Manalink update 20 December 2014: Commanding 2014 Urzas

[Gargaroz]

Here's my Xmass gift for you, Manalink friends !
In this patch you could find all the new cards from Commander 2014, some old cards needed for the new Commander deck and some good oldies from the Urza block.
I've also included the 5 Commander 2014 decks already assembled for you in the "Playdeck" folder.

Here's the list of new cards:
Æther Gale
Angel of the Dire Hour
Angelic Field Marshal
Arcane Lighthouse
Assault Suit
Benevolent Offering
Bitter Feud
Breaching Leviathan
Comeuppance
Commander's Sphere
Containment Priest
Creeperhulk
Crown of Doom
Daretti, Scrap Savant
Demon of Wailing Agonies
Deploy to the Front
Domineering Will
Dualcaster Mage
Dulcet Sirens
Feldon of the Third Path
Fell the Mighty
Flamekin Village
Flesh Carver
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Grave Sifter
Hallowed Spiritkeeper
Impact Resonance
Incite Rebellion
Infernal Offering
Intellectual Offering
Jazal Goldmane
Lifeblood Hydra
Loreseeker's Stone
Malicious Affliction
Masterwork of Ingenuity
Myriad Landscape
Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Necromantic Selection
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Overseer of the Damned
Raving Dead
Reef Worm
Scrap Mastery
Siege Behemoth
Song of the Dryads
Spoils of Blood
Stitcher Geralf
Stormsurge Kraken
Sylvan Offering
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Thunderfoot Baloth
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Tyrant's Familiar
Unstable Obelisk
Volcanic Offering
Wake the Dead
Warmonger Hellkite
Wave of Vitriol
Well of Ideas
Wolfcaller's Howl

Abyssal Horror
Æther Sting
Angel's Trumpet
Annihilate
Armistice
Aura Flux
Blood Vassal
Brilliant Halo
Brink of Madness
Bulwark
Copper Gnomes
Crosswinds
Curfew
Dark Hatchling
Darkest Hour
Despondency
Distorting Wake
Eviscerator
Expendable Troops
Expunge
Fend Off
Fiery Mantle
Flame Jet
Flicker
Fool's Demise
Great Whale
Greener Pastures
Harmonic Convergence
Hidden Ancients
Hidden Gibbons
Hidden Herd
Hidden Predators
Hidden Spider
Hidden Stag
Hush
Impatience
Iron Maiden
Keldon Vandals
Lay Waste
Lilting Refrain
Lull
Lurking Skirge
Mental Discipline
Multani's Decree
Opal Archangel
Opal Avenger
Opal Champion
Opal Gargoyle
Radiant's Judgment
Rebuild
Rejuvenate
Rescind
Rofellos's Gift
Sanctum Guardian
Scent of Brine
Scent of Cinder
Scent of Ivy
Scent of Jasmine
Scent of Nightshade
Scoria Wurm
Scrap
Shivan Raptor
Skyhunter Skirmisher
Songstitcher
Subversion
Swat
Sylvan Safekeeper
Syphon Mind
Thran War Machine
Titania's Chosen
Torch Song
Urza's Incubator
Veil of Birds
Veiled Sentry
Walking Sponge
War Dance
Wheel of Torture
Whetstone
Whirlwind
Witch Engine
Wizard Mentor
Zoetic Cavern

Plus, there's the usual LONG list of bugs fixed (see the included "changelog")

Unfortunately, the annoying "no fast effect during combat" bug is still here, I'll state it again for newbies:
currently, you can't use activated abilities during combat unless you've an Instant in hand.
To avoid this problem, follow these steps:
1 - The first time you load the game and play the first duel as soon as the duel begins you have to put a STOP to BOTH attack phases (so that will give you the chance to put stops "fast effects assign attackers" and "fast effects assign blockers") as it will open the attack phase menu when you come to that step.
2 - Then as soon as you put the stops in the fast effects you can remove the stop from the attack phases so it doesn't stop there if there are no creatures to attack,for players attack phase this works great for AI's phase it will not stop on "fast effects assign attackers" step though only to "fast effects assign blockers".


Needless to say, for all this our endless and deep support & "Thank you!" goes to Korath, Sonic, Foolosopher, Aswan Jaguar, Stassy and all the others Bug Hunters.

Finally, here's the link and the usual Sonic corner : https://www.mediafire.com/?r7cgtuc4w3t3pa6
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ManalinkDec2014.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/download/am414 ... ec2014.zip

Important Card Art File Changes - YOU MUST READ THIS

As of the January 2014 patch the card art file naming convention has been changed. Due to this change if your currently installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder and card artwork is older than the January 2014 patch release it will need to be replaced with those in the archives posted in the links further down this post - BEFORE installing this months card art update files.


CardArtManalink_ December 2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/am414 ... ec2014.zip

Unfortunately we are unable to source a full set of HQ artwork for Commander 2014 at present. Subsequently much of the new card artwork included in the archive is currently LQ and will be updated as soon as any HQ card art becomes available.

Archive includes alternative artwork for:

Acquire
Act of Treason
Arc Lightning
Bloodstained Mire
Body Double
Breakthrough
Cancel
Crippling Chill
Dawnbringer Charioteers
Decimate
Despise
Dictate of Kruphix
Dreg Mangler
Elephant Guide
Erase
Eureka
Experiment One
Exploration
Flooded Strand
Flowstone Blade
Future Sight
Heroes' Bane
Howling Wolf
Incremental Growth
Jace, Architect of Thought
Kor Chant
Naturalize
Nature's Claim
Night's Whisper
Opal Acrolith Animated (Replacement)
Polluted Delta
Primeval Titan
Provoke
Putrid Leech
Rakdos Cackler
Remand
Render Silent
Rout
Scourge of Fleets
Seek the Horizon
Shatter
Smite the Monstrous
Soulcatcher
Spawn of Thraxes
Squirrel Nest
Swords to Plowshares
Trumpet Blast
Unquestioned Authority
Vengevine
Victimize
Vindicate
Vraska the Unseen
Wash Out
Wind Dancer
Windstorm
Windswept Heath
Wooded Foothills

Please Note: This card art update only contains the card artwork for the December 2014 Manalink 3.0 patch.

If you are downloading Manalink 3.0 for the first time, or your currently installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder is older than the January 2014 release, please download and install the folder and files in the following archives:

‘2012_CardArtManalink.zip’ (Main Folder / Artwork) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/pnj15 ... nalink.zip
‘2012_2013_CardArtUpdates.zip’ (Compiled 2012/13 CardArt Updates) – http://www.mediafire.com/download/p1i5a ... pdates.zip
CardArtManalink_Jan2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/dsln1 ... an2014.zip
CardArtManalink_Feb2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/vwf11 ... eb2014.zip
CardArtManalink_April2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/1ob9b ... il2014.zip
CardArtManalink_May2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/28w7m ... ay2014.zip
CardArtManalink_September2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/9lgy9 ... pt2014.zip
CardArtManalink_ Nov2014 – http://www.mediafire.com/download/usz4d ... ov2014.zip


Delete your currently installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder and replace it with the folder in the 2012_CardArtManalink archive. Then copy the artwork from the 2012_2013_CardArtUpdates, January, February, April, May, September, November, and December archives into the newly installed ‘CardArtManalink’ folder.

Updated number of image files in the CardArtManalink folder: 13893


CardArtShandalar.zip (March 2012 release) – http://www.mediafire.com/?u6h5by3b9fbf8cf

If your current CardArtShandalar folder is older than the March 2012 release, please delete it before installing the one in the link above.
The folder for the March release contains images with corrected file names, copying the new files into an old CardArtShandalar folder will not overwrite the incorrectly named files.

Number of images image files in the CardArtShandalar folder: 1259

[BAgate]

Nice work Gargaroz, and happy holidays to you (and everyone).

Note: ManalinkDec2014.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/download/gut7d ... ec2014.zip link is broken.

[Nexhro]

Thank you, Gargaroz! This is easily my patch of the year.

So many new toys, so little time...

I wish the whole team and all forum users festive holidays!

[Gargaroz]

Art link fixed.

[Sonic]

Note: ManalinkDec2014.zip - http://www.mediafire.com/download/gut7d ... ec2014.zip link is broken.

Art link fixed.

Ignore the 'ManalinkDec2014.zip' file - this was the archive for the edited manalink files I sent to Gargaroz for the patch update. I think he included the link in the announcement post by mistake.

The link to the Card Art files has been correct all along.

[Enur]

Very nice work

where should I direct possible bugs to? using karakas for returning legendaries seems to send my game crashing.

[Aswan jaguar]

Very nice work

where should I direct possible bugs to? using karakas for returning legendaries seems to send my game crashing.

To: viewforum.php?f=86
and please read this: viewtopic.php?f=86&t=4012 on how to report bugs,thanks.

[VladVoivode]

Well, I didn't know where else to post this so I figured that the Patches section receives a lot of love. Yes it is off-topic but nonetheless VERY important!!

I wish all here a Blessed Christmas, Happy Yule, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, and a Happy New Year in which all find unopened Alpha boosters with Black Lotus and Moxen!!!

Thanks to the devs for a GREAT program. It has and does fill many lonely nights for me in this foreign land. Thank you for that!!

Best,
Vlad

[ALEX Ryugami]

Good job about the latest patch!

By the way, there's something that bothers me, it's about the EDH card.

Since I have a lot of EDH decks, when I update the Manalink, the EDH card is always changed to another card (for example, in this patch, the EDH card becomes Crown of Doom. In previous patch, it became Ashiok's Adept.)

I hope this will be addressed in future so when someone has a lot of EDH decks, he or she doesn't have to re-edit the deck to change just one card when the new patch comes. Thank you

[Nexhro]

Since I have a lot of EDH decks, when I update the Manalink, the EDH card is always changed to another card (for example, in this patch, the EDH card becomes Crown of Doom. In previous patch, it became Ashiok's Adept.)

Hey Alex,

I used to be in the same boat - manually updating the decks became a choir.

There's a lovely tool for bulk deck editing that'll save you a lot of time. Check out the PlayDeck Analyser by CirothUngol.

If you'd like to replace Crown of Doom with the EDH rules card, simply import the desired .dck files, tick the "Replace PlayDeck Contents" checkbox and enter "Crown of Doom" (without quotes) in the "CardName in PlayDeck" field of the corresponding popup. The EDH card is called "* Elder Dragon Highlander" (without quotes) and should be entered in the "CardName to Substitute" field. Set the quantity ("Qty") to 1, then click accept. The popup will close. Clicking the "Rebuild!" button will apply the changes in a matter of seconds.

Hope that helps. Happy holidays!

[stassy]

Happy holidays and new year with the new patch, I will not be able to test it until the next year unfortunately (11000 km far from my computer and forgot to bring my laptop ;_; )

[decker]

Thanks for the great work guys!
I wish you the best for the holidays and the new year to come.

[Eviscerator]

Thanks for the great work as always guys. ^_^ And happy holidays too.

I have just recently downloaded the new updates. I noticed that the the Khans of Tarkir isn't using the new frames after I applied the update. I tried fixing the problem myself but I'm not successful. I am wondering if it's just me who's only having the problem. Anyway it's only a minor problem; what matters to me is that the cards work.

Thanks again for all the work you guys have done and more power.

[ALEX Ryugami]

Hey Alex,

I used to be in the same boat - manually updating the decks became a choir.

There's a lovely tool for bulk deck editing that'll save you a lot of time. Check out the PlayDeck Analyser by CirothUngol.

If you'd like to replace Crown of Doom with the EDH rules card, simply import the desired .dck files, tick the "Replace PlayDeck Contents" checkbox and enter "Crown of Doom" (without quotes) in the "CardName in PlayDeck" field of the corresponding popup. The EDH card is called "* Elder Dragon Highlander" (without quotes) and should be entered in the "CardName to Substitute" field. Set the quantity ("Qty") to 1, then click accept. The popup will close. Clicking the "Rebuild!" button will apply the changes in a matter of seconds.

Hope that helps. Happy holidays!

Wow, that solves my problem. Thanks a lot, Nexhro!

Anyways, happy holidays for everyone!

[Sonic]

Thanks for the great work as always guys. ^_^ And happy holidays too.

I have just recently downloaded the new updates. I noticed that the the Khans of Tarkir isn't using the new frames after I applied the update. I tried fixing the problem myself but I'm not successful. I am wondering if it's just me who's only having the problem. Anyway it's only a minor problem; what matters to me is that the cards work.

Thanks again for all the work you guys have done and more power.

We're aware of the problem - the Drawcardlib.dll needs to be updated for the expansions after "Speed vs Cunning". But unfortunately Gargaroz has an issue with his MingGW installation which needs to be resolved before the file can be recompiled.