Hey there,
My name is Doug and I reside in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
I both played and collected avidly back in the day (i.e. since the METW game was first printed and sold). I hadn't really had much opportunity to play for some time, due to moving (changing addresses -- the cards had to be placed in storage), and then later, other life stuff came about, and finally, the popularity of the game locally (if not nationally) had waned.
Anyway, I'm re-exploring all things MECCG (searching the web for info, as well as sorting and organizing all of my cards), and currently would like to get back to designing / printing some cards of my own.
It has been a while, but I remember "making" some custom cards probably within six months of the game's release.
Back then, I used a scanner (to get the basic card template), then Photoshop to remove the original card art and text in order to make way for my own, which included my own art and text (I made a couple of 'minor' characters, as well as a few Hero resources). I had the best luck using Avery 5164 Weatherproof labels, which were (I believe) made to use with a laser printer. I then was able to take my created card files to a print shop to print them, peel the label, then affix it to a standard (common) card, so that I could use them for local friendly games.
So I see folks here are creating some very beautiful "dream cards" using Magic Set Editor 2, which I am going to check out myself.
Has anyone done any printing of their dream cards to do something similar, and if so, have you gotten decent results?
I currently only have a color inkjet printer at home, and the paper I'm using is a little too glossy for my taste (I prefer a more matte look). I'm also having issues with transfer -- the ink / paper combination results in some of the ink coming off on one's fingers when the printed surface is touched.
If anyone has any suggestions in this regard, I'd love to hear them -- I would figure someone out there has done enough trial and error that they've got it down to a perfect science by now!
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), based in the Netherlands. I did play some games back in the days (I since then forgot the rules), but everybody else played MtG, so I did too. Nowadays I play MtG via Skype, but would like to play this beautiful game as well! 