Missing swamp variation
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Posted on July 15, 2022, 12:34 p.m. by drwombat
Hi there - I looked on the "Cards" page for the green "add/fix" button that was suggested, but that does not show up for me. Not sure if just now supported in Firefox or what. Anyway, the swamp I'm looking for reads in the bottom left 561 L / SLD EN. It's a secret lair swamp with an eyeball poking out of the water. Anyone know how to add this variation? Thanks!
Can you work with this? 600dpi flat bed scan. https://i.imgur.com/urp1j3l.jpg
Or this reduced to 2.5x3.5 at 300dpi and sharpened version? https://i.imgur.com/3KzrNve.jpg
For some reason neither linking images nor urls is working in the preview right now, so just copy/paste those.
July 17, 2022 8:42 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #4
They will work, but photographs are always preferred over scans, because scanning machines don't like foil magic cards and there are repeated scan line gradients visible in the text box as a result that can't be shopped out.
If you can get a good photograph (don't worry about it being curled or straight on the camera, that's easy to fix, I just need consistent lighting) that'd be great, if not I can work with this after I get all the arena stuff done in a few days.
July 17, 2022 9:59 p.m.
That even lighting thing is the hard part!!
Try https://i.imgur.com/FmD3jUh.jpg Or https://i.imgur.com/k0kRdId.jpg
Sadly there's some glare on both, I just can't seem to avoid. I tried a bunch of times.
Really appreciate your help either way for something so inconsequential!
July 18, 2022 7:40 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #6
A diffuser on the light source usually works to prevent glare and get consistent lighting. Being outside also helps, clouds can be a natural diffuser. Diffusers can be a simple loose leaf paper or a thin cotton fabric if your light source is from a light bulb.
But the first one there should suffice, just a bit of multiply and colour burn on the glare should clean it up when I'm done with the Arena stuff (there have been some hiccups making this process slower than usual).
July 18, 2022 11:19 p.m.
Awesome work! A new question now - I just noticed that Mirage swamps show no variations in the deckbuilder - and Swamp (MIR:311) and Swamp (MIR:314) result in the same swamp. But they had multiple Swamp printings in Mirage. Any thoughts on that?
July 24, 2022 7:26 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #9
Old swamps (pre-ALA) are something I'm slowly working on (I think I have all the images for those), but because of the massive amounts of arena, secret lair and artwork variations it's been difficult to even just keep up with the secret lair stuff. I was lucky enough to get the promo set done before all the arena stuff went down.
In short: It's on the todo list, but shopping out the bonus secret lair stuff comes first, and previews take further precedent.
July 25, 2022 11:22 p.m.
Totally! In fact, honestly thank you for what you do and the swamp you added is great. I went to great lengths to enter all my swamps in a deck and then accidentally lost it so I get to do it all again haha. In any case, no worries on the older swamps and you answered my question.
July 28, 2022 2:08 p.m.
OK I have a new question for you because you have been so helpful. I noticed that the Nalathni Dragon from 94 dragon-con shows up by default in decklists as foil. See here: Nalathni Dragon
is the card.
But this card isn't foil it's just an old promo. How can I designate it as not-foil, overriding what the tappedout card database wants to make it?
Thanks!
August 1, 2022 4:39 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #12
I have set them as "normal" but we'll see how long it takes them to update across the site.
August 1, 2022 10:50 p.m.
Hi there - I have a new question and figured you might still be tracking this thread rather than start a new one. Are any of the placeholders for double-sided cards available on here? For example, I'm looking for Nicol Bolas, the Ravager's CHECKLIST card from M19. Not sure if that exists. Thanks!!
September 29, 2022 8:56 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #14
drwombat: The checklists are not available atm no.
Femme_Fatale says... #2
Ah that would be the jumpstart land reprints that WotC puts as bonus cards in the Secret Lairs but doesn't tell anyone they exist and doesn't give official images out so we don't know what they are and I'd have to spend hours photoshopping photographs to make them look digital (no scryfall images won't work here).
If you have an actual copy and can take a good quality photo (consistent lighting, no shadows, no over/underexposed parts, out of its wrapper and not in a sleeve) I can get it for you in a day or two, if not it'll take me a bit longer to find a shop one.
Submitting a card requires getting your account upgraded, mostly to prevent malicious actors. You can do this by clicking on the "extras" option on the dropdown menu the icon of a person's head in the top right.
To add a card you'd go to the page that lists all sets (known as the card's page) and click on the relevant set then click on a green "add/fix card" button that appears right above "create sealed deck" when you are upgraded.
July 15, 2022 11:45 p.m.