MTG Mobile App

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Happy Friday MTG peeps,

As it is Friday, we suggest you get yourself to a game store (where friends 'n' foils meet) tonight and take in a Friday Night Magic Event. We will be heading off to our local hang-out OMG! Games here in Barrie to continue testing a few builds against the local meta game.

We're taking a brief break before the onslaught of Dark Ascension spoilers we will be bathing in on Monday. Maro will be previewing that 'Jar of Eyeballs' and Trick J will be also have a new cool Magic the Gathering card to preview as well.

Today, we're catching up with yesterday's announcement on the mothership of a new mobile divice application which should make many Magic players happy . . . Yesterday Wizards of the Coast announced the first official Magic: The Gathering app for iOS and Android devices. This app will be FREE for downloading and whether you are a retailer / tournament organiser or just a fan of the game, there is something for everyone.

Some features of interest -

• Track life totals including poison damage, floating mana, and Commander damage
• Build decks
• Research strategies
• Read articles on the mothership
• Store locator
• Event Calendar
  

Here's some screen shots . . .

This looks great and we're rather happy that the WoTC is jumping into the app market - there is a clear and present desire from other players we've been talking to. Unfortunately, the app for Android is not expected until a bit latter after the iOS launch latter this month. Also of note is that if you wish to update your deckbuilder applet with the latest set, there is a fee. If this is a decent app, then we don't really mind the fee that much as we know developers have to feed themselves.

Anywhoos - stay tuned for the start of Dark Ascension previews on Monday which we will cover here on MTG Realm.
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Finally,
You should know that the folks over that MTG Mint Card has Dark Ascension Ultra○Pro products available for pre-order like these card sleeves and deck boxes.

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