There used to be a neat web-based app by the name of Magic: The Creation, which allowed you to create your own Magic cards by putting together all the components, including backgrounds, images, mana symbols, text, etc. Recently I checked to see if I could find it again and it turns out the website has been taken down for some reason.
So now I'm looking for an alternative to Magic: The Creation. I figured I could easily recreate the program on my own computer using some Javascript and CSS, but first I need to find the components of the Magic cards. The images for the mana symbols shouldn't be too hard to find on the web. What I can't find is the backgrounds for the different color cards (e.g. gold foil for multicolor cards, etc.). I've done several Google Image searches including "gold card border" "magic: the gathering gold card background" and just about every other combination I can think of, but the images I'm looking for don't seem to be anywhere on the internet.
I've figured out how to do the Javascript bit. All I need is a way to find the images for the card backgrounds. Yes, I am aware that there are other "make your own Magic cards" programs on the internet, but I want to do this myself. Can anyone give me some pointers?
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11 Jun 2011, 9:49 pm
