I'm trying to build a new cube with a very particular idea in mind. To implement this idea, I want to (over the course of time) go through all the cards in Magic's history and search for ones with the features I want.
Ideally, I'd like to use some sort of online resource that lets me search through cards, click on a card (or a button next to the card) if I like it, and then when I'm done with my session be able to export a text file containing the names of all the cards I liked.
This would make it easy to assemble a text file with the names of cards I'm considering for the cube. From there, I could just import that list to CubeTutor or CubeCobra and work from there to slim down the list.
Is there any Magic search engine that will let me do this? Or do I simply have to manually write down the names of all the cards I like, perhaps misspelling some and thus being unable to import them to my cube? Or, do any experienced programmers think it would be easy for me (a very inexperienced programmer) to write a program to record the card names I click on Gatherer?
Well, with gatherer you can do a simple copy+paste. Mark the card name, copy it, then paste it into your text file in a text editor. It's not as comfortable as you want it to be, but you won't have to do any programming.
(You may have to adjust the settings to the standard display rather than a visual spoiler, though. There's a menu at the very bottom of the gatherer page right above the hasbro and wizards logos.)
Ideally, I'd like to use some sort of online resource that lets me search through cards, click on a card (or a button next to the card) if I like it, and then when I'm done with my session be able to export a text file containing the names of all the cards I liked.
This would make it easy to assemble a text file with the names of cards I'm considering for the cube. From there, I could just import that list to CubeTutor or CubeCobra and work from there to slim down the list.
Is there any Magic search engine that will let me do this? Or do I simply have to manually write down the names of all the cards I like, perhaps misspelling some and thus being unable to import them to my cube? Or, do any experienced programmers think it would be easy for me (a very inexperienced programmer) to write a program to record the card names I click on Gatherer?
(You may have to adjust the settings to the standard display rather than a visual spoiler, though. There's a menu at the very bottom of the gatherer page right above the hasbro and wizards logos.)
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