Cardsmith Blog

June Patch Notes v1



Site News

  • May Giveaway winners have been contacted, announcement coming soon!
  • Working on some more profile options as well as better account avatars (woo!).
  • Looking at what to tackle next in card engine improvements or additions, have an idea? Let us know.
  • In May, members created and published an amazing 16,624 cards! Currently, we're feeding the cat that runs the server rootbeer and cookies to keep him going - supplies low. You can help!

Patch Notes

  • Fixed a bug where certain browsers couldn't get planeswalker abilities below -9, now the max is a reasonable -20.
  • Added new buttons to the preview page, with more explanatory text for new users.
  • Tightened the design on the favorite/download buttons when viewing a card.
  • Added sharing buttons to user gallery pages so you can show off your cards more easily.

Jun 01, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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(Small) Account Updates



We've received some great feedback about user flow and the new account areas. It was a bit too complicated to find where to control things, so we've recently made some changes to help address this:
  • Logging in or clicking on your username in the header takes you to your gallery page, or what will now be the main member homepage.
  • If you are logged in, you will see three new edit icons on your gallery. These buttons will take you to the different account areas where you can edit profile info and manage cards. (See screenshot below.)


We hope this straightens things out a bit, let us know what you think in the comments below or on Facebook. Thanks!
May 26, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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Your Favorite

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We've added Favorites functionality to member accounts! You can now save cards from your favorite authors, giving them some direct props for the amazing creations they produce.

Favorites are viewable on public galleries, and can be managed from within your account. (Note: When a card is deleted by the author, the favorite is removed as well.) We're hoping to do even more with this new feature, as it will easily show who the top custom Magic card authors are, as judged by the entire Cardsmith community. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Other News

  • We snuck in an update early last week that allows */* power and toughness on regular cards.
  • We're getting close to reaching 500 member accounts for the May Giveaway!
  • We received a ton of feedback from the account feedback form, thank you! The form is tired now, and went home to take a nap.
May 25, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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Member Accounts + May Giveaway


"An offering to the sea brings an insight from the stars."

What a weekend! Not only have we overindulged in the coverage of the Pro Tour Journey Into Nyx, but we did a complete server upgrade at the same time! Now that we've taken care of some housekeeping, we can get back to the business of making improvements to the card engines (try the new */* P/T boxes!) and member features.

Member Accounts Live!

Today we opened up account signups to everyone. If you haven't, sign up today to manage your custom cards and customize your profile.

To celebrate the launch of this new feature and the great feedback given by our community, we are having a giveaway through the end of May! The first 500 active member accounts, with a valid email address, are automatically eligible for entry. All done! That's all you need to do! We'll contact the random winners within the first week of June and announce them shortly after. What prizes can you win, you ask?

Giveaway Prizes:

  • First Prize: 3 Journey Into Nyx Booster Packs
  • Second Prize: 2 Journey Into Nyx Booster Packs
  • Third Prize: 1 Journey Into Nyx Booster Pack


Official Rules: Eligibility: MTG Cardsmith's Member Account Giveaway is open only to individuals who are legal 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 winners in a random drawing. Potential winners will be contacted via email and will be asked to provide their full name, age and mailing address within a specified time period. If the potential winner is not eligible, another potential winner will be selected and contacted. Prizes will be delivered 2-4 weeks weeks after June 10, 2014.



As always, if you want to know instantly about the latest news or contests, follow MTG Cardsmith on Facebook or Twitter for easy updates.
May 17, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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Upcoming Maintenance & Downtime



It's been a very exciting month for MTG Cardsmith so far, with the addition of user accounts and watching the community adopt and explore the new features. We're growing, which is awesome, but it does bring a few side effects. We are in severe danger of running out of server space, which would bring all services to a complete stop. Adding member accounts and site card retention rules will help; but before we can open those up to everyone, our server needs some love.

Site\Traffic Stats:
  • Published cards per day: 500+
  • Saved cards per month: 13,000+
  • Total cards saved and active: 94,000+
  • Pageviews per month: 550,000+
  • Pageview increase since 2013: 431.56%

What this means for us: We need a bigger, better server! (Preferably Indestructible.)
What this means for you: Upcoming Site Downtime

Because we are a free service, operating on a shoestring budget, we only have one lil' server. So while we upgrade services and get a big boost on space (for everyone!), we're going to need to take the site down. We anticipate the outage will take a few hours during this Saturday, May 17th. We'll be working as quickly as possible to return everything online, and once we're fully back - we'll be opening up Member Accounts to everyone! (Expect a celebratory blog post here.)

If you would like to help out immediately, please donate to keep our server running!

tl;dr: MTG Cardsmith will be offline for a few hours on May 17th. It will be okay.
May 14, 2014 by MTG Cardsmith
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