Cardsmith Blog

July Wrap-up


First, we'd like to congratulate Facebook user Glen Dawe on winning the July Giveaway with his Featured Card nomination! Please respond via Facebook messaging so we know where to send your prize packs.

New Updates have been pretty slow lately but that's because we've been putting all of our efforts into a few BIG features we're planning on rolling out in August.

  • Soon, an account will be required to have "ownership" of a created card. Anyone will still be able to create a card, but we are phasing out the old way of naming authors, those cards will all simply be Anonymous. If you still haven't created an account, make one today - its free and 200% painless.
  • Along with that, we will be doing some housecleaning on old cards that are not associated to user accounts. First we will remove cards from 2011-2012, then as we start winding down 2014, clean up cards from 2013. Again, this will only affect cards not associated with a user account.
  • Lastly, rather than bore you with details, I'll just leave this spoiler here:



See you in August!
Jul 28, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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Nominate Featured Cards



If you've got a few special cards that you are proud of, or have come across some amazing ideas/artwork - let us know! For the next four days you can send us a featured card on Facebook and automatically be entered in our July Giveaway.

Not only will the winner be receiving three Journey into Nyx booster packs, but they will be among the first to get their hands on MTG Cardsmith Playstyle pinback buttons. More details about these buttons and the store coming soon, but you could win some right now for free!
Read our announcement post for the full giveaway rules and details.
Jul 17, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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July Prize Giveaway!


Our Featured Cards often generate a lot of discussion about balance and legality. Here's your chance to nominate an upcoming Featured Card and win a prize pack at the same time!

How to Enter


Prize Pack

One lucky drawing winner will receive three Journey into Nyx booster packs as well as a set of the new MTG Cardsmith pinback buttons!

You may submit as many nominations as you'd like, but your name will only be entered into the drawing once. Good Luck!

LEGAL JAZZ: Eligibility - MTG Cardsmith's July Giveaway is open to individuals who are residents of the fifty (50) United States and Canada and are 13 years of age or older. Drawing: At the conclusion of the Giveaway, MTG Cardsmith will select the names of potential winner in a random drawing of all entries. Limit 1 entry per person. No purchase necessary (of course).
Jul 01, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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A Custom Magic Conspiracy or Reality?


It's been a quiet month of hard work for us here, but we've begun adding the results to the site. Here's the patch notes for what we've been up to during June.


June Patch Notes

  • Added new avatar choices to user accounts, you can update your choice through the Edit Profile link after signing in to your account.
  • Added Conspiracy as a valid card type, although we don't have the backgrounds yet. The artifact background is as close as we can offer at this time.
  • Fixed a known bug that would affect including italics text above ability text with mana symbols in it (using the passive ability boxes).
  • You may have noticed new ads on the site, these help us to keep our server running and keep this service free. We appreciate you not using ad-blockers (or at least "Allowing" ads on MTG Cardsmith).
  • We've been putting a lot of work into the future of MTG Cardsmith, both online and offline. We'll be announcing more about these projects as they finish up.

Reminder: If you see a card that clearly violates the Terms of Use on the site, please send a removal request and we'll take care of it. Disqus comments aren't usually seen immediately due to volume. Thanks!
Jun 28, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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Squashing Bugs


We just resolved a major bug affecting new users who had logged in but hadn't set up a profile. When they returned and logged in, they no longer saw the user homepage. We've updated all accounts now, so if you were experiencing this issue, please login again to see your account.

Thanks for bearing with us while we work out the kinks with member accounts. In other news, we're working on something fun for members to check out in the next few days. Check your account profile for new avatar options!
Jun 03, 2014 by Grant
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