1. Install prerequisites

ManaClash is written in Python. The web interface uses the Autobahn library for websockets communication between the server and the web browser.

• Python 2.7
• Twisted
• Autobahn

2. Prepare card rules

ManaClash only implements the MTG rules and doesn't contain information about any particular cards. The card information is parsed from the "oracle" text files.

• Go to the MTG Gatherer web site
• Select "Eight edition"
• Select "Text spoiler" output format
• copy the resulting text into a plain text (UTF-8 encoded) file named oracle/8th_edition.txt.

The resulting file should look like this:

Name:   Abyssal Specter
Cost:   2BB
Type:   Creature — Specter
Pow/Tgh:    (2/3)
Rules Text:     Flying
Whenever Abyssal Specter deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.
Set/Rarity:     ...


Name:   Air Elemental
Cost:   3UU
Type:   Creature — Elemental
Pow/Tgh:    (4/4)
Rules Text:     Flying
Set/Rarity:     ...
...

3. Prepare initial decks

Create text files, such as decks/deckname.txt (UTF-8 encoded) containing decks in the following format

20   Swamp
4    Dark Banishing
3    Megrim
...

The filename will be used as the deck name in the web client UI.

You may now start the command-line program mc.py program to verify the cards are parsed correctly:

python mc.py decks/deck1.txt decks/deck2.txt

4. Start the webserver

You may now start the webserver, which binds to the port 8080 by default:

python abserver.py

ManaClash should be running on http://localhost:8080.

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