September Crack-a-Pack Preview

Check out the video to see this month's prize in our Patron Supporter crack-a-pack for September, and visit patreon.com/mtgcardsmith for the full scoop on how to enter.




PS. We're also just three two pledges ($10!) away from our next goal, which will allow us to hold a new site-wide contest with Battle for Zendikar prizes!

New Feature: Custom Sets + Profiles

If you log into your account today you are going to see plenty of new features waiting for you to explore. First and foremost is Custom Card Sets - a way to organize the cards in your account however you want! We anticipate people will use these in a variety of ways, and designed them to be as flexible as possible. Create a set, a draftpack, a commander deck, or just about anything.

The Basics:

• First, create a new set by clicking the "Create Set" button on the "My Sets" page in your /account area. Give it a name and a short description.
• Next, you will be shown the Edit Set page, where you can add your cards by name, control card order, preview cards (hover over the name), and remove cards from your set. The left sidebar shows you important details about the set you are editing.
• You can also add cards directly from your "My Cards" management page. Hover over a card and click the pencil icon for an edit popup that will allow you to quickly add to a set or remove the card from your collection.
• To view your new set in all of its glory, click on your screenname (top right) to view your public profile. The new default view for profiles is a Custom Set grid, displaying all sets a member has created!
• If you want to change the order sets are displayed in, you can do so in your account management pages, on the "My Sets" tab. Click and Drag the control icon on the left side of each set block, then just drag to your ideal position in the list. If you have over 15 custom sets, you can quickly load more (by pressing the button at the bottom) and change the order for all sets at once.

For some quick examples of sweet new profiles, check out our beta users: AtheraCollaborationSet, Corwinnn, and Suicidal_Deity! If you have any additional question about Custom Sets, please check out this thread on the forums!

Member Profiles

We've also included some major organization updates to member profiles. As we've discussed in a previous post, we want members to feel proud of their profiles and share them with others. We believe the new, more organized interface accomplishes this goal.

Other Updates

In addition to the above features, we were also able to give a big boost to our webserver, thanks to our supporters on Patreon.com/mtgcardsmith. Without your support we couldn't have done it! The actions of these few members have also given back directly to the community, by allowing us to increase the default card capacity to 1000 cards! Thank you Patrons!

If you like the new features and want to support future updates, please consider joining your fellow supporters. We greatly appreciate it!

August Crack-a-Pack Winner

We have a winner,wmcduff! He's the first winner of our monthly Patron Supporter crack-a-pack giveaway. Check out the video to see what he won, and visit patreon.com/mtgcardsmith if you'd like to enter for the next month!

MTG Cardsmith User Profiles

We're continuing our inertia forward, and today we want to share some exciting details about the upcoming release. Coupled with the new Custom Sets feature is going to be an updated member profile page, with an updated display and cleaner look overall. We want members to feel proud of their collective works and give you the tools to show them off correctly.

1. Profile Home

This view will immediately feature any custom sets you have created along with their cover (first) card images. You will also notice the header has been completely reworked to give you a more clear identity and space to describe your profile.

2. Individual Set View

Here is where the profile really begins to shine. With the new layout we can display 12 cards per page, as well as relevant set details and descriptions. Disqus comments are being moved to the bottom of this page, so comments will be available on Sets views and individual Card views, instead of the neverending account comment board that was often confusing to follow.

3. Manage Sets

Finally, a more finalized preview of the custom set management page in your account. More details about this page and its functionality as we get through beta testing and a final release.


It's important to note that the disqus comments on profiles will be moving with this change. Those comments will still exist within the disqus history, but will not be accessible through this site. If you have important details to save for future sets, descriptions or lore, please save them elsewhere before September 1st.

That wraps it up for this weeks update.
Thank you to our supporters over on Patreon! If you like what we are up to and want to support us, please consider joining our Patreon campaign to keep development going and get some special features for yourself. Cheers!

Inertia

As promised, at the beginning of the month we purged about 10GB of old custom cards, giving us more room for active members. Related to this work, our amazing supporters over on Patreon have succeeded in helping us reach our first goal! We are now able to upgrade the server and increase the total storage space for card images. This combined with the 6-month expiration window will allow for us to properly manage site storage for a very long time.

What does this mean for you? Look forward to more card capacity in your accounts, starting in September.
ps. Premium Patrons get an immediate capacity boost!

The major benefit our Patrons have brought us is that now we can worry less about infrastructure, and bring our attention back to the continuing goals we have for the site. More features, better card organization, and a modern face-lift. This last week, we put in some extra time on Custom Card Sets, and we're about 80% there. At this time, we hope to have a limited-release beta available in early September. We really want it to be awesome.

Thank you again to our patrons and supporters. With your support we can accomplish more work, in less time. If you'd like to learn more about supporting us and the rewards for doing so, please visit our Patreon page for all the details!