Free, low-ink mtg proxy sheets for playtesting the decks you want to build, generated right in your browser for cheap home printing. Magic for Everyone.
Reminder that this project can be found on two other places:
Cohost (cohost.org/playtest-proxies) (preferable, you can read my posts without needing an account, I'll see asks/replies faster)
Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/playtestpro…) (I'll use it if I have to, I don't currently have to.)
Woag new playtestproxies update. prepare spells now supported. twitter and cohost links removed from bio. lol. Follow me on the boring website for liberals (bsky.app/profile/@playtestpr…) #mtgproxy
One thing you may have noticed about PlaytestProxies recently is I've not been updating the default display card to match new sets. In the background, some dependencies broke and I've been forced into a larger rewrite than I'd have liked.
Thankfully, there's some newer, sturdier technologies for dynamically building PDFs and SVGs in and outside of the browser that are making this a breeze.
nothing like a crossover with marvel to make me feel like I've wasted my time, energy, money, mental space on caring about and involving myself with a card game's social and competitive spaces #MTGxMarvel
nothing like a crossover with marvel to make me feel like I've wasted my time, energy, money, mental space on caring about and involving myself with a card game's social and competitive spaces #MTGxMarvel
A little comic about a recent conversation I had about Magic, and spoiler season burnout
Tales from the Mana Crypt #101
ALT Alt Text:
Tales from the Mana Crypt #101 – The Modern Horizon
A Magic the Gathering comic.
Panel 1:
A man is hunched over in front of a glowing religious symbol – the Modern Horizons 3 set symbol stuck to the top of a pole. The man looks to be in pain, as if the glow of the symbol is hurting him.
Man: God...if anyone is listening, I need help. I...I don't know if I can survive more spoilers.
Panel 2:
The same man has their hands outstretched with a pained expression as cards scatter in the air around them. In a different shot, they are seen praying at a cliff’s edge.
Man: I feel so tired of new cards, yet when there's a break, I look at leaks. I don't even play competitively, but I want to know every card. Please, relieve me of this FOMO.
Off-screen (from sky): Raise your head, my child.
ALT Panel 3:
Clouds part to reveal the figure of Richard Garfield, looking similarly to the art for the Magic card “Richard Garfield PhD”. The man raises their hands in shock, and their face has an expression of shock as well.
Man: Richard Garfield?!
Richard Garfield: Yes, PhD. Now listen closely. Magic was meant to be a game where one player couldn't know every card. Know this and enjoy the game as I intended.
ALT Panel 4:
The man’s eyes open wide and glow a bright white, their hands out, as if receiving some religious epiphany.
Man: Yes...thank you Dr. Garfield! Now, I understand your vision! but there is one last thing which plagues me.
Panel 5:
The man turns away from Richard Garfield, their face contorted with pain. Richard Garfield conjures up a spectral deckbox as wisps of magic floating all around them, preparing to conjure something else.
Man: When I ignore spoilers, cards spike in price and I can't find or afford them.
Richard Garfield: I tell you the truth, blessed is the one who supports their LGS and matches their playgroup's power level...
ALT Panel 6:
Richard Garfield lifts a newly conjured object aloft, spirals of magic emanating from it – a home inkjet printer.
Richard Garfield: ...For they may accept the salvation I offer.
Man (Off-Screen): High resolution inkjet home printer?!
To avoid too-large-header errors (something I'll look into but that's on my providers side), PlaytestProxies lists can just be composed of set codes. i.e. "1 a M19 235" would make 1 copy of Fountain of Renewal.