I made ManaMatch because I kept buying Magic cards, only to find out afterward that my friends already had some cards laying around unused in a box.

The app gives your friends one searchable view across separate collections. Everyone retains their own inventory and you only connect with people you add. When you search for cards in a deck list, ManaMatch marks cards as covered, partially covered, or missing, and shows whose collection can cover them.

That has been much more useful to us than trying to compare screenshots, lists or search through old group-chat messages. It also makes lending, giving, and building decks together easier than ever.

You can start from a ManaBox export, a simple CSV, or add cards manually. I’m building this in public and would love honest feedback on the workflow — especially from groups that already have a collection-sharing system.

If you are interested, here is the ProductHunt page

Transparency note: AI was used as a development aid while building ManaMatch. It is not used in any user-facing feature, matchmaking decision, or community interaction. As a software engineer with 7+ years of experience, I use it as support—not as a replacement for engineering judgment or the community.

What use would [[Stony Silence]] have in a deck with ~25 artifacts/equipment, unless I somehow draw purely for a while but my opponent doesn’t?

I ordered from TCG Direct but one of my cards wasn’t included in my package and in the order details that came with my cards had a yellow post it next to the card I did not receive.

Odds are posted on the special treatments and the booster distribution

Real quote from my friend while playing a video game unrelated to magic, I just had to share

Edit: so I was talking to him and he said he meant stuff to use life as a resource, but it's funnier this way

I’m having trouble understanding how exactly it goes infinite. Doesn’t “Attacks for the first time each turn” stop her from triggering infinite combat phases? Even if she is coming back from the graveyard? I’m obviously missing something.

(I have these cards and would love to use this combo but i need to understand how it works)

Prior to The Hobbit Pre-Release, Wizards of the Coast put out a press release stating that moving forward, 2HG pre-release events would only include ONE Pre-release kit per team, with 2 additional booster packs. Their explanation was that it creates more "balanced" pools of cards and aligns closer to tournament rules for sealed 2HG.

Regardless of my opinion on this being a bummer, and enjoying both myself and a friend opening a pre-release together and getting 12 packs to build from, it seems the local game stores have not at all been informed directly about this information.

With Pre-Release now going on sale, I am seeing stores still charge $35-40 per Pre-release sign-up, and requiring 2HG teams to spend $70-80 total to sign up their team for the Pre-Release event.

After speaking to one store owner, he mentioned they had no idea of these changes and intended to still give every 2HG team who signed up 2 full pre-release kits. I spoke to another store employee and they said they'd probably just go with whatever Wizards of the Coasts says, but likely they haven't updated their prices and weren't sure when/if they would.

I'm not sure what will happen with allocation of pre-release kits, and if stores are going to find themselves severely short on kits and have to resort to just using 1 per team, but this seeems like a disaster waiting to happen and I personally would be incredibly frustrated in paying $70-80 for one pre release kit.

What is everyone else hearing from their local stores? Are they still sticking to 2 pre-release kits? Have they discounted the price, assuming just 1 kit moving forward?

https://wpn.wizards.com/en/news/two-prerelease-changes-coming-with-reality-fracture

Hello. I received the World Shaper precon recently as a gift and after playing one game with it, I heavily upgraded it. Now I'm not sure if it's still valid in bracket 2. I haven't played with this upgraded version yet because I'm waiting for the cards IRL, so I'm not sure. And I know the precon is already one of the strongest there is, so there is that as well.

Thanks!

I have saw this card once and i remember absolutely loving the art, but for the love of me i have no idea what the card was or anything about it, i vaguely remember the composition it was a guy walking in profile view, but there was a square on the middle of the art card and everything inside the square was flipped and a different color i think, I remember it had pretty bold colors and when i looked it up to see the price if i could buy it, it was a bit expensive, like 10 or more dollars, so i didnt get it but now i cant seem to find the card anywhere and dont even now if i remember it correctly. I ve made a drawing of how i remember it.

I understand that as a mature game Magic inevitably sacrifices flavor consistency for gameplay, but I want to be indulged today.

• Players: powerful planeswalkers/wizards engaged in a duel (apparently no longer accurate?)
• Deck/library: collection of spells in our mind palace that we bring to battle (what about lands?)
• Drawing a card: gaining knowledge? accessing our mind palace?
• Playing a land: ?
• Tapping a land for mana: drawing power from said place?

I'd love to be directed to resources out there that help to answer the potentially endless list of questions. Preliminary digging yielded stuff like this but I was told that older stuff are no longer accurate or have become wishy washy.

And that idea feels like the only reason you reasonably would.

I was unfamiliar with MSCHF before this Secret Lair was announced, and after looking into their work I came away with an interpretation of the drop that I haven't seen discussed. Specifically after coming across their "Boosted Packs" series, which stands as a direct commentary to exactly what they've collaborated with Wizards on with this Secret Lair.

Upon browsing their previous works, it seems to me that MSCHFs artistic work is often very directly about the structures of capitalism and consumerism, and more specifically how the internet has driven these systems to evolve into something quite bizarre. Their collaboration with Wizards is an opportunity to communicate those ideas through one of the very companies their work tends to critique.

The drop itself is the work of art: a commentary on modern TCG culture and what it has become in 2026. It poses as a celebration of Magic's origins, (which cost the creators nothing aside from the paper used to print the test cards) while selling that experience back to the players at a premium price. It's no surprise that the product itself isn't sold as a self contained, playable set, but as micro-packs similar to Aftermath Boosters, an iteration of Magic that was universally rejected by the player base.

The contrast of the early design language (where the imagery was an afterthought or an inside joke) packaged in a modern distribution method (a limited drop at a premium price that is bound to sell out) makes these ideas even more pronounced. What Magic was and what it has become is on full display. The drop questions what makes cardboard worth the money we spend on it, and questions further if we even should, given the current economic landscape where everything seems to integrate some form of gambling.

I was planning on skipping the drop, due to the drama of randomized packs coming to Secret Lair. But the more I reflected on these ideas the more I wanted to participate in the experience MSCHF had created. Not for the cards themselves but to appreciate how they creatively explore the themes of modern cardboard consumerism.

I'm sure there won't be any left by the time I reach checkout tomorrow. Which, even that, seems to be part of experience. So at least I still get to "participate".

It's mainly because I think "Why make a female character He-man, there's plenty of other dudes to choose from." The rest is "The sword of power makes him stronger so why not a commander who gets stronger from equipment as well".

Also for He-man I expected a flip card, with Adam on one side then a trigger or payment to become He-man.

Who would you have be He-man instead?

Edit: Winota could have been She-ra or Teela as an example. Taking a popular and strong female character in MTG and just making it a dude is female erasure.

Hey! I want to get into MTG, and my friend who is introducing me told me to get a pre con commander deck. I absolutely love ATLA and would love to start with that collection, but have discovered that they didn’t make pre con ATLA decks for some reason. What’s my best course of action? Would really love to stick with the ATLA cards if it’s not unreasonably expensive

Any effect that simultaneously prevents losing the game for all current players. This is definitely not an intended loophole, but commander damage is the only method of losing the game, besides conceding, that does not wait for priority or effects from the stack (both of which seem impossible to force simultaneous loss with) (104.3j). This means if all living players cross 21 commander damage while Everybody Lives! is active then the first sweep of state based actions after it ends will see everyone separately meet the condition for losing via commander damage, and 704.3 explicit states all applicable state based actions happen simultaneously ("performs all applicable state-based actions simultaneously as a single event").

I just realized that Kaja Foglio was the model for [[Autumn Willow]], and I read somewhere recently that Kieran Yanner modeled [[The Unluckiest Planeswalker]] after himself (although I saw another account that said it was his husband?).

Are there any other cards that feature the likeness of a real Magic artist?

I legit want to learn, I do primarily play every format on arena except commander.

Been doing okish in the last few seasons, but my lack of knowledge becomes apparent when I get to platinum rank in standard and historic.

Hopefully something with a deck builder section?

I play GR, GRW, G, usually focusing on LF(Landfall) mixed with EB (Earthbending) normally.

But I have amassed enough new FF, Avatar, and Marvel cards make something in RGB mana but have yet to consult anyone.

I'm technically still in my 1st year of learning so whenever I think I see a potential build type I like asking the season big brained vets.

Any help is always appreciated.

Pretty new but Iv upgraded Frodo and Sam precon a little with cards I had around and was wondering what you think and what you mite change.

https://archidekt.com/decks/25969063/frodo_and_sam

I’m mainly asking if I copy the synthesizer with mishra, (or any other artifact with mana value 3+) will the original synthesizer give me a construct?

I have always heard that booster boxes are made for draft, but looking at the numbers it seems like prereleases are more worth it. I want to do a reality fracture draft with some friends.

A booster box is 30 packs for 170€ at 5.6€ per pack

A prelease is 6 packs for 32€ at 5.3€ per pack + promo + die

Is there a reason I am missing that makes a booster box worth it? It would be a prelease box for each 2 people

If I had [[Quintorius, history chaser]] on the battlefield and cast [[purify the grave]] from my hand and then from my graveyard, how many times would Quintorius's ability trigger? My understanding is that it would create two spirits; one after the first target card is exiled from the graveyard, and one as purify the grave and the second target card simultaneously leave the graveyard. is this correct?

I'm nearly finished constructing a mono red multi-attack phase treasure generation sub theme deck with Karlach/Dragon Cultist as commander/background. I would appreciate any ideas/suggestions for future additions/subtractions.

https://archidekt.com/decks/25961169/violence_is_not_the_answerits_the_question

I thought these might be from the Battle Box but looking in Scryfall none of these match any plains I can find