Maze

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

major update, version 0.2.4:
- updated cards data with correct upgrade maps for new cards
- updated personal pages titles
- added Booster Simulator page, Personal Booster History page and made Personal Collection page available
- added api image endpoint option for simple card images with only artwork, border and name, it's available at "/api/images/fullCard/[smj or official card ID]?simple"
 
Boosters Page: (https://smj.cards/boosters)
- removed Booster Simulator from page and separated it into it's own page
- reworked boosters table values to provide better information of what return values to expect:
removed recent column due to becoming obsolete with new calculation method median average (correct rarity distribution with the median card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) mean average (correct rarity distribution with the mean card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) [practically the same as the previous median column] min average (correct rarity distribution with the min card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) max average (correct rarity distribution with the max card value for each rarity based on the 2 weeks median price for the possible cards) lowest possible (worst possible value from booster) highest possible (best possible value from booster) - added tooltips to give a bit of information of how the values were generated
 
Booster Simulator Page: (https://smj.cards/simulator)
- added separate Booster Simulator page
- added values of what the cards from the booster may be worth
- option to enable the storage of simulated boosters in your browser for deeper analysis on the personal boosters page
 

 
Parsonal Boosters History Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/boosters)
- added new page to analyse your booster history in a more detailed fashion (simulated boosters only for now):
see actual 2 weeks median total value of the obtained cards, total sum of mean and median value of the opened boosters see rarity, color and edition distributions for the diferent boosters with color and edition also being reliant of the rarity distribution distributions represent: "actually obtainedtotal (expected total) difference percentage of actual compared to expected" - booster history table similar to the in-game version but with price info of the contained cards
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR BOOSTER HISTORY IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
Personal Collection Page: (https://smj.cards/personal/collection)
- view your card collection and set collection condition and goal and show rarity distribution and worth of fitting/missing cards and upgrades
- table to see what cards make sense to sell depending on your set condition and which to buy depending on your goal
- table of maps to play to obtain the most relevant updrades or most average gold (might need a rework based on the updrades rework in-game)
- show completed/not completed cards based on your set condition/goal.
- OPTION TO EXPORT YOUR COLLECTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE IN-GAME.
 


 
The Personal Collection page was already showcased in the Masters of the Forge stream in early December:
 
 
Enjoy. 🙂

update:
- updated cards data of this recent patch (card changes from older patches might only be parially implemented)
- fixed Lost Manabeast image and data

update:
- added new cards Tectonic Shift and Lost Manabeast
- added random deck generator direct link to the header navigation (https://smj.cards/deck?random=true)
- updated rPvE and Passage to Darkness difficulties for community decks and adjusted the existing decks accordingly
- updated in-game name verification steps
- fixed typo in the filters (Affinity)
- fixed Witchclaws [B] affinity
 
Other card changes in the new patch will be updated at a later date.

update:
- added new cards Tectonic Shift and Lost Manabeast
- added random deck generator direct link to the header navigation (https://smj.cards/deck?random=true)
- updated rPvE and Passage to Darkness difficulties for community decks and adjusted the existing decks accordingly
- updated in-game name verification steps
- fixed typo in the filters (Affinity)
- fixed Witchclaws [B] affinity
 
Other card changes in the new patch will be updated at a later date.

Great greetings, people of the Sky
Battle of Tactics is trying something new: Time for a Tactical-Tome-Tournament!

Different to a normal Tome-Tournament?
1. Public visible boosters
The content of all Boosters of each player will be visible publicly
2. Booster Types
Players have multiple general booster but also Wild-Boosters.
With these they can open all types of boosters, like a Pure-Fire-Booster to increase the chance of a key fire card for their planed deck.
3. Boosters per Player
The number of boosters is linked to their ELO. A higher experienced player has to work with a lower amount then a beginner:
S-Tier 139k-999k ELO  -->  9 General Boosters + 1 Wild-Booster
A-Tier 124k-139k ELO  -->10 General Boosters + 2 Wild-Booster
B-Tier 112k-123k ELO  --> 11 General Boosters + 3 Wild-Booster
C-Tier 100k-112k ELO  --> 12 General Boosters + 4 Wild-Booster
D-Tier 000k-100k ELO  --> 13 General Boosters + 5 Wild-Booster

Managed via Website
To support this event and future Tome games ,I have made a new website:
https://tome.t1421.de
On this website, players can open their boosters and have a public view on all opened ones.
There is also a filter code which can be added to your "custom_filter_extensions.json" for easier deckbuilding in game.
I have made a video about the features of the page, as well on how to use it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMLBZydTQPE

Rules
The tournament will be on the testserver, so all players have all cards.
To start the testserver, use the "LauncherTest.exe" in your BattleForge folder. The match format is Best Of 3 with no looser bracket. There is a group phase with a max of 8 players per group.
Only the best of each group will go into the final rounds. Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree, it is possible to have a remake. Not showing up to your match after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins. After your match, go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats.
The brackets will be updated automatically. The Map Pool is: Haladur, Simai, Elyon, Lajesh, Uro and Yrmia. The map of round one will be Haladur, after that its losers choose.
Against the second opponent, you start with Simai. third Elyon, etc.
(I will make notes in Challonge) First deck lock is done by a coin flip. (/roll 1) 
After that, the winner has to lock in first.
How to join and schedule
The event starts on                            10.12.2023 12:00
You can join till                                  10.12.2023 11:00
I will stream the event starting at      10.12.2023 11:20 Here is my twitch.tv/ultralord_t1421
Player can start opening boosters at 10.12.2023 11:30
You can join the tournament by messaging me directly over
Discord
Forum  

There is a maximum of 32 players for this tournament.
If we end up with with fewer players, we might reduce the groups or the players per group.
I will have a discord server of easier communication. You still need to have a Challonge account!
https://challonge.com/de/xejiknwu

Prizes
There are prizes for everyone that joins and participates in the event. (if you don't show up - you won't get anything)
Group Prizes:
Group Place 4: If you lose your first set of matches (max 4 players per group) you will receive:
                      1 random rare or ultra rare card
20.11.2023   + A split of 5.000BFP
Group Place 3: If you lose your second match (max 2 players per group) you will receive:
                      1 general booster + 1 random rare or ultra rare card
Group Place 2: If you lose the group final (max 1 players per group) you will receive:
                      2 general booster + Wheel of Gifts
Group Place 1: If you win the group final (max 1 players per group) your go into the final and receive final Prizes
Final Prizes:
Final Place 3: If you lose your first finale round you will receive:
                      4 general boosters + Amii Monument
Final Place 2: If you won the first match of the final, but lost in the final match you will receive: 
                      6 general boosters + Firedancer
Final Place 1: If you win the tournament you will receive: 
                      8 general boosters + Promo Lyrish Knight
 
So in total the prize pool is:
     24x Rare and Ultra Rare cards
       4x Wheel of Gifts
       2x Amii Monument
       1x Firedancer
       1x Promo Lyrish Knight
     38x General boosters

Thankyou:
@Maze                                                  For providing the SMJ-API and providing feedback on the webpage
@RadicalX                                              For giving a lot of input to the rules like ELO-System and Wild-Boosters
@Metagross31  &  @Minashigo Hiko For input, feedback and finalizing the event
Anonymous                                               For sponsoring Firedancer, Amii Monuments, Wheel of Gifts and a lot of the Rare and Ultra Rare cards
@triggz                                                  For helping as Co-Admin on the Tournament day
SLR-Team                                                   For the 38x General boosters
@Vysnia                                                 For 5.000 BFP
 

Closing words:
You want to host an event or tournament of your own as well? Contact our Event Organizers, they will be happy to support your event:
@Metagross31 (metagross31), @Minashigo Hiko (minashigohiko)
I hope you all will have fun playing or watching the new type of Battle of Tactics. See you in the Forge!
Ultralord

FAQ:
 

Masters of the Forge #8 is now available on YouTube!
Thanks again to @Maze for joining the series. Next up is @WindHunter, Lead Designer, on the 19th of December (19:30 CET).
See you in the Forge, fellow Skylords!

Greetings Skylords!
A new month; a new Community Update! It's time to bring you up to speed with everything going on in Skylords Reborn!

 
• Skylord Reborn 3rd Anniversary

The 3rd anniversary of Skylords Reborn is almost here! After returning to the world of Nyn on the 18th of December 2020, our volunteer team has worked tirelessly to expand upon the original BattleForge with new content, quality-of-life changes, and new features. Skylords Reborn has expanded upon the original game by adding quests, achievements, cosmetics, reforging, new enemy factions for rPvE, overhauls of the community map sections, UI improvements, brand-new cards, new voice-lines, many balance changes, and much more!
We are grateful that we were not only successful in bringing the game back, and are now able to celebrate its 3rd anniversary with this lovely community. For this occasion, we would like to give you a sneak peek of an upcoming new campaign map, planned for release in 2024.
To do so, we invite all of you to join us on Monday, the 18th of December, at 20:00 CET for a special anniversary stream on our official Twitch channel. Alongside some information about our upcoming content, there will also be giveaways and a Q&A. So come chill with us!

Whether you have been with us all this time, or only recently stumbled upon the project, thank you! We hope you celebrate both the past and the future with us on the 18th!
 
• Changes to the recommended system requirements

BattleForge is an old game; it released all the way back in 2009. As Skylords Reborn continues its development, we are having a look at its system requirements. We have decided to remove our minimum system requirements, and increase our recommended requirements. Of course, removing a minimum system requirement does not automatically mean anything lower than the Recommended will not work.
We are dropping the Minimum system requirements
• CPU: Single Core 1.8Ghz
• CPU Speed: Core 1.8Ghz
• RAM: Windows XP - 512MB, Vista and Windows 7+ - 1GB
• OS: Windows XP (with service pack 2) Vista, Windows 7 or higher.
• Video Card: 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series+ / ATI Radeon 9500+
• Disk Space: At least 13GB. 
Instead, these are now the Recommended system requirements:
• CPU: Core i3 7400T / Ryzen 3 1200 (X86 compatible)
• RAM: at least 6GB
• OS: Windows 10 or higher.
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / ATI Radeon HD 7770 (Direct X 11 compatible)
• Disk Space: 14GB of free space.
Notes and reasoning
While we don't want to exclude potential players, constantly keeping old and outdated systems in mind is increasing the chance for issues and delaying development. Even so, we'd like to take a moment to explain our reasoning for increasing each requirement.
Skipping over 16 years of CPU might seem like too big of a jump. However, people will default to maximum details on 10+ years old game, and they will play it on significantly bigger resolutions. Back then, 1024x768 was considered big screen, while these days 1920x1080 is considered entry level resolutions, which have 2.64 times more pixels. The same reasoning applies for the GPU. 
A recommendation of 6GB of RAM might seem like an overkill, but we are adding features that consume RAM, and it shouldn't be a problem for most modern PC's to meet this requirement. Rest assured this will never increase again, because the game can't use more than 4GB of RAM (the remaining 2GB are for OS and other applications running alongside Skylords Reborn). 
We are also dropping support for Windows 7. Technically, Windows 7 should still work just fine, but due to the very low % of players running this operating system, we will not be rolling back major updates for it anymore. Lastly, the Disk Space increase. We are currently at 13.3 GB for game files, and community maps, logs, etc. can easily be in 100's of MB. Its likely this requirement will further increase in the future. 
 
• New Card Reveal - Lost Manabeast

A while ago, we showcased some upcoming changes and reworks coming to the Lost Souls faction. We are happy to announce we are nearing completion on this faction rework. Alongside implementing those changes, we have also been working on a new card to add to the faction to further enhance its playstyle. Introducing: The Lost Manabeast as a player card!
 

Design notes: Lost Souls has an odd T3 in that it has two ground XL-units and one flying L-unit with conditional siege range. Of these, only Lost Horror is widely used in PvE, Lost Grigori sees some PvP play, and Lost Vigil is mostly unused except in niche situations. Most factions have a wider variety of viable options in PvE at this point, and Lost Souls lacks a low-cost ground L-unit, forcing players to rely on cards like Ashbone Pyro to fill the gap. We therefore wanted to provide a Lost Souls unit to fit this role for those players who want to play a purely Lost Souls deck, while also adding something to synergize with Lost Souls's unique revenant mechanic. Our first thought was to add in Lost Manabeast, since it has an existing model and artwork. Because the unit was primarily designed for PvE usage, we decided to make it a ranged unit as a player card. From here, we thought about how to make it work with Revenant's Doom without directly stepping on the toes of Revenant's Blessing. Revenant's Blessing extends the lifespan of all revenant units, similar to how Ice Age works with Ice Shields, but once it ends, the timer continues to run down as it did previously. For Lost Manabeast, we decided to create an ability called Immortalize that would refresh the lifespan of a revenant back to 25 seconds. This should allow players to alternate between using Manabeast's free ability and Revenant's Blessing. Immortalize is also usable while Lost Manabeast is a revenant, which should enable players to maintain fully revenant armies more easily and efficiently.
 
 
 
Let's break down the card: 
 
Ectoplasmic Shock
Every 3 seconds, the unit launches deadly ectoplasm that deals 230 damage to enemies in a 10m radius around its target, up to 345 in total. The ectoplasm lingers for 5 seconds, absorbing the life essence of any enemy that dies in the area. Additionally, enemies in the area are slowed and may only move at normal walk speed.
 
Immortalize
Active to refresh the duration of every Revenant's lifetime in a 25m radius. Needs to have gathered the life essence of 7 enemy units first. Reusable every 15 seconds.
 
Revenant's Doom
Activate to bestow the unit with a curse that will make it resurrect in case it dies. The resurrected revenant will only be a shadow of its former self, but it will be endowed with the same abilities and equal in strength. After 25 seconds, the revenant will then die once and for all. May only be triggered once.
 
For the artwork, our artist Tweeto made some adjustments to the NPC-artwork currently in the game, mostly adding that classic Lost Soul flame to the look. Lost Manabeast will be a rare, drop from boosters, and can be reforged into. It will not have different affinities. It is planned for a release in our next content patch. We hope you are looking forward to it!
 
• How to Help - a Community Guide


Kapo made a lovely overview of things a community member can do to help out the project. Ranging from something as simple as giving a like to our official trailer, all the way up to joining the team and helping out as staff. Due to the nature of this volunteer project, community members can make a huge difference for both new and current players. Hopefully some of these suggestions speak to you, and inspire you to take some action: find out more.
HOW TO SUPPORT

Skylords Reborn is truly by the fans for the fans, so we hope we can count on you to make this the best community it can be!
 
• Events

In between our monthly Community Updates, we host various events and tournaments, so be sure to keep a close eye on the in-game event tab and the forum calendar to stay informed and not miss out on any exciting events!
 
• NEW - Battle of Tactics #5: Show Me What You Got - 10-12-2023
Battle of Tactics is trying something new: Time for a Tactical-Tome-Tournament! Every player gets a selection of boosters (how many depending on your ELO-rating!) and has to build a PvP deck to compete for prizes! More information.
 
 • FIRST PHASE - PvP AI programming contest
We are gathering players for a new type of event. Get ready for an AI Programming Tournament, where the submitted programs will face off in an epic showdown to find the ultimate AI strategist! More information.
 
• FINISHED - Official 1p rPvE Contest - Resurrection of the Lost Soul
Our official PvE contest has concluded and prizes have been sent out, including the new Soulstone cards. Ultralord also showcased the winners in a video. 
 
In between our monthly Community Updates, we host various events and tournaments, so be sure to keep a close eye on the in-game event tab and the forum calendar to stay informed and not miss out on any exciting events!
 
• Host your own tournament / event
Want to host a tournament or event? Please reach out to our other Event Organizers, @Metagross31or @Minashigo Hiko. We can help you out with various topics and are glad to discuss potential ideas. We can also sponsor the prize pool for your event. If you have a cool idea for a PvE event, or want to host a PvP tournament, please don't hesitate to reach out to us, we will gladly assist you.
 
• Community Spotlight - Masters of the Forge

In this podcast-like series, Kapo interviews various staff members to discuss the project and personal stories about their interaction with BattleForge and Skylords Reborn. There are currently 7 episodes to watch:
• Episode 1: Dutchy, Lead Moderator - Watch now.
• Episode 2: Majora, Project Coordinator - Watch now.
• Episode 3: Volin, Testing Coordinator -  Watch now.
• Episode 4: RadicalX, Faction Designer - Watch now.
• Episode 5: Ult, Server Developer - Watch now.
 
• New: Episode 6: Ultralord, Video Editor - Watch now.
In this episode, Kapo and Ultralord talk about his numerous videos he made for the Skylords Reborn Team, as well as his other projects like the Battle of Tactics or his streaming efforts.
• New: Episode 7: Zyna & Ladadoos, Admins - Watch now.
In this episode, Kapo is joined by both Ladadoos and Zyna, Developers and Project Leads who have been stuck around with Skylords Reborn since a very, very long time. They discuss what it's like to lead such a big volunteer team, old and new changes to the core systems of the game, and take a look what the future may bring in the upcoming months and years.
Episode 8 will be hosted live on the 2nd of December and feature Maze, Web Developer. Tune in live on Twitch, or watch back on YouTube the day after.  
 
• Contribute

Skylords Reborn is a community-driven project fuelled by the passion and dedication of over 45 volunteers. We are always on the lookout for like-minded individuals. If you have a passion for gaming, programming, design, or marketing, we invite you to have a look at our open positions!


We are especially looking for an active and passionate outreach coordinator, helping us reach new Skylords by contacting streamers, influencers, media, and other potential parties. This role can make a drastic impact for Skylords Reborn, so please consider applying.
• Marketeer / Outreach Coordinator
As a Marketeer / Outreach Coordinator, you are responsible to spread the word and create awareness about Skylords Reborn, attracting veteran and new players alike. 
Your tasks will include actively researching and reaching out to potentially interested streamers, YouTubers, Discord channels, game magazines, among others. You will be responsible for the communication to and from interested parties and for any promotion deals (for example involving scratch codes). Please note that Skylords Reborn cannot do any paid promotions. 
More information. 
 
• In Conclusion

That's all for this Community Update! We appreciate you taking the time to read through it.
As is tradition, we're including a scratch code as a small token of our appreciation for your support.
The code will reward you with a General booster: LOST-ANDF-OUND-MANA
The code is valid until January 1st, when we will bring you another Community Update. 
We're always looking for ways to improve and value your feedback. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please don't hesitate to share them with us. We'll be back next month with more updates on our ongoing projects and upcoming features. You can also sign up to our e-mail newsletter here. 

Archive
• Skylords Reborn Documents (Deep Dives, Behind the Scenes, PvP Guide)  
• Overview Community Updates
• Community Update November 2023

Skylords and Skyladies;
Masters of the Forge will shine a light on all those people working so tirelessly on Skylords Reborn - for the average Skylord, [Game Masters] are elite, mythical creatures too many know nothing about, and we will hopefully change that. So, in this dev-talk-like podcast series we will meet several Masters of the Forge in person, and hopefully I will be able to ask them questions that are interesting to you. And, you will also get the chance to ask them some questions! The series will be streamed on Twitch and afterwards uploaded on YouTube.
Please note that while the content created is supported by the SR Team and will be all about Skylords Reborn, this is no official dev-talk. The focus will be around the guest, what their duties are, how they feel about the game and its development - we will not elaborate future changes in depth or announce anything fancy. But hopefully we will know more about the guest and how It's like to be part of the SR Team.
In the eight episode, I will interview [GM] @Maze, Web Developer; who besides is working on this website is most famous for his awesome and gorgeous Website SMJ.
Quick Overview:
Guest                         [GM] Maze Date                           02. 12. 2023 Time                          19:30 CET Link                            www.twitch.tv/kapostream
If you got any questions you would want to see asked, you are very welcome to drop me a DM here on the forums (@Kapo) or on Discord (#kapojones).
Kapo
 
Previous Episodes:
#1 [GM] Dutchy, Lead Moderator
#2 [GM] Majora, Project Coordinator
#3 [GM] Volin, Testing Coordinator
#4 [GM] RadicalX, Faction Designer
#5 [GM] Ult, Server Developer
#6 [GM] Ultralord, Video Editor
#7 [GM] Ladadoos & [GM] Zyna, Project Lead

Masters of the Forge #7 is now also on YouTube!
 
Thanks again to @Ladadoos and @Zyna for joining the series. Next up is @Maze, Web Developer, on the 2nd of December (19:30 CET).
See you in the Forge, fellow Skylords!

HOW TO SUPPORT


Not so rarely new Skylords ask a simple question on Discord or the forums: How can I help? As we all wish for more players, there are things you can do to help to make Skylords Reborn succeed. Skylords Reborn can be supported through many actions, some of them are just two minutes for some clicks, others are a long-term commitment.
Important Disclaimer: This guide does not rank people by importance - these are suggestions how to help the game succeed, ranked by their needed involvement level. Also, you don't have to “climb this ladder” to become part of the Skylords Reborn team.
Hopefully some of these suggestions speak to you, and inspire you to take some action:

 
 SOLDIER
Quick Tier - the most helpful clicks to settle in
Help drive the most essential metric by subscribing to the official Skylords YouTube channel, and like the trailer. Join the Skylords Discord to stay on top of news, and help build an enjoyable community. Subscribe to the other official Skylords Reborn socials: Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok.  CHAMPION
Basic Tier - become a part of the community
Subscribe to BattleForge content creators, and like their videos if you enjoy them. Participate in events - not just for prizes, but to support event hosts. Make sure beginners are welcomed properly: Answer questions, and play multiplayer maps with them. Read the monthly Community Update and help spread correct information about the state of the project. Interact with forum posts or Discord messages through likes, emoticons etc. - the creators will appreciate that. Make a proper bug report when you encounter a bug or crash. This rarely happens, but: report rule violations, either ingame or on the #contact-staff Discord channel. Suggest the game to people you know that will enjoy a RTS/TCG game, but make sure you coordinate with the Skylords team Outreach Coordinator when contacting high profile people or outlets.  HERO
Dedicated Tier - invest some time to make the Skylords experience better
Accompany some Twitch streamers, while the community is still small, one viewer more or less makes a huge difference. Participate in the votes or share your decks on the SMJ community deck section. Become an educator: Help others understand core concepts like void power or faction mechanics, and give advice on expert maps on the ingame strategy channel or on the deckbuilding channel on Discord. Write a beginner guide or a deck building/strategy guide on the forum, or a more general one like the one you are reading right now. Create something: make a painting, a graphic, a short clip, a song, a text, a meme, an animated GIF or just some cookies, and share it in the art, video or meme channel. Become a sponsor of a community contest/event to beef up its prize pool. Join the discussion and give quality feedback on the Balance Discord.
   SKYLORD
 Invested Tier - halfway down the rabbit hole
Become a Contributor: There are several roles that don't require you to join the team, like Map Tester, Translator, Proofreader, Art Critique, or Internal Tester. Get involved into more detail-focussed Discords, like lore, descriptions, mapmaking, or rPvE. Help maintain the Skylords Reborn Wiki by either adding or updating articles. Create an enjoyable community map. Host an event for other Skylords to enjoy, be it PvE, PvP or something else. Contribute to Skylords Open Source projects. Become a content creator on YouTube, or start to stream the game on Twitch.  

Maybe this rather long list inspired you to help in one way or another. 
As a final suggestion: If you have free resources, you might be interested in joining the Skylords Reborn team and directly work on the game to make it better! Please be aware that almost everybody thinks “I'm not good enough” at first. Don't let that stop you! There are loads of different positions for nearly every skill set. 
 


If you have any suggestion about something I missed, please write it in a comment down below, so I may add it!
Kapo.

update:
- fixed navigation tab middle mouse button click and modals to be on top everything else (was below main page table header)
- fixed random deck API
- added random card API /api/random/card with the same options as the random deck and booster APIs
- added card Soulstone (sorry that it took so long)

update:
- fixed navigation tab middle mouse button click and modals to be on top everything else (was below main page table header)
- fixed random deck API
- added random card API /api/random/card with the same options as the random deck and booster APIs
- added card Soulstone (sorry that it took so long)

Dear Skylords Reborn Developers,
I am writing to you today to express my sincere gratitude for your hard work and dedication in developing Skylords Reborn. I am a huge fan of the Battleforge game, and I am so excited to see it brought back to life in such a beautiful and faithful way.
I know that developing a game is no easy task, and I am truly amazed at the progress you have made in such a short amount of time. The game looks and plays great, and I am having a blast playing it.
I am also very impressed with your commitment to the community. You are constantly interacting with players and listening to their feedback. This shows that you are truly passionate about the game and that you want to make it the best it can be.
I am writing to you today to ask for your support in developing Skylords Reborn. I know that you are a small team, and I want to do whatever I can to help you succeed. 
I want to make a donation to the site, How can i do so?

Hello Skylords,
After doing the Pure Nature Guide for the Promo Manawing, I also set my mind on the challenge to do the Urban Planner with a severe deck limitation: Only one deck for all maps, and as cheap as possible. I came up with the following deck:

 
Deck Code: MTPKPZFsPENtYMLrYULtLsXwVJKdUKKrIsIUMwYNL
Here is a playlist with the playthroughs:
CLICK HERE
Thanks also to @Majora for playing Sunbridge with me. 
Good luck to all beginners using this strategy, and see you in the Forge!

update:
- updated random deck api to always include at least 1 T1 ground unit of the the T1 orb color, so the decks are actually playable
- updated booster simulator card flip animation which also fixed the issue were the image didn't load fast enough resulting in the name being shown first
 
Side note:
I investigated the load times of the pages for the specific cards, and it seems to be an issue with the server taking forever to respond with data that should be pre built, so either something with the server or the static data distribution needs to be changed. I will continue to investigate it.

update:
- updated Banzai Lord's Offense Type
- updated color and booster name from "Bandit" to "Bandits"
- added booster simulator which can be found on the /boosters page (at the moment there is still a small visual issue, due to the card images being loaded on flip which causes their rendering to be delayed and their names flashing before the image appears)
- added apis for generating random decks and boosters, they can be on /api/random/deck and /api/random/booster respectively
 
The random deck/booster apis have some optinal parameters to modify the results, with the returned data being in the same format as the respone of the /api/cards endpoint.
Deck:
orbs=[orbs] , which specifies the orb order of the deck, where [orbs] can be any 4 letter combination of:
R: Fire, P: Shadow, G: Nature, B: Frost, A(or any other character that is not any of the other 4 case sensitive letters): any, with the default being equivalent to AAAA, if less than 4 letters are provided (e.g. GB) it is internally extended (e.g. GBAA) with the any orbs resulting in one being selected at random neutrals , which allows the deck to contain neutral cards, false by default. since neutral cards tend to appear too often in the randomly generated decks duplicates , which allows the deck to contain duplicate cards, false by default. other affinities and promo versions are considered duplicates more options are possible, but I felt they are not that important for this usecase, like the more detailed options on the /deck page Booster:
type=[type] , which specifies the booster that you want to randomly generate. there are multiple inputs (case insensitive) allowed for the different boostes, with the default booster being the general/all one and if the input does not match any of the following, a general booster is randomly generated: Mini:                -2 / M / mini Fire:                  0 / R / FI / fire Shadow:           1 / P / SH / shadow Nature:             2 / G / NA / nature Frost:                3 / B / FR / frost Bandits:            4 / RP / PR / fireshadow / shadowfire / FISH / SHFI / BA / BD / bandits Stonekin:          5 / GB / BG / naturefrost / frostnature / NAFR / FRNA / ST / SK / stonekin Twilight:           6 / RG / GR / firenature / naturefire / FINA / NAFI / TW / TL / twilight Lost Souls:        7 / PB / BP / shadowfrost / frostshadow / SHFR / FRSH / LS / lostsouls Amii:                 8 / PG / GP / shadownature / natureshadow / SHNA / NASH / AM / amii Fire/Frost:         9 / RB / BR / firefrost / frostfire / FIFR / FRFI / FF Both endpoints also have the option to generate an image like the /api/images/deck/[code] endpoint. For that simply add the parameter image the the enpoints would be /api/random/deck?image and /api/random/booster?image respectively. With the image parameter being present the endpoints also accept the same optional parameters as the /api/images/deck/[code] endpoint.
image , makes the enpoint return an image instead of cards data text , generates the basic cards with names (ignored if parameter full is also provided) full , generate full detailed cards instead of basic ones upgrade=[number] , define the upgrade level of the full cards (only relevant for decks, as boosters are automatically rendered with upgrade=0) charges=[number] , define the number of active charges of the full cards (only relevant for decks, as boosters are automatically rendered with charges=0)

Hello Skylords,
After starting the Masters of the Forge, I had the setup ready to record some videos - and since I was always drawn to Pure Nature, I thought it would be nice to have some chill sessions and record all necessary maps for the Mana Wing Promo.
In the playlist linked below, you will find a complete collection of Pure Nature playthroughs - I might also add some bonus content, especially if there are some requests.
CLICK HERE FOR THE PLAYLIST
This content is in honour of BadKen, who did the same back in the days, and I remember very fondly that his content helped me a lot not only to understand how to play Nature, but also how the more tricky expert maps work.
See you in the Forge, fellow Skylords!

update:
- updated card redirect functionality from "smj.cards/card?code=[code]" to "smj.cards/card?id=[id]" where "[code]" used to be a deck code and "[id]" can be either a SMJ ID or an official Card ID
- fixed an issue with the long term charts (but the delay when clicking on a card from the main page still occurs, sadly)
- added functionality to set the quality of fullCard and full deck images rendered on the server
 
Side note:
I moved everything to a different hoster that provides 4x CPU Cores, 8x RAM, 12x Storage for the same price. This allows for more computation heavy functionalities, like rendering full deck images instead of basic ones as well as more frequent and automatic notables updates. 🙂