Manalink update 10 April 2012 aka Sensei of Vanilla Masques

[Gargaroz]

New month, new patch ! This time too is a result of a collaborative work : your heroes this time are Sonic, Orion and Jatill. So, be sure to thank them too !

In details :
@ My treat for April are the best cards from Mercadian Masques, plus some other stuff.
@ Sonic did most of the CSV editing, we owe him a lot guys, be sure to offer him a drink
@ Orion selected and inserted a great selection of "vanilla" creatures, which will be very helpful for you tribe decks.
@ Jatill is back with a great selection of useful & funny cards (Chaos Orb ! Jack-in-the-Mox !) which he coded.

However, there are some bad news too : in order to avoid switching slots every time we add a new expansion, we restructured the CSV in order for it follow the actual time line in which the Basic Sets and Expansion were released. So, this time too the slots for the latest expansion are switched and you've to carefully check your deck before reporting bugs. This will be the last time we do such a thing, I promise you. in the meantime, you could use the great Playdeck Analizer did by Cirith Ungol to fix your deck.

Ok, here's the link : V2 - http://www.mediafire.com/?qfvbxufivphdo87

And then, a link and some words from Sonic :

CardArtManalink20120410 – http://www.mediafire.com/?in7y5c2ixdezyn6

Includes Promo/Dual Deck artwork for:

Karmic Guide
Koth of the Hammer
Venser, the Sojourner

Plus replacement artwork for:

Elspeth's Emblem
Koth's Emblem
Sorin's Emblem
Venser's Emblem

Please Note: This card art update only contains the card artwork for the April 2012 Manalink 3.0 patch.
If you haven’t already installed the card art folder for the March Manalink 3.0 patch, or your currently installed folder is older than the March release. Please download the ‘CardArtManalink20120301.zip’ –
http://www.mediafire.com/?fbf2c7m2o6zzowg – delete your currently installed folder and replace it with the one in the downloaded zip. Then copy the new artwork in this months update into the new CardArtManalink folder.

Updated number of image files in the CardArtManalink folder: 6807

CardArtShandalar20120301.zip (As March release) – http://www.mediafire.com/?faas9yfh3uwwc7f

If your current CardArtShandalar folder is older than the March 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



---- RELEASE NOTES ----

--- NEW CARDS ADDED ---

- MERCADIAN MASQUES by me -
Alley Grifters
Ancestral Mask
Bargaining Table
Bifurcate
Black Market
Blood Oath
Bog Smugglers
Bog Witch
Briar Patch
Cackling Witch
Cateran Brute
Cateran Enforcer
Cateran Kidnappers
Cateran Overlord
Cateran Persuader
Cateran Slaver
Cateran Summons
Cave-In
Chameleon Spirit
Charisma
Cho-Arrim Alchemist
Cho-Arrim Bruiser
Cho-Manno, Revolutionary
Cloud Sprite
Common Cause
Crackdown
Crumbling Sanctuary
Customs Depot
Dawnstrider
Deepwood Drummer
Delraich
Devout Witness
Embargo
Enslaved Horror
Eye of Ramos
Forced March
Fresh Volunteers
Game Preserve
General's Regalia
Hammer Mage
Haunted Crossroads
Heart of Ramos
Hickory Woodlot
High Market
Hired Giant
Honor the Fallen
Horn of Plenty
Horn of Ramos
Howling Wolf
Intimidation
Invigorate
Jhovall Queen
Karn's Touch
Kris Mage
Kyren Negotiations
Kyren Toy
Liability
Lumbering Satyr
Lunge
Magistrate's Scepter
Megatherium
Mercadian Atlas
Mercadian Lift
Midnight Ritual
Misstep
Moment of Silence
Monkey Cage
Moonlit Wake
Muzzle
Nether Spirit
Notorious Assassin
Orim's Cure
Overtaker
Pangosaur
Peat Bog
Power Matrix
Puffer Extract
Pulverize
Ramosian Lieutenant
Ramosian Sergeant
Ramosian Sky Marshal
Remote Farm
Renounce
Reverent Mantra
Rishadan Airship
Rishadan Brigand
Rishadan Cutpurse
Rishadan Footpad
Rishadan Pawnshop
Robber Fly
Rushwood Elemental
Rushwood Herbalist
Saber Ants
Sand Squid
Sandstone Needle
Saprazzan Heir
Saprazzan Skerry
Seismic Mage
Silverglade Elemental
Silverglade Pathfinder
Skulking Fugitive
Skull of Ramos
Snuff Out
Soothsaying
Spiritual Focus
Spontaneous Generation
Squeeze
Statecraft
Steadfast Guard
Task Force
Tectonic Break
Thwart
Tooth of Ramos
Undertaker
Uphill Battle
Vendetta
War Tax
Waterfront Bouncer
Wave of Reckoning

- OTHER JUNK by me -
Boon Reflection
Everlasting Torment
Flames of the Blood Hand
Mind Slicer
Rain of Gore

- VANILLA MEMORIES by Orion -
Armored Griffin
Armored Pegasus
Aven Smokeweaver
Balduvian Bears
Bayou Dragonfly
Benalish Infantry
Blade of the Sixth Pride
Calciderm
Cemetery Gate
Centaur Courser
Coast Watcher
Cylian Elf
Deadly Recluse
Devoted Hero
Elite Cat Warrior
Enormous Baloth
Fog of Gnats
Force of Savagery
Forest Bear
Frost Ogre
Gnarled Mass
Goblin Cavaliers
Goblin Outlander
Goblin Roughrider
Goblin Sky Raider
Golden Bear
Goliath Sphinx
Goliath Spider
Grappler Spider
Grizzled Leotau
Halberdier
Hazerider Drake
Heartwood Treefolk
Hillcomber Giant
Jhessian Lookout
Jwari Scuttler
Karoo Meerkat
Kjeldoran Escort
Kjeldoran Gargoyle
Kjeldoran Phalanx
Kjeldoran Skycaptain
Kjeldoran Skyknight
Kjeldoran Warrior
Lantern Kami
Leaf Dancer
Living Airship
Loamdragger Giant
Lumengrid Warden
Lynx
Makindi Griffin
Marsh Threader
Melesse Spirit
Minotaur Warrior
Nacatl Outlander
Nacatl Savage
Nightguard Patrol
Oakgnarl Warrior
Odylic Wraith
Oraxid
Order of the Sacred Bell
Panther Warriors
Pegasus Charger
Plated Spider
Plated Wurm
Plover Knights
Regal Unicorn
Rhox Brute
Scaled Wurm
Scragnoth
Sea Sprite
Seton's Scout
Shield Bearer
Silverback Ape
Skeletal Crocodile
Skyhunter Prowler
Skyshroud Falcon
Southern Elephant
Tel-Jilad Archers
Tel-Jilad Chosen
Tel-Jilad Outrider
Tempest Drake
Trained Jackal
Tree Monkey
Treetop Sentinel
Valeron Outlander
Viashino Spearhunter
Viashino Warrior
Vodalian Zombie
Volunteer Militia
Wall of Razors
Warthog
Whispering Shade
Willow Faerie
Woodland Druid
Yavimaya Gnats
Yavimaya Scion
Zodiac Monkey
Zodiac Rooster
Zodiac Tiger

- GOOD STUFF by Jatill -
Agony Warp
Arboria
Arrogant Bloodlord
Bant Charm
Beastbreaker of Bala Ged
Binding Grasp
Blistering Firecat
Body Double
Boros Swiftblade
Brion Stoutarm
Cascade Bluffs
Chaos Orb
Condescend
Crystal Shard
Dead // Gone
Duplicant
Ethersworn Adjudicator
Faerie Trickery
Fetid Heath
Fire-Lit Thicket
Flame Slash
Flooded Grove
Glen Elendra Archmage
Grand Coliseum
Graven Cairns
Grinning Demon
Jack-in-the-Mox
Keldon Marauders
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Kodama of the North Tree
Magma Jet
Magus of the Scroll
Molten Rain
Mystic Gate
Narcolepsy
Necromancy
Nezumi Graverobber
Oblivion Stone
Phantom Centaur
Plague Sliver
Powerstone Minefield
Primal Command
Prophetic Bolt
Pulse of the Forge
Puppeteer Clique
Rakka Mar
Ravenous Baboons
Razormane Masticore
Riftwing Cloudskate
Rugged Prarie
Shelldock Isle
Soul Manipulation
Staggershock
Stillmoon Cavalier
Stingscourger
Suffocating Blast
Sulfuric Vortex
Sunken Ruins
Tectonic Edge
Teferi's Moat
Thornling
Twilight Mire
Twinblade Slasher
Vivid Crag
Vivid Creek
Vivid Grove
Vivid Marsh
Vivid Meadow
Wickerbough Elder
Wooded Bastion
Zo-Zu the Punisher

--- KNOWN ISSUES ABOUT NEW CARDS ---
* Damage from Flames of the Blood Hand could be prevented.

---- BUGS FIXED / IMPROVEMENTS / CARDS RECODED ----
- V2 -
* Fixed abvility for Dawnstrider.
* Fixed abilities for Scarwood Bandits.
* Fixed issues about recoded cards with X costs.
* Fixed issues about recoded cards that make you gain life.
* Fixed code for Dust Bowl.
* New code for Tendrils of Corruption.
* Fixed code for Briar Patch.
* Fixed code for Oran-Rief, the Vastwood.
* Added the card for Elspeth, Knight Errant's Emblem and fixed its ability.
* Fixed interaction between Geral's Regalia and Cho-Manno, Revolutionary.
* Fixed counters for Keldon Marauders.
* Fixed legendary status for Brion Stoutarm.
* Fixed code for Necromancy.
* Fixed color and ability for Nighteyes the Desecrator.
* Fixed code for Arboria.
* Fixed bad values in ct_all for Blistering Firecat, Grinning Demon and Riftwing Cloudskate.
* Fixed code and values for Angelic Overseer.
* Fixed code for Tahngarth, Talruum Hero.
* Fixed code for Karakas.
* Fixed code for Burning Vengeance.
* Fixed code for Lighting Greaves and Whispersilk Cloak.
* Fixed values in ct_all for Stillmoon Cavalier.
* Global update for the code of cards that make / ask you to sacrifice something, in order to fix some bugs and allow exceptions like the ones coming with Avacyn Restored.
* Fixed code for Tithe.
* Fixed type for Razormane Masticore.
* Fixed code for Grand Abolisher.
* Fixed code for Muzzle.
* Fixed code for Soothsaying.
* Fixed code for Sphere of the Suns.
* Fixed code for Saber Ants.
* Fixed interaction between Gravecrawler and Rooftop Storm.
* Fixed code for Liliana of the Veil's second ability.
* Fixed code for Mikaeus, the Unhallowed.
* Fixed code for Ghoulcaller's Chant.
* Fixed lifegain for creatures with both Deathtouch and Lifelink.
* Fixed code for Vampire's Bite.
* Fixed color for Markov's Servant.
* Fixed type for Ethersworn Adjucator.
* Fixed "insdestructible" for Marit Lage.
* Fixed code for Wave of Reckoning.
* Fixed code for Crumbling Sanctuary.
* Fixed bad data entry for vanilla creatures Orion inserted, sorry.
* Fixed new code for Hurricane and Earthquake.
* Improved AI for Chrome Mox and Ramos parts.
* Fixed code for Adarkar Valkyrie's ability.
* Fixed code for Reverent Mantra.
* Fixed new code for older cards that ask you to sacrifice something to pay a cost.

- V1 -
* Fixed code for Rune Snag.
* Fixed code for Peace of Mind.
* Fixed code for Wren's Run Packmaster.
* Fixed code for Viridian Harvest.
* Fixed code for Viridian Revel.
* Fixed code for Favor of the Woods.
* Added working code for Stabwhisker the Odious.
* Fixed a global bug which rendered some Planeswalkers "non legendary".
* Fixed code for Invader Parasite.
* Fixed code for Mikaeus, the Lunarch.
* Fixed code for Caged Sun.
* Fixed code for Prototype Portal.
* Fixed code for Time Spiral.
* Fixed code for Chosen of Markov.
* Fixed code for Call to the Kindred.
* Fixed values for Pristine Talisman.
* Fixed code for Blunt the Assault.
* Fixed code for Fangren Marauder.
* Fixed code for Artillerize.
* Fixed casting cost for Progenitus.
* Fixed mana production for Scorned Villager.
* Fixed code for Molder Beast.
* Fixed interaction between Mortarpod and creatures with special abilities like Infect, Lifelink and Deathtouch.
* Fixed a global data entry issue about Dark Ascension cards color.
* Improved the EDH card.
* Fixed code for Flame-Kin Zealot.
* Fixed interaction between Hybrid spells and Iona, Shield of Emeria.
* Fixed code for Synapse Sliver.
* Fixed code for Mana Drain.
* Fixed code for Goblin Chirurgeon.
* Improved AI code for Momentary Blink.
* Fixed interaction with "X spells" and Gaddock Teeg.
* Fixed code for Fire // Ice.
* Fixed code for Caldera Hellion.
* Fixed code for Overgrown Battlement.
* Fixed code for Zombie Apocalypse.
* Fixed wrong data entry for Elgaud Inquisitor, Increasing Devotion, Mikaeus the Unhallowed, Ravenous Demon, Mondronen Shaman.
* Fixed abilities for Diregaf Captain.
* Added working code for Volcanic Eruption.
* Fixed life gaining interactions for all cards I could find. Several of them were recoded, so probably others bad interactions (subtypes, etc.) are gone too.
* Fixed code for Wall of Tears.
* Fixed ultimate ability for Garruk, the Veil-Cursed.
* Fixed code for Terror of Kruin's Pass.
* Fixed bad data entry for Deadly Allure : now you could play its Flashback effect.
* Fixed code for Hand of Praetors.
* Fixed ultimate ability for Sorin, Lord of Innistrad.
* Fixed code for Recall, Increasing Confusion, Devil's Play and Repeal.
* Improved code for Psionic Sliver, Magma Sliver, Telekinetic Sliver, Necrotic Sliver and multi mana lands from Urza's Saga.

[0rion79]

Gargaroz, thanks a lot.
Let me add some more words about my contribute.
First of all, it is the top that I can do, since I'm not a true coder.
As you can see, my cards are almost all vanilla (no abilities) or with static easy-to-code abilities, selected among the best uncoded cards from our current database.
Since space is no longer a trouble for us now, I had the following purposes:
1 - enhance tribe decks
2 - rebalance the sealed game with decent fillers
3 - satisfy nostalgic players, as I.

That's why I've taken the hassle to activate some epic oax as Kjeldoran Skycaptain or Scaled Wurm ("they embodied the worst of the Ice Age." LOL!) and some plainswalkers... and I mean creatures with plainswalk ability, which is quite uncommon
Last but not least, there are a bunch of creatures with protection from artifact, from blue or from green which were so rare in previous releases.
Also, I've found very few cards coded before the 2K limits that were left out with no apparent reason.
Even if I know that this release is really not comparable to contributes from Gargaroz or Jatill, still hope that you will have some fun with it.

[Aswan jaguar]

Thank you Manalink Team you rock.About 295 coded cards artwork for them and numerous bugs fixed and cards recoded is just AMAZING.
It is going to be busy for us Bughunters......to the hunt boys.

[0rion79]

D'oh (about bugs)

[Sonic]

In order to preempt any questions relating to the set reordering in the Manalink.csv file, I thought I’d add an explanation and the thinking behind the decision.

Some of you might remember, when the Manalink 2.0 12000+ card csv file was originally created we’d initially run under the assumption that the card slots would have to remain fixed, and had therefore decided to create the file using a ‘master order’ to simplify the card coding. However, when Mok (of whom we are not worthy) adapted the csv into what then became the Manalink 3.0 xls file, he also modified the updating process to allow the card slots ID numbers to be updated at will.

After the March (Dark Ascension) release it became fairly obvious that if we kept the current Manalink.csv slot order it would result in some of the sets, most notably M10, M11, M12 and Commander, having their slot ID numbers shifted whenever we added new sets. This would require the playdeck files and draft coding needing updating on a fairly regular basis.
So too make life easier for everybody we decided to rearrange the set slot blocks after slot 1747 (the start of the C coded cards) in order of release – the same order as the ‘New Rarity’ columns. This will now allow us to add new set blocks immediately after the last released set, before the token entries.
We’ve also shifted the ‘Promo’ column from the end of the New Rarity columns to before the 'Limited Edition Alpha' column. Purely as this a special set of entries which isn't part of the release order.
Finally, new columns for ‘Avacyn Restored’, ‘Planechase 2012’, ‘Magic 2013’ and ‘From the Vault: Realms’ have been added.

Whilst we realized this was going to cause some pretty dramatic card ID number shifting in this release. Hopefully, as Gargaroz said, the result will be that the new card ID numbers will remain fairly static from now on. Unless (like with Clone in the last release) a new slot is required in a set block to account for some unforeseen coding problem.

[bgaut]

Just one word : congratulation !!!

Gargaroz you fixed the regeneration vs lifelink bug and so the vampire nighthawk bug , it's a great thing !!!!

Thanks a lot

[Yggdrasil]

Hum, yummy !
Thank you very much all of you for your hard work et for the explanations.

[RanDomino]

Gloriouuuuuuuuuuuuuus
Updating with Playdeck Analyzer now viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6244

[0rion79]

Gargaroz, I can't update my cards with Playdeck Analyzer: I get them all wrong. Is it possible that, while merging several contributes together, you have included a wrong manalink.csv file with your patch?

[stassy]

Orion79, do you use Playdeck Analyzer V0.2 (its thread is updated at 1st post)?
I got my Playdeck folder correctly done but some decks already lost in translation that were originally messed up in v0.1...

[Psychodabble]

Woohoo! You guys are amazing!

Thanks for the update, I'm off to get testing!

[0rion79]

Orion79, do you use Playdeck Analyzer V0.2 (its thread is updated at 1st post)?
I got my Playdeck folder correctly done but some decks already lost in translation that were originally messed up in v0.1...

Yes! I'm using the one tha prevents the overwriting of deck colors, but I still get my decks messed up each time!

[stassy]

Are you sure you copied again all the dck files into the ML playdeck folder?
Please attach your playdeck to be updated so we can have a look (or the log file)

[Gargaroz]

Orion, the PDA checks cards.dat, not the CSV files.

[stassy]

Err, are you sure about the card.dat?

Because from the readme

The PlayDeck Analyser is a small app that attempts to correct
Manalink PlayDeck.dck files by comparing them to a specific
Manalink.csv. If the CardName in the PlayDeck doesn't match the
CardID# in the .csv, then the entire .csv is searched for a
matching CardName and the CardID# in the PlayDeck is corrected. If
the CardName is not found in the .csv, then the CardName in the
PlayDeck is changed to match the CardID# in the .csv

Unless we are not talking about the same thing (PlayDeckAnalyzer, right?), the PDA use csv file, not dat file, which is useful because you can use old csv for others ML versions.