#manabox — Public Fediverse posts

Anybody out there know any really good tools for analyzing your own collection of MtG cards? I'm digitizing my collection with Manabox and am wondering if there are any good analytical/browsing tools for local desktop use, i.e. Moxfield but with Scryfall searchability and Cubecobra analysis.

Failing all else, I'll just code one up myself, but that means my having to learn something about coding a UI. I can make a database sing, but the last experience I had with a UI was putting together an RShiny dashboard.

#magicthegathering #mtg #manabox #scryfall #cubecobra #mtgcube

Edit: hi, newly-arrived Magic folks! I'm updating and boosting this again so y'all know a bit about who I am.

Well hi there, MTG.Garden. It me, Doctor LURK, and this is my #intro post. I've been over on Mastodon.social since last October; if you want to know who I am outside the realm of #MagictheGathering, you should visit me there! General things you should know about me here:

- I am 40, and have been playing Magic since Mirage (1996). I played somewhat competitively until about 2000, but I have been collecting cards off and on ever since. Because of my old-skewing (but not Vintage-caliber) card pool, I tend to prefer playing casual Magic. I can still jump in on a Standard tournament and have fun, but the way the game is played has changed a lot since my early days and I haven't played regularly enough to retain the mastery I once had. As a general rule, I'm happier playing with highly flavorful and/or synergistic cards than just netdecking the current Tier 1 powerhouse. In my opinion, one win with a rogue deck is worth a dozen wins with a tier-ranked deck.

- I try to be tolerant and easygoing; I have always wanted a broader cross-section of society to play Magic, and snide gatekeeping isn't the way to that future. Instead of criticizing, I would rather just not comment on something I dislike. The exception is anything that I feel might make other players or curious newcomers feel bad; I will lock horns about that stuff, more often than not.

- I subscribe to #ManaBox and it is well worth the $22 a year; I highly recommend it. Using ManaBox's integrated price point reporting, I've (theoretically) developed a new casual format, Twenty-Five, loosely based on MTGO's Penny Dreadful format. I plan to make a Neocities page detailing the rules of the format before too much longer, but exactly when, I can't yet say. Aside from #MtGTwentyFive, I use ManaBox to design and playtest all sorts of dumb decks and unlikely combos, which I occasionally also post about here.

I am glad to be here and I hope we can have fun talking Magic together.