I also made a custom engraved deck box to hold the results:Īlso, it’s worth noting that MPC Autofill appears to have gone down and replaced by a fork. I discuss a better pipeline for making cards with custom art there: I made a follow up article more focussed on making a deck with entirely custom art.

I was looking either to make a cube or a set of commander decks. So I set out in my search to get an affordable set of cards. Recently, Wizards of the Coast (the makers of Magic) started selling small sets of cards with custom art as well. I had heard of making “alters” of cards or proxies. This would be difficult to collect without a lot of trading or shopping.Īside from just playing the game, I was also interested in getting cards with custom art. To get a lot of the fun interactions you either need multiples of cards, or a large set of synergistic cards. I have a decent sized collection, but even with cards collected over two decades, I would need to buy new cards to have anything but the most casual deck. I eventually quit because of the predatory pricing model. I enjoyed the digital version of the game, Magic Arena, for awhile when it came out. After moving to SF I would occasionally play with some friends who had a game group or do drafts. I started again a bit in college, where I learned enough to play properly with other peoples decks. As a kid I just liked the big monsters and didn’t really understand the rules. I’ve been playing Magic in some capacity since I was 10 years old. After playing a game of Magic the Gathering with a friends kids, I decided to see if there was a way to get back in the game without taking out a second mortgage.

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