MPC Proxy MTG Custom Art Alter Full Tutorial Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มี.ค. 2022
- In this tutorial, I'm gonna show how I make and order custom MTG alter art proxies off of www.makeplayingcards.com/ so you can do so too! If this video helped you at all, then show some love by Liking the video, leaving a Comment, and Subscribing!
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And to think I was using cardstock, a printer, glue sticks, and (if I wanted to be _really_ fancy) spray gloss varnish. Like a caveman. Now to make some Pilot tokens based on Gundam screenshots, as nature intended.
I was planning on doing the same thing! I also have a video reviewing the finished results if you wanna get an idea about the quality!
Evangelion? Lmao
This is just what I needed! Thanks so much for posting this!
I’m so happy to hear that!
Thank you for this. I don't play with Proxies myself but I do like to make custom tokens for every deck I have and I would like to get some better prints of my tokens using MPC that are higher quality that what I can produce on my home inkjet printer.
I play sek Kaur death keeper and his tokens do not exist in a bulk capacity so I wanted to make either some cool demon type creature or just lewd anime waifus for the 3/1 tokens
Dude I never knew so much about card conjurer, well now known as mtgcardbuilder lol. I am so glad you can scale and import stuff. I should have read the tutorial on there! TY SO MUCH
The Card Conjurer site have a farme you Can add after the image is done, where it adds a 1/8 frame so you dont have to do a MS paint edit.
Was coming here to say the same thing, also I had an order rejected due to the wotc tm bottom right, I always edit that out now
This is good news. Thanks for sharing. Where is that frame located?
@@Markjwecho1 Under frames, 1/8th inch margin
Just add the frame you want beforehand then add the relevant 1/8th frame to match the border
@@neillaw Thank you so much for this information. I can now make about 30 cards again....😂 Can you tell me how to load aftermath cards? I want to load the card heaven-earth and everything i tried just failed. I have the aftermath frame but cant load both pieces in one card.
@@lion7979 not sure, I'd have to play around with it a bit, keep playing around for a while and you should get there (if it allows it)
Is aftermath like dusk / dawn?
seems like it would be a ton of hassle, but printing cards that have something on both sides so you can flip them to have a second deck would be a neat idea.
Its only really a hassle if you decide to make a custom version of every card instead of picking from whats already on mpcfill. If you just use mpcfill you can do it all in one sitting pretty easily
@@searchforgreatness69 thanks to your Video i can make custom cards with warhammer art. Can you tell how to load an aftermath card like heaven-earth or dusk-dawn in card conjurer? I tried everything, have the correct frame but cant load both card pieces in in one card. Any advice?
Thanks, great video adn nice and clear instructions. I didn't know this type of place existed. Time to make some proxies for all the cards I can't afford 🤫
I appreciate the compliment and I’m glad it was helpful 😁
@@searchforgreatness69 I was also glad to see they ship to Taiwan, was thinking I would have to ship to my friends in the UK and then ship over here, but it's actaully cheaper to ship straight to Taiwan than the UK!
@@toddlez123 yeah I believe they’re based in china if I remember correctly
@@searchforgreatness69 I got my first order from them a couple of weeks back. Quality is so good man! and they delivered insainly fast.
Not China though, they're in HongKong, so delivery to me in Taiwan was less than 24 hours. I think it took them less than 72 hours to have the order ready to post as well.
So, again, thanks for the video and instructions (If I bought real versions of all the proxies I would have spent over $17,000 USD)
@@toddlez123 That’s awesome!
Great video, thanks!
Im so glad i was able to help you out!
Well. This might be useful for making prototype cards for my own boardgame design. Thx
I will use this thanks
what program are you using when you're putting the new image on? i have some i want to use that are already alters and hoping i can just size them to fit instead of being cropped bad
Can I use the foil option and put the same image on the back to get both a foil version and non foil version at the same time?
Have u ever used (s27) smooth for the card stock?
I’m having problems where the first website you used isn’t A. Downloading all of the images in one shot for me and B. When doing them individually I hit a point where it’s only downloading the card back not the front, any advice?
On MPC fill what is the Generate Order button used for? It just generates an XML file. So i'm guessing to save an order you are working on to load again later with the add cards from xml feature?
Possibly, ive never actually dabbled in it but that could be a good video idea. I usually just do the whole order process in one sitting honestly
Thanks for the Video! I have just one question. When I use MPCfill do I have to do that thing with the extend black border for the correct cutsize?
If you’re creating your own alters with card conjurer then yes. Otherwise you’ll end up cutting off the edges of the cards and theyll appear too zoomed in. If you’re ok with that tho you can just skip that step and accept them looking zoomed in
@@searchforgreatness69 what about cards straight from MPCfill?
@@craigandrews7544 if they came from mpcfill they’ll already be sized properly
where did u get that shark art for shorikai can u link it
why wouldnt you use the 1/8th inch margin tab in card conjurer?
Cuz i never knew it existed until people started commenting it lol
So i have to have a cpu in order to do any of this?
Can you use your own image on the back
I've been trying to use this. I get them all uploaded onto MPC and click next step to go to the "add text to front" section but it just resets my whole "customize front" and removes all my images. the save function doesn't seem to work either and its very frustrating for all 216 cards to need to be put in again
Yeah unfortunately that tends to happen sometimes. What i do is every 50-100 cards i hit save. One potential reason that the save feature may not be working for you is that you may not be signed in to your account, but i dont know
Can you change the name of the card? How is that done?
Can MPC do foil cards? If so, have you gotten any and how good do they look?
Yeah but if you wanna do them then the whole deck has to be foil. I ordered a foil deck a few days ago and intend to make a review of them when they arrive!
I have a quick question. Before I place my first order. Do you have to crop each photo down loaded whether it’s custom or not or was that just because?
You don’t need to do it to the one’s from mpcfill. You do have to do it to the card conjurer ones tho
Just a friendly tip. I found out that if you add the 1/8th margin to the cards with custom Images in Conjurer you can skip the paint tool completely.
@@dylanpruitt4814 where do you find the 1/8 margin?
Can you only do a full deck list or can u do singles etc
I think the minimum size order is ~60. If you only want a few done I recommend asking your friends/playgroup if they want any done and you can order them all together!
Wouldn’t you just put the proxies of a different deck on the backs, that way you proxy 2 decks in 1?
Yeah someone else mentioned that and it’s honestly a pretty dope idea cus youll save money on sleeves and deck boxes lol
@@searchforgreatness69 This is what I did a couple years back when I made my first order. Definitely cool. Sucks when swapping decks tho.
@@imhoenn5710 yeah i could definitely imagine it getting annoying lol
One thing I would recommend for anyone doing this that I didn't do, and regret not doing would be to use the blank space in the bottom right of your cards to indicate which of the two decks that side belongs two. With like a 1 or a 2 or just different symbols. It'll be a little extra work to edit every single card art, but it will definitely help in the end since you won't be confused as to what card you need to flip it to for what deck.
Do you know any website like MPC but in Europe? This video is fuckn dope thanks dude
How much did this cost? I really want to make a commander cube but don't wanna pull cards from my decks to put it together so I'm wondering how much would it cost to print around 500 cards?
You can do a 504 card order for 91$ before shipping, its typically like 20$ for shipping
Oh that's not bad at all, thank you!!
And since today, CardConjurer had to be taken down due to Wizards/Hasbros greediness. So sad.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I really hope I’m not the reason it was put onto WotCs radar and im very sad to see it go. For now ill work on finding another tool to fill Card Conjurers role that is compliant with WotCs rules so it won’t also get taken down
@@searchforgreatness69 Do you think, we still can print the via CC created Cards with MPC? ...im so pissed Off. Was working with it since weeks now and wasnt quite finished. Maybe the creator, Kyle, can make a Programm out of it.
@@searchforgreatness69 i think they want to Take down all Proxy Creator Websites. Because the Statement of the lawyer, which was written to Kyle from CC, included usage of all Symbols from MtG. This means even Mana and Set Symbols. This is so stupid.
@@lion7979 Yeah i thought them printing licensed proxies was their way of showing acceptance of them but its seems now that they just wanna corner the market on that too
@@searchforgreatness69 "You cant make your own proxies because you have to buy our proxies for 250$ per pack." Brilliant...WotC would never make the cards, we are creating with this tools. I am hoping, there is an alternative. As i mentioned, maybe Kyle can make a Programm out of CC
Is there any way to upload customs, like if you have png images already on your computer?
Upload them into what exactly?
@@searchforgreatness69 nvm I commented that a 1/4 into the video lop
Lol
@@creepercraft1107 lmao glad i was able to answer your question
how do you get the art to be such high quality and scaled right, mine are super pixelated and way too large
I try to only use images above 1080p. The better resolution helps
That's why the upload time takes so long but honestly it's worth the time for better quality images ijs.
Roughly what is the cost per card with shipping?
~0.19$ per card
Where can I find the art that he uses for Shorikai?
I think i went on google and typed in 4k mech robot or something like that
@@searchforgreatness69 I found it, thanks so much
6:09 do i have to resize every card like this?
There's a 1/8 frame option on card conjurer already, you dont have to do this in paint.
How much is a average cost for a commander deck off there
depends on the quality of card you pick but about 20 bucks USD before shipping
“Unless you’re printing all rat colonies”
Wow, just call me out like that.
I had to say it😂
Do they ship to Canada?
I wanna say yes but im not fully certain. They’re in china and ship to the usa so idk why they wouldn’t also ship to canada
Yes, they do. Shipping is usually $30-50 depending on how many cards you order. Be prepared for $40 duty sometimes (rarely).
Anybody who thinks these can ever be mistaken for real is completely wrong. Even the best proxy from China is easy to tell on feel alone. You don't even need to do the green dot test or any other test. Feel the card with a real card. Nothing wrong with making some proxies for casual games with friends. Think I'll be using this method to build a Powered cube.
Glad to hear it! It’s something I’ve been considering for a while now
There are printers that are put now that use actual mtg cards. They acetone garbage rares so the stamp is there still or basic lands if it's an old expensive card and then print over it. I bought one by accident once but it's so realistic it's incredibly difficult to tell the difference. The printers they use cost thousands but for people making counterfeits they make their money back
@@kymck1816 I've been pretty deep in the proxy community for years. Like over a decade. This just isn't true when it comes to the vast majority of proxy cards. The mass produced ones come from china and all have the same tells. All the cards people are worried about are coming from china. And they don't care about using real cards. They are making tons of money with the black core paper they are using.
This won't even cost 1000 dollars.
6:55 : It's better to use Illustrator for center purpose.
7:15 : You should edit your video because it's not a good idea to show your real name and your private email address...
Might as well just print all your cards!!!! YAWN
Ok but why would you pay for a fake card when you could just print it for a fraction of the price ?
I've been doing this for a while, refining my process more and more. The problem is (and this might just be me, but...) as soon as you feel the card in its sleeve, you can tell that something is wrong. It's too thick, too thin, bends too much, doesn't bend enough, doesn't bend the right way, and a myriad of other things could happen that can convey more information than a player (or worse, an opponent whom you offered a cut) should reasonably have access to. Just about the only way to handle this without taking a sharpie to a basic land is to have the proxies professionally made.
@@draketheduelist I guess that's a thing, but it's only important in tournaments anyway isn't it ?
Like for everyday play, it's so marginal does it really matter ?
@@gausav9574 Probably not, depending on who's cutting your deck and how. Like a lot of MTG players, I prefer to reduce the potential avenues of variance as much as possible, so I'd probably do something like this.
I've gotten to the point where I don't proxy anything under $2 (or up to $5 if I can order it; the gas to get to the FLGS is getting to be more of a factor than it should be...). The printer ink costs more than the card at that point. This might be an ideal way to handle some of my more expensive "I-have-the-real-one-in-another-deck" style of proxies, especially if I accumulate enough of them.
I started out printing my proxies cuz it was a quick way to do it and have it ready to use, but i like the mpc ones for their quality. The ones i order from mpc basically go in one whole proxied deck to replace a deck i already own so i can use those cards elsewhere. I also order 2 decks at a time with tokens for 60$ so it comes out to being $0.28 per card which isn’t expensive at all imo
@@searchforgreatness69 I guess that's a reason yeah, personnally a fully proxied deck cost me less than 5 buck and I've never felt the needd to do anything more, ig that's personnal preference, just not worth it for me imo
I just printed a magic card with a racist meme for the art and there is nothing Hasbro and their lawyers can do about it.
You need to be EXTREMELY careful with this. Technically, this is a breach of Wizards rules. You are "buying" the cards. You are giving your money to MPC to print Wizards IP. mpcautofill has been taken down multiple times but stays up in a "don't ask don't tell" kind of way. Making a video about it is basically telling Wizards, "Hey look at this illegal thing"
yeah more fake cards in rotation lol
You people should really stop doing this. A shop got caught selling high end proxies in California. There not legal in any format other then in your casual playgroup. Get the real card or stop building Decks you don't have the cards for.
So your argument is
1. Some people (A) make counterfeits (True!)
2. Some people (B) make and sell counterfeits (True!)
3. People (B) should stop what they are doing (True!!)
4. People (A) and People (B) are the same (>_>)
Therefore: People (A) should stop what they are doing.
A valid argument, but I believe you got yourself some false equivalence in Premise 4 there, friendo. I think People (A) can happily continue having fun without worrying about becoming fraudulent shop owners.
@@lysander3262 there is no argument.
It was never a discussion.
Stop doing it. Or lawsuits could be filed
@@christopherarmstrong2476 Come on my guy, a lawsuit is *literally* an argument between two parties over how the law should be interpreted. People don't agree with you and that's ok.
There's very little anyone have to do in order for htis kind of thing to be completely legal and fine and good, and in no way breach of copyright or trademark laws. All you have to do is to not claim they are actual WotC products, and to avoid using any of the trademarked or copyrighted images. The images you want to avoid are the land symbols, logos, legal blurbs (like the one covered by black in the video).
What can get you into trouble is if you claim these cards are WotC products and try to use them in a sanctioned tournament or sell/trade them while claiming they are official WotC products. You can sell them, as long as you are up front about them not being actual mtg cards.
If you want ot be really careful, you make sure to change the art on the cards to be public domain license. I'm planning to make a cube using medieval manuscript images that are owned by the British Library and released as Public Domain as the art. That way, I get a themed cube, while also not infringing upon the original artist of the card.
Bade take.
Seems okay for making custom tokens, or perhaps more interesting Planeswalker ultimate tokens. But if you're trying to proxy out normal cards that go into a deck, then stop being a poor, improve your life so you can afford the real cards.