The first version of the Magic Collection app is now available in the iTunes app store! Track your collection and your have/want list and always keep it handy. Browse the complete history of Magic at your leisure.
Just in time for this weekend's pre-release, I've updated the data files with Return to Ravnica. Take your iPad with you and catalog all the new cards you crack!
I'm already working on an update that will feature decklists and import/export. If you are interested in helping test this beta version, head over to this thread: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=433960
My own collection goes back almost 20 years with almost 15,000 cards. I needed an app that would let me enter all those cards without taking months, and give me something nicer to look at than just lists. This app is the result. The iPad screen is just the right size for a 9 card spread like you would find in your typical binder, with enough room left over for useful controls for navigating, sorting, and filtering. And because everyone loves watching numbers go up (RPG style), I added some charts and graphs so I could watch the percentages tick upwards toward completion.
Please, give it a try. If you like it, tell your friends. If you don't, tell me what I can do to make it better. I have a background in user experience, and I'm passionate about designing better solutions. You can find email links on the iTunes and web page above, and I'm available on Twitter @insidioussquid.
Thanks to all the people who helped test out this app and gave feedback, on this forum and others. I hope everyone finds this app as useful as I have.
I'm happy to announce that the first update to the app has been released which adds custom list features.
Create lists for your decks, drafting Cube, special trading lists, or even just make a list of your favorite artifacts. Then email that list to your friends to share, or yourself for backup. It even supports importing most .dec files via email attachments.
Please try it out, and I'm always interested to hear questions, comments, or complaints.
The Magic Collection app is now on sale for $1.99 for the month of December. If you're still on the fence, or know that you'll be getting more cards as presents soon, this is probably the best time to give the app a try.
As always, be sure to share your questions, comments, or complaints. Either send me a message, or visit the home page at Scuba Bunny.
I gotta say, this looks VERY interesting. A recipe for me to lose a couple months, mind, but yeah...
If you're worried it will take you a couple months to input your cards, I tried to make that as fast as possible. You can swipe up/down on each card to add/remove one from your collection then flip pages to the next 9.
I grabbed a TV show on DVD and didn't even make it through one season when I input my own collection (~15,000) in just a few days. Though I guess that assumes your collection is already sorted in some way that matches one of the common ones in the app.
If you're worried it will take you a couple months to input your cards, I tried to make that as fast as possible. You can swipe up/down on each card to add/remove one from your collection then flip pages to the next 9.
I grabbed a TV show on DVD and didn't even make it through one season when I input my own collection (~15,000) in just a few days. Though I guess that assumes your collection is already sorted in some way that matches one of the common ones in the app.
If you try it, let me know how it goes!
I will do so...I have holidays coming up so one way or the other, that seems a good time to do it.
Took it out for a spin last night...it's handy and intuitive. However, it doesn't seem to skim out multicolor I noticed last night. I can choose to excluse all but one color easily, but not multi. Either I'm missing something, or this is a bug.
Took it out for a spin last night...it's handy and intuitive. However, it doesn't seem to skim out multicolor I noticed last night. I can choose to excluse all but one color easily, but not multi. Either I'm missing something, or this is a bug.
But other than that, I really like it.
The multicolor filter does work a bit differently than most. I set it up to function like color identity in Commander. So if you select White, Blue, and Multicolored, you'll see white, blue, and W/U gold, hybrid, and split cards. I don't like the usual "all selected colors" & "any selected colors" because I wanted to keep the filter panel as simple as possible for new players. But, I am getting questions from seasoned players asking why it doesn't work the way they expect since there is no way to completely exclude monocolored cards and only browse multicolored.
I'm still thinking about alternate ways to set it up, so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them.
How can you use WOTCs art?
Does this provide any pricing information?
How does email import/export work?
The app doesn't contain any WOTC assets. So no logos, mana symbols or card images. Instead, it works like a highly specialized web browser. So rather than use Safari to browse cards on Gatherer or magiccards.info, you can use this app and which includes ways to track which cards you own or want.
No pricing information is included at this time. It is one of the things I'm looking at adding in a future update, but prices tend to get out of date quickly, and I haven't found an elegant way to make sure they are correct while you are browsing. If anyone has a favorite pricing source with a web API that they want to suggest, I'll look into it more.
When you choose to export a card list, the app creates an email attachment that you can send to anyone you want. When you receive an email attachment, you will have to option to open it with the Collection app which begins the import process. The app exports using it's own list format which contains data on the specific version of the card you own (but is still human-readable). It can also import standard .dec files, though it doesn't do sideboards yet.
I don't have any 'I' anything but I do have a Droid . . . is there an app for my Droid phone for MTG???
Unfortunately, I don't have the means right now to make an Android version. I'm still trying to find a way to make a iPhone-sized version of the app work well, and if that happens it would hopefully be easier to port to Android than the tablet-sized version I have now.
Thanks, that looks pretty good. Has anyone run into trouble with Apple's policy against selling physical goods via app when selling cards or linking to sites that sell cards?
Unfortunately, I don't have the means right now to make an Android version. I'm still trying to find a way to make a iPhone-sized version of the app work well, and if that happens it would hopefully be easier to port to Android than the tablet-sized version I have now.
11.3 Apps using IAP to purchase physical goods or goods and services used outside of the application will be rejected
11.13 Apps that link to external mechanisms for purchases or subscriptions to be used in the App, such as a “buy” button that goes to a web site to purchase a digital book, will be rejected
but I remembered 11.3 wrong and thought it applied to more than just in-app purchases.
Still, I've had apps rejected for pettier reasons, and I can see potential for a long argument to convince them that even though you can buy cards and then check them off in the app, they aren't "used" by the app in a way that violates 11.13.
Have you considered allowing input via camera? That may be interesting.
I did some tests, and I didn't think it was fast enough. Just looking up one card seems ok, but multiply that by 15, or 60, or 1,000 and it would take a very long time to enter every card you own. I wanted to make sure new users could get all their cards into the app in the smallest amount of time.
Ghrom's app, iMTG, does have that feature if you want to try it out, though.
This update fixes a small bug that could make some lists unselectable. If you select a list in the List Manager and the spinner rewinds back to the top, this update is for you. It should be available in iTunes over the next day, depending on your location.
I found a decent way to filter by expansion set, which was the most requested feature. The search controls were also moved into the filter panel since searching is treated like a filter for most purposes.
Swiping up/down to add/remove cards can now be customized. You can turn it off if you are letting a stranger browse and don't want to accidentally mess up your counts, and you can set it to add to the current list you are working on, which makes building a deck faster.
The current count of the list you are working on is displayed next to the list name and the -/+ buttons so you can more easily see how large your deck is getting.
The card type pie chart for lists now displays the actual card counts (which are useful) instead of the percentages (which weren't).
Hybrid and split cards are now treated as monocolored instead of multicolored. This way a W/U card will be shown when looking at just White cards. After updating the app, you will need to update any card sets you have previously downloaded that include hybrid or split cards to see the change. (Note this doesn't apply to split cards where both halves are multicolored or C/D E wedge hybrids.)
hmm this seems awesome. i'm going to have to grab my wife's ipad and test it out soon. granted, i think i'll have to devote some serious time lol, 30k+ cards will take a bit to do
hmm this seems awesome. i'm going to have to grab my wife's ipad and test it out soon. granted, i think i'll have to devote some serious time lol, 30k+ cards will take a bit to do
The initial input of a large collection does take awhile. But, I tried hard to design the app so that it goes as quickly as possible. You might have to fiddle with the sorting and filtering in the app to match your collection, but during my tests I was able to input my collection of about 15k in less time than it took my girlfriend to watch 1 season of That 70s Show, if I remember right.
This is a quick bug fix for the new expansion filter and fixes an issue where no cards would be shown if you select a set with an apostrophe in the name (*cough* Dragon's Maze *cough*). I apologize for any inconvenience.
Just wondering when Modern Masters is forecasted to be added to the database?
I added it on Sunday, which is admittedly later than I usually get to it. But it's there now, under the Reprints section near the bottom because I didn't know where else to put it.
Not at this time. It is something I'm looking into, and others have suggested using TCGPlayer for data, but I'm still trying to incorporate it in a way that works with the rest of the app.
Just in time for this weekend's pre-release, I've updated the data files with Return to Ravnica. Take your iPad with you and catalog all the new cards you crack!
Download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magic-collection/id560500410?ls=1&mt=8
Learn more here: http://scubabunny.net/magiccollection.html
I'm already working on an update that will feature decklists and import/export. If you are interested in helping test this beta version, head over to this thread: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=433960
My own collection goes back almost 20 years with almost 15,000 cards. I needed an app that would let me enter all those cards without taking months, and give me something nicer to look at than just lists. This app is the result. The iPad screen is just the right size for a 9 card spread like you would find in your typical binder, with enough room left over for useful controls for navigating, sorting, and filtering. And because everyone loves watching numbers go up (RPG style), I added some charts and graphs so I could watch the percentages tick upwards toward completion.
Please, give it a try. If you like it, tell your friends. If you don't, tell me what I can do to make it better. I have a background in user experience, and I'm passionate about designing better solutions. You can find email links on the iTunes and web page above, and I'm available on Twitter @insidioussquid.
Thanks to all the people who helped test out this app and gave feedback, on this forum and others. I hope everyone finds this app as useful as I have.
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Create lists for your decks, drafting Cube, special trading lists, or even just make a list of your favorite artifacts. Then email that list to your friends to share, or yourself for backup. It even supports importing most .dec files via email attachments.
Please try it out, and I'm always interested to hear questions, comments, or complaints.
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As always, be sure to share your questions, comments, or complaints. Either send me a message, or visit the home page at Scuba Bunny.
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The creator of Maro's Magic 8-Ball!
If you're worried it will take you a couple months to input your cards, I tried to make that as fast as possible. You can swipe up/down on each card to add/remove one from your collection then flip pages to the next 9.
I grabbed a TV show on DVD and didn't even make it through one season when I input my own collection (~15,000) in just a few days. Though I guess that assumes your collection is already sorted in some way that matches one of the common ones in the app.
If you try it, let me know how it goes!
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I will do so...I have holidays coming up so one way or the other, that seems a good time to do it.
The creator of Maro's Magic 8-Ball!
But other than that, I really like it.
The creator of Maro's Magic 8-Ball!
The multicolor filter does work a bit differently than most. I set it up to function like color identity in Commander. So if you select White, Blue, and Multicolored, you'll see white, blue, and W/U gold, hybrid, and split cards. I don't like the usual "all selected colors" & "any selected colors" because I wanted to keep the filter panel as simple as possible for new players. But, I am getting questions from seasoned players asking why it doesn't work the way they expect since there is no way to completely exclude monocolored cards and only browse multicolored.
I'm still thinking about alternate ways to set it up, so if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them.
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How can you use WOTCs art?
Does this provide any pricing information?
How does email import/export work?
The app doesn't contain any WOTC assets. So no logos, mana symbols or card images. Instead, it works like a highly specialized web browser. So rather than use Safari to browse cards on Gatherer or magiccards.info, you can use this app and which includes ways to track which cards you own or want.
No pricing information is included at this time. It is one of the things I'm looking at adding in a future update, but prices tend to get out of date quickly, and I haven't found an elegant way to make sure they are correct while you are browsing. If anyone has a favorite pricing source with a web API that they want to suggest, I'll look into it more.
When you choose to export a card list, the app creates an email attachment that you can send to anyone you want. When you receive an email attachment, you will have to option to open it with the Collection app which begins the import process. The app exports using it's own list format which contains data on the specific version of the card you own (but is still human-readable). It can also import standard .dec files, though it doesn't do sideboards yet.
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Unfortunately, I don't have the means right now to make an Android version. I'm still trying to find a way to make a iPhone-sized version of the app work well, and if that happens it would hopefully be easier to port to Android than the tablet-sized version I have now.
Thanks, that looks pretty good. Has anyone run into trouble with Apple's policy against selling physical goods via app when selling cards or linking to sites that sell cards?
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OK, just thought to ask. Thx for the reply.
I was thinking of but I remembered 11.3 wrong and thought it applied to more than just in-app purchases.
Still, I've had apps rejected for pettier reasons, and I can see potential for a long argument to convince them that even though you can buy cards and then check them off in the app, they aren't "used" by the app in a way that violates 11.13.
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I did some tests, and I didn't think it was fast enough. Just looking up one card seems ok, but multiply that by 15, or 60, or 1,000 and it would take a very long time to enter every card you own. I wanted to make sure new users could get all their cards into the app in the smallest amount of time.
Ghrom's app, iMTG, does have that feature if you want to try it out, though.
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This update fixes a small bug that could make some lists unselectable. If you select a list in the List Manager and the spinner rewinds back to the top, this update is for you. It should be available in iTunes over the next day, depending on your location.
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I found a decent way to filter by expansion set, which was the most requested feature. The search controls were also moved into the filter panel since searching is treated like a filter for most purposes.
Swiping up/down to add/remove cards can now be customized. You can turn it off if you are letting a stranger browse and don't want to accidentally mess up your counts, and you can set it to add to the current list you are working on, which makes building a deck faster.
The current count of the list you are working on is displayed next to the list name and the -/+ buttons so you can more easily see how large your deck is getting.
The card type pie chart for lists now displays the actual card counts (which are useful) instead of the percentages (which weren't).
Hybrid and split cards are now treated as monocolored instead of multicolored. This way a W/U card will be shown when looking at just White cards. After updating the app, you will need to update any card sets you have previously downloaded that include hybrid or split cards to see the change. (Note this doesn't apply to split cards where both halves are multicolored or C/D E wedge hybrids.)
Eclectic Apps for Eclectic People
The initial input of a large collection does take awhile. But, I tried hard to design the app so that it goes as quickly as possible. You might have to fiddle with the sorting and filtering in the app to match your collection, but during my tests I was able to input my collection of about 15k in less time than it took my girlfriend to watch 1 season of That 70s Show, if I remember right.
Good luck, and I hope you enjoy the app.
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This is a quick bug fix for the new expansion filter and fixes an issue where no cards would be shown if you select a set with an apostrophe in the name (*cough* Dragon's Maze *cough*). I apologize for any inconvenience.
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The creator of Maro's Magic 8-Ball!
I added it on Sunday, which is admittedly later than I usually get to it. But it's there now, under the Reprints section near the bottom because I didn't know where else to put it.
Not at this time. It is something I'm looking into, and others have suggested using TCGPlayer for data, but I'm still trying to incorporate it in a way that works with the rest of the app.
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Is the only form of backup if I use the cloud backup on my Ipad?
If so it sounds like the websites that allow collection storage are more useful then since you won't ever lose that data.
Feel free to bid on my cards here!