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July 2010 Guide database update
The MTG Guide database has been updated with the July 2010 Magic Comprehensive Rules changes (Emblems galore!) and also to add the Oracle text for Vanguard cards and online avatars. We’re still waiting for Wizards to update Gatherer with the corresponding Oracle changes they announced the week before last, so it doesn’t include those changes.
2010-07-31 – Update: Oracle text update has now also been released as 1.2.2.1.1.
(Sorry about strange version numbers. They work around a bug in Guide 1.2.)
Get the 1.2.2.1.1 database update by clicking the “Update” button in the app, or by following the instructions in this post if you don’t see that button appear. Enjoy!
Updating the Guide database
When you first install the MTG Guide 1.2 update, you will need to download a database update from within the app to add the M11 card text and rulings. Due to some quirks with the way settings work on the iPhone, if you don’t see the “Update” button then you may need to visit the […]
MTG Guide 1.2 available soon
I’ve figured out that (at least right now, i.e. soon after a major iOS update) the iTunes Store review process is too slow to rely on for providing timely database updates for things like Magic prereleases, where having access to the FAQs, new card text and rules changes are doubly important. For this reason, MTG […]
MTG Guide 1.0 now available
MTG Guide 1.0 is now available from the iTunes App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/mtg-guide/id378754271?mt=8 Version 1.1 is in review and will appear on the App Store shortly. It includes the following fixes/improvements: â— The halves of split cards are now combined entries in the card list, e.g. “First Half / Second Half”, rather than being individual entries. […]
Planes App permanently removed
After further discussion with Wizard of the Coast’s lawyers, it seems that the Planes App violates the Wizards website Terms of Use, by connecting to and downloading Plane images and card text from the site. While there are many commercial and free third party sites using Magic card images and text for both commercial and […]
Planes App removed from sale
This morning I received a copyright/trademark infringement notice from WotC. While I had taken care for the Planes App itself not to include any Wizards property, they took issue with the app store description mentioning “Planechase” and of the use of the Plane images in the screenshots section of the App Store. Additionally, my icon […]
MTG Planes 1.0 now available
MTG Planes 1.0 is now available from the iTunes App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/mtg-planes/id366746482?mt=8
MTG Planes app interaction video
Here is a video showing what the Planes app looks like and how you interact with it: