I recently heard, on Tumblr, of a great deck editor/online play client for MTG, called Virtual Playtable. They have a plugin module that has rules support, sideboarding, deck building, and more. The software is shareware, but they promise free updates and card database data, so you can continue to play, as sets come out. I suppose it is similar to Cockatrice or untapp.in, but with better server support, ability to host private games, and future modules to support more CCG's or play. I am still setting mine up, and getting card images ready. Check it out, and let me know if you want to play on there, sometime. If you are wondering, I am not officially affiliated with this company.
Quote from: Taysby on July 07, 2014, 01:33:45 PM
And it also costs $29. I'll stick with www.untap.in
It has a limited number of decks and is pretty confusing and hard to learn, I'll stick with Cockatrice. ;)
I don't find it confusing at all. Or hard to learn.
Quote from: E.kann1 on July 13, 2014, 10:19:08 PM
I don't find it confusing at all. Or hard to learn.
The layout in game is awfully hard to use in the beginning. And deck building is way worse than cockatrice.
Quote from: Taysby on July 14, 2014, 12:07:58 AM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on July 13, 2014, 10:07:32 PM
Quote from: Taysby on July 07, 2014, 01:33:45 PM
And it also costs $29. I'll stick with www.untap.in
It has a limited number of decks and is pretty confusing and hard to learn, I'll stick with Cockatrice. ;)
so? Just make a 2nd account.
It takes all of 20 minutes to learn.
Deckbuilding is only difficult if you cant spell or choose to use custom cards.
A) that's a huge hassle, why not have one account and infinite decks?
B1) Cockatrice takes 5.
B2) it's still not a good layout at all.
C) It doesn't have the search option if you want to look at all cards that do a certain thing.
Quote from: Taysby on July 14, 2014, 12:37:47 AM
But you can access your decks and play on any computer (even macs and things running Linux) with untap
I play Cockatrice on a Mac and my friend with Linux doesn't have a problem. Why would you need multiple computers to play computer games on? And can't you email yourself the files? That's what I did with Cockatrice before I got a new computer.
Quote from: Taysby on July 15, 2014, 05:31:02 PM
I just downloaded it to try it. Deckbuilding is mildly difficult, and don't even get me started on cockatrice's interface. The meta is a lot better though.
Wait.. Where can you download cockatrice? I thought it got shut down...
Quote from: Taysby on July 15, 2014, 05:31:02 PM
I just downloaded it to try it. Deckbuilding is mildly difficult, and don't even get me started on cockatrice's interface. The meta is a lot better though.
Deck building is way easier than on Untap. You also get the advanced search. The interface? How is it at all confusing? It is as straightforward as it can be.
Quote from: Taysby on July 15, 2014, 08:54:27 PM
draw your staring hand. ctrl-m. ??? roll a dice. crtl-i. ??? Where the heck do i click to look at my whole deck??? etc etc etc. on untap, it's just point and click.
Why would you need advanced search? and how can it get easier than
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Snapcaster mage
4 Lightning bolt
?
as opposed to doing a search, clicking on the right button, accidently hitting the x, finding out what you deleted, understanding the mess of different sections, etc.
The different sections make it easier to sort, you should read the Cockatrice commands page on Woogerworks before you play anyways, Adv. search if you can't remember the name or want to browse all cards that so a certain thing.