![]() I purchased the in-app scanner and it was able to recognize the cards I was showing it, even in low light conditions when the picture was not very legible. The robust searching lets you search all cards, cards you have, or cards you don't have. The import feature doesn?t give you a lot of instructions on how to use it, but at least it is there.įigure 3. Unfortunately the import tool is quite specific about how you need to import it, so if you already use a database or spreadsheet program, you may have to switch it around a little bit. I have all my cards in an Excel database, so I may have to do that rather than manually put them all in. The collection tools were nice, allowing you to do things like export your collection to a CSV file, price your entire collection (from a pricing source you get to choose), and even import a collection. I tried adding some cards to a ?collection?, and then also tried testing out a deck. If you actually want to manage your entire collection, that requires an in-app purchase of $3.99. Deck testing (drawing, shuffling, etc.) is a nice feature included in the app. When testing a deck, you can deal a hand, draw cards, play cards ? all as if you are playing a real game (you just don?t have an opponent).įigure 2. There is even a nice graphing feature if you are more graphical in nature. There is a nice summary feature when looking at your decks that will tell you how much of each color, manage cost, and card type you have. I liked the fact you can choose which pricing source you want to include to determine the value of the cards, as different people may have different preferences for their go-to pricing guide. The search feature works pretty well, and lets you even choose to seached among all cards, cards you own, or cards you don?t own. If you just want to try some decks, that feature is included in the main app. Pricing (from a source of your choice) is one of the nice features for both decks and collections. It is, simply put, a rather full-featured app.įigure 1. Once your collection is complete, you can build decks, test them out (for example, finding out if you routinely draw too little or too much land), and even share decks and collections with other people. If you don?t want to manually enter all your cards, you have the option of scanning them (if you purchase a $4.99 camera feature as an in app purchase). You can sort them all, sync up your database with DropBox, and iCloud. With Decked Builder, you can keep track of your collection of cards, including different expansion sets, foil or non-foil versions, and even special pre-release types of cards. While this app is available for both the iPad and the iPhone (and the review is the same for both) the pictures in the review are from the iPad version. ![]() It takes some effort to keep track of all your cards. Suffice to say, Magic is big business, even as a casual player. Nowadays, there are millions of cards out there, everyone plays with sleeves, there are pre-release tournaments, and more. At that time, we carried our cards in shoe boxes or small card boxes, and no one thought about protecting cards unless you had something like a Black Lotus. I started playing Magic the Gathering (yes, nerd alert!) about twenty two years ago, in 1993 (man, I feel old now). ![]()
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