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MTG - A Review of Lifepads, Dice, Counters and Apps for Magic: The Gathering
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Quick note : life tracker apps are usually not allowed during competitive REL, since you shouldn't look at your phone. Judges usually make exceptions for the boogie board
I think that's also cause you could rig it in some way, have someone text you what's in someone else's hand and just dismiss it, and there isn't any record of what happened should a disagreement come up.
I think trading card game product companies should watch many of the product review videos from this channel. It does such a great way of finding out opinions, flaws and comparisons between products, both from the same company and from others, and helps a lot in the process of (re)designing future product.
Thanks for all the effort you've put and keep up the good work professor!
Thanks a lot for reviewing our app! Small tip, you can just tap on the number to lower the score by one, and tap above it to raise by one. We also have an Android app available here play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.minu.lifecount2020.app&hl=en
+Pekka Pulli I have placed that link in the video description as well. Cheers for such a great app.
+Pekka Pulli Anyway you'd consider making it so that when you have the phone in portrait mode that it puts it so that the life totals are rotated and the opponents is facing them?
+Pekka Pulli I just tried your app because of this review, and I think it is great!
+TechRavingMad Sorry but no. We made this app precisely because other counters were doing just that and I don't think it's as good. Try putting the counter in 90 degrees rotation between the players and both will see the counts perfectly. I can recommend 20 Life or Mutility if you'd still like a counter like that!
***** Thank you for your kind words!
I agree with everyone below on Mutility. While it's $4 to unlock all of the features, if you're someone that likes simplicity or if you're like me and really enjoy the aesthetic part of MTG, it's more than worth it. Very intuitive and responsive use, large buttons and easily visible life totals, and editable history. My favourite part though is one that seems like it would be shrugged off, but the ability to rotate and change the orientation of life totals depending on your table is awesome for me. I love the look of this game and I'm a bit of a nutter for orderliness and this app just satisfies me by looking so nice with everything lined up in the middle of the table.
I always love the moment when the this-is-the-best-product-music kicks in...
I know I'm a little late, but about the 20/20, you can just click on top/bottom of the main counter number to add/reduce your life total one by one! Tks for the video!
Of course the professor is left handed, the man always has to be different and stand out! Respect
That 20/20 app is literally the best out there. The criticism you put up is valid, but once you find out that you can undo the last change to life by swiping left, things become easier.
Personally I'm a big fan of LifeTap. It's an app that let's you have anywhere from 2-6 players, customize backgrounds with colors, color spectrums, or even straight up card art, create logs of all of the named players you've made and which backgrounds they've used for quickly setting up new games, has a mana counter which includes colorless and storm tokens, counts things like commander tax, infect demage, treasure tokens, Monarch, Ascend, and Exp. It also keeps track of commander damage and can accomadate having two commanders in both damage and background. Built in dice roller and player randomizer, and even lets you play planechase. All of this and it's completely free, including planechase.
I downloaded and tried all the free life counter apps and that one was the one I settled on as the best too!
Btw you can just tap the numbers to lower them! You don't have to drag all the time.
Literally coming to this channel, and this wonderful man for insight into what tokens I should purchase. Without going to amazon I'm scanning all my options and this channel is just so professional and legitimate with it's reviews. A+ reviews!
disclaimer: not saying this specific video covered tokens specifically, just mentioning that if i want to come to this channel I know I'll find quality reviews.
+DanBakerDesign Cheers!
I work at a Michael's store and have seen the Boogie Boards around. Never did I think of using one for MTG.
I have the Crit Success ring myself. I have stopped using it for my own life totals due to it being hidden away on my finger. What I like to do with it now is keep track of my opponent's life.
Mine doesn't quite fit perfectly, but it's pretty close. I wear it daily, so it's quite comfortable. At the very least it makes for a good conversation piece.
Professor! I have a Boogie Board that I take with me to every FNM, and it was purchased at Sam's Club for 19.99, and it even came with the case! I highly recommend alerting people to this low price. At $20, I feel the Boogie Board is far above other means of tracking life totals. There is also some thing to be said that in the event of a discrepancy of life between two players, judges will side with whoever has a history of life total changes, AND phones are not permitted at larger tournaments for life tracking.
You could also use MTG Familiar which has a life total keeper with buttons and can add additional players. Plus it has a mana base keeper, a list of all the rules and best of all it has every card ever printed in MTG on a offline database with pictures and prices for said cards with WiFi. This makes it a lot easier to look up cards when you or your opponent has a foreign card.
I think it's the best app there is for tracking life (and many other things), despite the fact that's a bit complex to keep track of Commander damage.
Hey Professor! There actually is a way to do singular inputs on the app. If you do a tap above the life total it adds one and if you tap on or below the number it subtracts one. Give it a shot!
I'm a Boogie board user, love it. saves space in my bag and i never run out of paper or pen ink, or break a pencil tip. best one reviewed here for competitive play.
I think its worth noting a disclaimer, DO NOT use an app at a tournament. I always double checked with opponents at FNMs before using an app. You do not want to be accused of cheating, and you definitively will be at Competitive REL. I use MTG Familiar for Commander play.
Great reviews Prof! thanks!
Oh man I can't say I've seen a simple life counter app that isn't ugly or didn't have ads
Cid Aghast Try Lotus, it doesn’t have adds and looks nice as well
Life linker
I've played with people who often "forgot" to track damage. In those cases, I wore the clicker ring on my left thumb, and used it to keep track of THEIR life total. You can also just take it off and lay it on the table during a match. I'd personally rate it a little higher, but it's kind of a niche case (and since my fingers swell a lot, I'm used to rings not fitting well).
I use the AMLC app on my iPhone and have for over a year. By far the best I have tried. Goes up to 4 players and handles EDH, including which player has done commander damage to whom. It had an unobtrusive ad on the bottom but highly recommend you check it out.
Good reviews. I see you put a lot of effort to point out the freeness of the iOS life counter you described ;] I think you would love iMtG Life Counter, as it ticks all the important boxes you talked about in your video. There is a bit of a string attached: app and Life Counter around which it is built is free, but it includes card database which show iAds vetted by Apple (optional purchase in Shop disables the ads, of course). Again, I think you would love it ;]
Noticed the Gold Play Button on the bookshelf, professor!! Congratulations on the recognition!!
I love the ProCard life counter available for free from the Amazon app store. I have it on my android tablet, I'm not sure if it's available for the iPhone.
I like it because it offers a simple but customizable display. You can easily adjust your life total, it keeps track of the adjustments for you, you can have up to 8 players on it, and best of all, the price is excellent.
I find it superior to the one shown in this video because oftentimes using a swipe can accidentally end up taking too much or too little life off and you have to make another adjustment.
The one and only drawback that I see is that you do have a banner add reminding you that this was produced by ProCard, but I find that just as easy to live with as the Ultra Property logo in the corner of my playmat.
please do a "how to draft" video
I just looked up that on his channel and it is there
Agent29416
where. i cant find it
@@Flugmorph Here you go; czcams.com/video/fUqPxSYPfrA/video.html
Garruk did a good job hosting this episode. He didn't sound nearly as crazy as I thought he would.
Thanks Professor! I'm going to get the Hedron dice because of your review.
+Phil N There will be free shipping on orders above $25 on Shapeways from March 7 through March 13.
As a soul sisters player a competent way of keeping life totals is important so I pretty much have two ways of doing it
When I have it on me or for more competitive matches I have a small notebook I got at Rite-aid which I keep life totals/ matches / and a Phyrexian Revoker shortlist I keep in the back to study when I am playing Death and Taxes while I am between rounds.
Other then that I use the iMtg app which has a good life counter that is slightly customizable since you can choose how much the buttons go up and down or you can just slide. It has the ability to track 8 players and the ability to track poison and commander damage. The best part about the app though is the easy to access card database which I use for checking trade value.
if you use android there is a app called MTG Tracker it gooes for less than 5$ and has a life tracker, the option to save a list off your collection + the price of cards and you can save your decks so that you can get good stats about them.
+tolarian community college I've got a boogie board, and I call it an electronic 'etch-a-sketch' for people who don't get the concepts. I bring it to FNMs and larger events, where life totals matter, and keep it tucked away for casual games. I've found the screen to be a bit sensitive; I tends to get marked up with lines from when I'm putting the stylus down. I can usually record an entire match unless life totals fluctuate greatly.
for iOS, *Mutility* is the best life counter app. it has tons of options to let you change the orientation of the numbers, colors, as well as the ability to add 4 players and set starting life to higher than 20 for EDH or 2HG.
+Garth Palmer up you go!
For a Mobile app, Carbon is my all time favorite.
My favorite iPhone counter is mutility, with options to go from 1-4 players, it is quite nice.
I'd recommend checking out a life counter app called Mutility. It does everything the app in the video does, plus has the definite +/- buttons you mentioned, the ability to add players and lots of color options. You can even set what you want the starting life to be if you play more EDH than other and want it to start at 40 instead of 20. I use it on an iPhone and it is great. I do not know if it is available for Android.
I've been using my phone's calculator haha!!
Good idea...thanks
He looks extra mad scientist with the beard.
....I like it.
+Joe Skold Mad am I? Just because I tried to grow an army of humanoid-shark warriors to seize control of that one satellite launch? Psssshaw!! We'll see who is mad when my cartilage ray is spread throughout the cosmos!!!!
Tolarian Community College This got very intense!
+Tolarian Community College Came for the review. Stayed for the cartilage ray.
You can get the other version of the Boogie Board for 20 dollars on Amazon. they work just as well and mine has been sturdy and has not broken on me. I love that I can also stick it to the fridge and leave notes.
Just a heads up that I believe one of the songs was either wrongly attributed or is missing from the list. In case anyone wanted to know what the song playing in the third minute is, it is "Skye Cuillin" by Kevin MacLeod.
Hey Professor, I recommend trying the MTG Familiar app. I use it to keep score during my games and in addition to most of the features of the one you review here, it has a regularly updated searchable database of cards, searchable comprehensive rules, and life totals save between matches or even if the phone powers off. It can also be used in formats like Commander where it keeps track of commander damage and life separately. Free and ad-free, I could go on about its features as there are many more to list.
Let us know if you looked at any other apps or if you plan to in the future.
I think an update for this video would be popular.
Dude you sold me on the dice...great vid. I have a feeling you studied in communication.
+sebastian turley Glad you like them! There is free shipping this week on orders above $25: www.shapeways.com/shops/tinytokens
Dnd dice seys are 4 to 100 bucks a set sold at game store
I don't have a Boogie Board, per se, but I have a board exactly like it, with the added option to lock the screen (meaning it cannot erase with the touch of the button at the top). This may fix the exact issue you named with the Boogie Board.
I was wondering jf you could review the app mutility. I know it is available on ios, not sure about android. It does require an upgrade for all features but even without the upgrade, it does a lot of things like timers, a short history, and a reformat for games with more than two people. There are no ads and addresses the problem with no buttons. Loving these reviews!
I came from Yu-Gi-Oh and there we used graphing calculators. For magic, I just type 2020 and then if you lose 1 it's -100 and -1 for opponent. It's clear, and you get a history, though it's more needed in Yu-Gi-Oh because it's 80008000 lol
hey professor! on the app, if you just tap above or below the life total, it'll move by 1
Josh at Command Zone was looking for a glowie Boogie Board? Is there a different BB that is actually brighter or glow in the dark? These are my fav vids, Prof! Thanks for making them.
The beard is filling in nicely! Those who mind: don't matter; and those that matter: don't mind at all!
The boogie board has a pen clip that you can slide over the reset button that will prevent accidentally resetting it.
I really like the MTG Familiar app myself. It lets you look up cards, roll dice/flip coins, serves as a life counter, you can add more people if need be. It's the perfect app, really. Apart from availability, I don't know if it works on ios.
+Another Sheep In The Herd I'll check it out and review it! Thanks for the suggestion!
YES I love MTG Familiar!
It's basically Gatherer Advanced Search, a rulebook, a life counter, Among other things (such as Momir Basic) and it works offline.
But no, it does not seem to be available on IOS.
+Equilorian a good iOS equivalent is itunes.apple.com/us/app/umagic/id645382708?mt=8
completely off topic but professor you remind me so much of carl azuz from cnn 10 whenever you smile
MTG Familiar is a good app for magic life, poison, mana, trading, dice, round timers, rules and MoJhoSto. You can get it on android but I'm not sure on apple products or windows phones. Enjoy :)
i use it. it`s great. especialy love it for the complete official rules that aren`t just in 1 long long list but rather compartmentalized
+rowan knox langford its the only app i like
ahah
Mtg Familiar is fantastic. I recommend the Prof. checks it out as it can be used for commander as well. Has everything on it :D
well in the menu on the one he was showing, i saw an option for changing starting life totals for commander, but he didn't actually mention it in the video
I had an app called Life Total, which is free, but not ad free. You can change the life total from 20, 30, and 40. And you can customize the color. It's close on me on which one is better.
And the life total is reflected for each player.
The Life Total app lets you pick between the 5 mana colours, and you can do all the other stuff that other app does!!
+Nathan Houston Couldn't find the 20/20 Life Counter app in this video for my Android, but I could find Life Total (which is free) and it works great (though I can't find a way to track previous totals).
There's also the "MTG Familiar" app for Android, which has a built-in Life Counter (and keeps track of previous Life), Dice, Timer, Rules, and more, all in a single free app!
Great content! Keep it up. Also keep growing the beard! We gotta see where this goes.
You can also tap above or below the number to change the life total.
If anyone is looking for the app on Google Play, it's listed as "20/20 Life Count," not Lifekeep.
Also, on Google Play, the author is Mira Normula, not Pekka Pulli (how, they've both worked on it).
+icarus212001 Awesome! Thanks man, saved me some time.
Gettin that app for modern at my lgs tonight
I would recommend the MtG Familiar app, but I recently found out that it is only available for Android users. However, the app is still a great option. Life/poison/commander totals for more than two people, and the program has a card search and wish list section for finding cards for purchase. I've used pretty much since I started using Android devices.
+JaxMerrick a great replacement for that on iOS itunes.apple.com/us/app/umagic/id645382708?mt=8
I use it all the time
0:46 I can't stop watching this over and over
actually there is away to add or substract only one life when using the 20/20 app. just touch the place above or below the life total and they respond like +1 or -1 buttons
the crit success rings have a printable ring sizer for their "double-tripple wide" sizes. also if you hold your finger the way they should you on the website turning the dials is not a problem. I personally love my crit success rings and would give them an a for their intended job of keeping point total and the r20 and r6for using as ring-dice. but I wouldn't use them for keeping life total.
the boogie board looks like a glorified doodle pad. and with my son's doodle pad, you have to actually mean to erase it and is virtually impossible to erase accidentally...
wow! Too Cool! These product reviews save me so much! What will you play during Shadows Over Innistrad? I think i will play Wolves and Werewolves, cuz there is a new werewolf planes walker!
+DionysusAlpaca Innistrad is his Favorite Thing Ever. I don't think there's a 'walker in the multiverse that could keep him away from SoI. ^_^
+Tolarian Community College On the 20 20 app in order to change in single digit increments, just touch above or below the life total.
It would be great if you could compare all of the apps on the play store for MTG life counters. Great video as usual.
Professor! A little bird told me that you've been known to play at Eudo! If so, myself and a friend would love to schedule a game of EDH, assuming you're looking for new folks to play with/against.
The best app is Mutility! It is free but you can buy an upgrade and get loads of stuff!!!
Aww, I kinda liked the ring idea.
The beard is looking good professor!
would love some small notebooks that are 2.5" by 3.5" that I could put into my ultipro satin tower, that way I would have everything in one box.
I am new to MTG and TCG's in general, so I prefer to have records of my games, I also like to write some notes on the archetypes I played against and some cards that were interesting or devastating.
On the app, you can increase and decrease in increments of 1 by simply tapping above or below the relevant life total. So that's your only criticism addressed. A+ maybe?
Thanks for the great review of my dice Professor!
Just made this CZcams account to say hi, but I intend to upload video's of these and other dice designs in (rolling) action soon. In the meantime pictures of all my dice can be found on my Tumblr blog here: www.tumblr.com/blog/tinytokens
As always, great video professor
I have to mostly disagree, but partially agree, with your Critsucess ring assessment. I don't find it very difficult to change the numbers. It can be a little awkward at times, but I'd prefer that to it being too easy and the number accidentally changing. The ring sizing, yes I agree it is not correct. In ordered my correct size, but it was a little too snug. but that's not a huge issue because they offer a lifetime exchange. You can send it back and they'll send you another size for free. The last part is where I have to totally agree with you. It's not good for competitive play where you're opponent can't see your life total. It works for my needs because I use it as a threat tracker for the Lord of the Rings LCG (which I didn't realize until I actually had it and put it on is super thematic), but that's a very specific and niche use for it and wouldn't fit the needs of any but a handful of people.
There is an iOS app called “Thueyts II” It's even better than Mutility and it's free. However it‘s only available on older version of iOS since the developer didn't upgrade it. It’s so incredible that I would like to use it even it's not free.
Pen/Pencil and paper is the superior option imo because I play a life gain deck
For anyone wandering-- the app is only available on iPhones with iOS 8 or later
Saw someone using a Boogie Board last week. Cool idea, but I couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous the guy looked with it.
everyone's saying mtg familiar, I personally use mtg unofficial, there's a slew of free apps that the professor could devote an entire sub-series to. also it's entirely up to personal preference and the apps themselves have reviews from people who use them.
Professor I think that actually is an older version of the Boggie board, the new one´s got inner curves at the sides and goes around 25$ on amazon :).
8:51
poor plastic is only at 4 life while steel is at 36
"he gonna die."
I don't know if this is still the case but I bought a BoogieBoard a while back in a Brookstone. They also make a smaller model, which I prefer to the regular one.
You can tap above and below the life to change the life total
BEARD IS COMIN IN NICE
Again, awesome video Prof :D
That beard looks good on you tbh.
Professor, if u tap above the life, it goes 1 number up. if you tap below the life, it goes 1 down.
Professor, my favorite life counter app is on the app store called Life Counter. It's really cool and I think you might want to check it out
Thanks!
+Bruno “Brhinoceros” Pasquinelli is that the one by Ajfek Software? If not I use "Magic Life Counter" by them on iphone. It's great if you unlock it as I can track my match history :)
+MTG Carver yeah that's the one
Actually, on the life counter app, you can tap above the number to go down or up in life... U don't have to swipe up or down like you claimed.
I want that Etch-A-Sketch
Professor!
Having downloaded the app, just clicking above or below the number will add or subtract 1 to your life total. Hope that helps.
O.O oh wow. I can't wait to see the whole beard. Video is quality as always
I use Dragon Counter because it also tracks Commander damage
Another problem with the 20/20 app is that at higher level sanctioned events, judges do not allow you to keep your phone on the table.
Fyi... You can raise and lower the numbers by swiping up or down on them.
wow your doing apps now prof.kudos. i use mtg tracker free:life counter by platty soft. can you do a review on that. they have a paid version but free version allows up to 8 people. allows you to save your decklists and see the banned card lists for all formats. it also has the posion tracker plus commander damage and amount of times a commander has been played. been using this app for 3 years and I love it
you should try the mtg familiar app. it is awesome
You which phone users don't get a lot of love? Windows phones... (really wish I had an adroid way too often). For anyone interested I use MTG bugs mainly because it has life counters, dice, rss for some feeds (although I don't use it much), ability to track collection (although I use deckbox.org for that), and access to a card lookup. Also, the MTG life counter app is good because its ad free and pretty quick.
I made a simple life counter as a Web app. So it should work on any smartphone.
robsmisc.com/dual-score-demo.html
Seems to me like one of the biggest draws to the "Boogie Board" would be saving some trees from the landfill. It may be a minor effect, but it influences some consumers.
Professor looks like a young Qui-Gon Jinn
I'm so excited for the website
+Thomas Dugan Me too! It's been delayed just a bit, but that's because it is going to be sooooo awesome!
Hey Professor, I enjoy watching your videos and getting your insight about the game as well as product reviews. Do you know if there is a product that you can buy that's a vigilance or flying counter, for instance? Like, if flying is granted to a creature, is there a pair of wings you can put down on the card to indicate that it now has flying capabilities?
professor you should try another free app, its called "MTG familiar". It has everything! offline card data base, tradelists that can check the price of cards, life counters, game rules, sets legality,etc. and its free! I´m sooo in love with this app, but idk if it´s available for apple users though...
+shreder89 an app similar on iOS is itunes.apple.com/us/app/umagic/id645382708?mt=8
+shreder89 Sadly I've found there are times when the card prices are wildly inaccurate. I can't really trust it for checking the value of cards while trading for that reason. It's a bit disappointing.