foil AppIds from one of the official decks (like thefiremind does). If you never want them foiled you can change it to some other random number that isn't used (large 31-bit numbers are less likely to be used as AppIds by any application).

For example change:

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  <SteamDefaultFoilId><![CDATA[213850]]></SteamDefaultFoilId>

to (this makes it dependent on whether Garruk's deck is foiled):

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  <SteamDefaultFoilId><![CDATA[213897]]></SteamDefaultFoilId>

or to (this makes them never foiled):

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  <SteamDefaultFoilId><![CDATA[123456789]]></SteamDefaultFoilId>

Once that has been changed all new decks that are exported from that point on should use the new Id that you set.