daerb

Y’know, that stuff from heaven.

daerb is a parser for various card checklist/spoiler sites to create visualizations of how cards have progressed over time as well as their breakdown by various attributes.

Disclaimer <3

Please be friendly to any source websites and dont hammer them, this is a tool used for my own bemusement and curiosity in how different card games are structured.

Instructions

The magiccardinfo parser has 3 segments.

• download_all_pages.rb: Downloads all the sets from the US language section. Run this just once, and you get a local copy to work with.
• gather_all_cards.rb: Parse through local set pages for all cards and turn them into an array

And not required:

• image_downloader.rb: Parse through local set pages to retrieve images (Will download a LOT of images so be warned)

Todo

• Track cards that were removed and then added back in a large timeline graph
• Graph power and numbers of various types and subtypes over each release
• TUI based interface
• Add sources for years and starter decks (MTG)
• Add sources for other card games (TNG, BattleTech, Netrunner)