Update: MTG Doctor 9.2.10

In this release of MTG Doctor we have added the following features:

• Load Intro Packs
• Planar Die
• Sort decks alphabetically.

LONG PRESS: Holding down on the "Load Deck" button opens up the "Load Intro Packs" feature. This allows you to load the started decks released for each set. We have provided a few options for you to choose from. You can load all the decks for a given set by pressing the "Load All" button next to the set name. You can also choose to load an individual deck by pressing the "Load" button next to the deck's name. Finally, you can choose to load all the decks from all the sets by pressing the "Load All" button at the top of the screen (this may take a long time depending on your device) As of this release the decks go back until Magic 2012. More decks coming soon!

Load all the decks for a given set or just a single deck.

We have also added the ability to simulate a planar die from the Die Roll tool in the Battle Helper.

You can now simulate a Planar Die.

Finally, we have modified the way the decks get arranged to make it easier to find a given deck. Decks are arranged alphabetically based on the deck's name.

Decks are now sorted alphabetically.

Special Thanks

Special thanks on this release go to:

• Colin Steven - For his suggestion "Load Intro Packs" feature. 
• Ujjimbo - For this suggestion of the improvements for the Die Roll feature.
• Justin Smith - For his suggestions of sorting the decks alphabetically.

Update: MTG Doctor 9.2.7

Aside from creating this blog to provide you with as much information about the features in MTG Doctor. A second reason to do this is to also provide you with more detailed information on some of the more complex updates that we perform. This is specially the case when we add new features.

In this update of MTG Doctor we did not add new features but instead we improved on some of the existing tools. One of the tools that saw a great improvement is the Suggested Land Distribution. In this update we improved the suggestion algorithm to figure out the intended colors of your deck and use this information when dealing with cards that have a split or hybrid Mana cost.

Improved Land Suggestion Algorithm

Let's look at the following cards:

4 Ash Zealot
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Flinthoof Boar
4 Hellrider
2 Lightning Mauler
12 Mountain
2 Pillar of Flame
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Rancor

These would yield a Mana Distribution like the one in the image below. This is due to cards like Boros Reckoner (R/W) and Rakdos Cackler (B/R).

Contains cards like Boros Reckoner and Rakdos Cackler

Due to our improved algorithm the 'Suggested Land Cards' tool figures out that the colors of this deck being created are Red and Green. Since Rakdos Cackler can be paid with either Red or Black Mana there is no need to add swamps to this deck because mountains will do the trick. The same applies for Boros Reckoner, which can be played with either Red or White Mana, there is no need to add plains to this deck since mountains will do just fine.

Thus the new algorithm produces a suggestion like the one presented bellow.

Land suggestion produced by the newest suggestion algorithm.

Simplified Dice Roll

Another improvement we made during the release is a simplification of the dice rolling feature of the Battle Helper. Before this update whenever you selected the 'Dice Roll' feature you were presented with a list of dice roll for every single die. As of this version we removed this and instead provided you with means to select the die to roll. We also provided with an easy re-roll button so you can easy re-roll.

New Dice Roll Screen

Select a die to roll. 

Special Thanks

Special thanks on this release go to:

• Keil McGettigan - For his suggestion of the hybrid Mana improvement which lead us to develop the new Suggested Land Distribution algorithm.
• Ujjimbo - For this suggestion of the improvements for the Die Roll feature.

Extras: Move DB To SD

The 'Move DB To SD' tool allows you to transfer your card database and the cache database to your SD cards. Even though Android provides a way to move your applications to your SD card this does not move any databases that are part of your app. Hence we developed this tool to manually move your DB to your SD card in order to free up the internal memory of your phone.

Transfer your Database to your SD card to save internal memory.

Extras: Banned/Restricted Cards

The 'Banned Cards' tools provides with a list of all the banned and restricted cards in a given format. This is intended to be quick look up guide to help during games. Simply select the format and see the cards that are banned or restricted.

View the list of banned and restricted cards for a set.

Touch a card to see the image and price.

Extras: Wishlist

The 'Wishlist' feature allows you to create ad keep track of the cards that you are looking for. It also calculates the average price of each card as well as the overall total of your wishlist.

Wishlist Screen

The price and quantity can be modified by simply clicking on a given card. Since the tool uses the average price you can also press the 'View Card' button to view all the price information including low, average and high prices. Pressing the reset button, will attempt to recalculate the prices by looking at the most recent price.

Edit the quantity and price for a card.

View the card for additional pricing information.

Extras: MTG Trader

MTG Trader was created to make the trading process easy and seamless. This tool allows you to quickly search for a cards and instantly get the price. As the trade list is populated MTG Trader calculates the total cost of the trade to see if it is favorable to you or not.

Trading a Chromatic Lantern for nothing might not be a good trade for you...

In order to calculate if the trade is favorable or not, MTG Trader expects the cards that you are trading for to be on the right hand side column. If the 'Profit' margin is green and is a positive number then it is a good trade. If it is negative and red then it may not be a good trade.

One Chromatic Lantern for a Mutavault?! What's the catch?

The price and quantity can be modified by simply clicking on a given card. Since the tool uses the average price you can also press the 'View Card' button to view all the price information including low, average and high prices. Pressing the reset button, will attempt to recalculate the prices by looking at the most recent price.

Touch a card and you can update the price and quantity.

You can also view the cards to see the foil price.

Extras: MTG News

The MTG News tools was created to provide players quick access to the latest news from Wizards of the Coast as well as other news sources. By default MTG News is set to receive news from Daily MTG, but we do have other sources you can choose from.

Daily MTG Feed

Note: If you have a news source not currently found here, just send us an email and we'll be glad to add it.

Current sources