Gather42
$1.95About Gather42
Gather42 is a MTG card Oracle text look-up app, designed specifically for offline use. It will never use the Internet to fetch any information, other than when you choose to update the database.
Just about every piece of information you could want about every MTG card is included in the database: Oracle text, original printed text, all of the official rulings, banned and restricted lists, and even the triggered ability information.
High quality images are used for all mana symbols in the card display.
The goal set in mind when designing this app was that many other similar types of apps either look up cards on the Internet, or don't include all the information that is available.
Looking up cards one at a time on the Internet can be very slow, depending on where you are with your phone. Sometimes you may not even have a useful Internet connection.
Many other programs only include the basic Oracle text, because they believe that the printed text and all the official rulings would make the database too large, and it would be too difficult to obtain from Gatherer.
This app solves these problems, including 100% of the information on Gatherer, with a database coming in around only a 4.6MB download.
Search for cards on the main screen. Each word will be matched against the list of cards in the database, and highlighted in the results. If no direct matches are found, a backup closest spelling algorithm will be used to show results.
Cards viewed are stored in the recent list, which can be accessed by clicking on the Recent Cards drawer handle on the bottom of the main screen.
Click on the list of sets and rarities at the bottom of the Oracle or Printed tabs to view the original printed version of various printings.
Supports searching card names from the Global Search, if you enable searching of Gather42.
You can also search by card number or artist name using the option in the menu.
Download free APK at http://ark42.com/mtg/gather42/
Just about every piece of information you could want about every MTG card is included in the database: Oracle text, original printed text, all of the official rulings, banned and restricted lists, and even the triggered ability information.
High quality images are used for all mana symbols in the card display.
The goal set in mind when designing this app was that many other similar types of apps either look up cards on the Internet, or don't include all the information that is available.
Looking up cards one at a time on the Internet can be very slow, depending on where you are with your phone. Sometimes you may not even have a useful Internet connection.
Many other programs only include the basic Oracle text, because they believe that the printed text and all the official rulings would make the database too large, and it would be too difficult to obtain from Gatherer.
This app solves these problems, including 100% of the information on Gatherer, with a database coming in around only a 4.6MB download.
Search for cards on the main screen. Each word will be matched against the list of cards in the database, and highlighted in the results. If no direct matches are found, a backup closest spelling algorithm will be used to show results.
Cards viewed are stored in the recent list, which can be accessed by clicking on the Recent Cards drawer handle on the bottom of the main screen.
Click on the list of sets and rarities at the bottom of the Oracle or Printed tabs to view the original printed version of various printings.
Supports searching card names from the Global Search, if you enable searching of Gather42.
You can also search by card number or artist name using the option in the menu.
Download free APK at http://ark42.com/mtg/gather42/
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
v1.2.2 - Small bug fixed when typing certain characters like an asterisk.
v1.2.1 - Added Planeswalker and Chaos symbols.
v1.2.1 - Minor bug fixes.
v1.2.2 - Small bug fixed when typing certain characters like an asterisk.
v1.2.1 - Added Planeswalker and Chaos symbols.
v1.2.1 - Minor bug fixes.
More downloads Gather42 reached 100 - 500 downloads
More downloads Gather42 reached 100 - 500 downloads
More downloads Gather42 reached 50 - 100 downloads
Version update Gather42 was updated to version 1.2.2
What are users saying about Gather42
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by D####:
by D####:
Needs to be able to search by format or color or even Oracle text to be use full at all, odds are if you know the name of a card you don't need to look it up, if added I think it would be 5 stars
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by H####:
by H####:
Needs to be able to search by format or color or even Oracle text to be use full at all, odds are if you know the name of a card you don't need to look it up, if added I think it would be 5 stars
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by Y####:
by Y####:
Far better than trying use gatherer on a mobile browser. Would love to see the current price listed as well if that's possible, Oracle and pricing in one easy step would make my life so easy :-P. Love your work, keep it up and I'll keep paying haha
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by W####:
by W####:
This app is quickly becoming my favorite reference app for rules and up to date oracle. Gather42 can pull up rules for cards due to it being offline blazing fast, even on an older Android phone. Sometimes I won't have the best connection or wifi available, and pausing a game to get on a PC can be a hassle. After trying out the download from the dev website, I went ahead and made the purchase. One of my favorite features is the Triggers tab. It gives information on each trigger, the order, and even the type. Very useful, especially when someone forgets their triggers and you need to know if any were lapsing or mandatory. The "Recent" pop-up of previously searched cards is great, reinforcing the efficiency behind this simple and effective app. Highly recommended for Magic players of any format.
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by G####:
by G####:
I downloaded the apk from the author and tried this out first. It's really excellent, so I bought it from the Google Play store to support the author. :-)
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by Y####:
by Y####:
Everything this man touches is amazing.
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by N####:
by N####:
Needs to be able to search by format or color or even Oracle text to be use full at all, odds are if you know the name of a card you don't need to look it up, if added I think it would be 5 stars
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by U####:
by U####:
Far better than trying use gatherer on a mobile browser. Would love to see the current price listed as well if that's possible, Oracle and pricing in one easy step would make my life so easy :-P. Love your work, keep it up and I'll keep paying haha
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by D####:
by D####:
This app is quickly becoming my favorite reference app for rules and up to date oracle. Gather42 can pull up rules for cards due to it being offline blazing fast, even on an older Android phone. Sometimes I won't have the best connection or wifi available, and pausing a game to get on a PC can be a hassle. After trying out the download from the dev website, I went ahead and made the purchase. One of my favorite features is the Triggers tab. It gives information on each trigger, the order, and even the type. Very useful, especially when someone forgets their triggers and you need to know if any were lapsing or mandatory. The "Recent" pop-up of previously searched cards is great, reinforcing the efficiency behind this simple and effective app. Highly recommended for Magic players of any format.
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by Q####:
by Q####:
I downloaded the apk from the author and tried this out first. It's really excellent, so I bought it from the Google Play store to support the author. :-)
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by U####:
by U####:
Everything this man touches is amazing.
by X####:
If you need to look up a specific card on the fly, really cool. But that's it. I was hoping I could search by any sort of category, but that's not the case. Not worth the money in it's current setup. Add categories and it'd be worth at least double it's current price.