The card creator
The creator builds a card in steps — what it is, its name and art, its text and stats, its set details, then publishing — with a live preview beside every step. These answers cover building a card and the mana symbols on it.
How to
Use your own mana symbols
Swap the standard pips for icons of your own, on every card you own.
Step 1: Make the icons
One square image for each symbol you want to replace: white, blue, black, red, green or colorless. Each is cropped to a circle at 256 × 256, so keep the design inside it.
Step 2: Upload them
In Settings, open Custom pips and upload an image for a symbol — or choose “Customize pips” beside the Cost field in the creator. Both open the same list.
Step 3: See them everywhere
Your icons replace the standard symbols on every card you own: the live preview, gallery tiles, card pages and downloads. Costs and color identity work exactly as before.
Step 4: Change your mind
“Reset to standard” puts a symbol back the way it was.
Visitors always see a card with its owner's pips, so a set you share keeps one look.
Building a card
How do I make a custom MTG card?
To make a custom MTG card on PipGlyph: (1) Go to the card creator at /create. (2) Choose the card type — creature, instant, sorcery, enchantment, artifact, planeswalker, land, or battle — and its frame and color. (3) Enter the card's name and upload art, or let the AI paint it. (4) Build the mana cost by clicking pips like {2}{R}{R}, then write the oracle text for the card's abilities. (5) Set power and toughness for creatures, or loyalty for planeswalkers. (6) Save it, then download it as a PNG or publish it to the gallery.
From the MTG card maker page
Can I make a custom planeswalker card?
Yes. PipGlyph supports planeswalker cards with loyalty counters and +/– ability lines. Pick 'Planeswalker' as the card type, enter the starting loyalty value, and add each loyalty ability as its own row in the Loyalty abilities editor — its cost and its text, or no cost for a static line.
From the MTG card maker page
How do I write proper MTG oracle text?
MTG oracle text follows specific conventions: keyword abilities are capitalized (Flying, Trample, Vigilance), triggered abilities start with 'When', 'Whenever', or 'At', activated abilities use the format 'Cost: Effect', and reminder text goes in parentheses in italics. PipGlyph's AI assistant can suggest properly templated oracle text for any ability you describe in plain English.
From the MTG card maker page
Does the editor autosave my work?
No — a card is only saved when you click Save, so nothing half-finished ever lands in your library by accident. Tick “Save as a draft” on the Publish step to keep a work-in-progress private (a draft only needs a title). If you try to leave the editor with unsaved changes, PipGlyph asks whether to save it as a draft first.
Mana pips & symbols
What is a mana pip editor?
A mana pip editor is a tool for building the mana symbols (pips) on a custom trading card — the circular icons that show a card's cost. PipGlyph's pip editor is click-driven: you tap colored pip buttons to build costs like {2}{R}{R}, and the same symbols render inline in rules text for activation costs like {T}: Add one mana.
From the Mana pip editor page
Which mana symbols does PipGlyph support?
PipGlyph supports the full MTG-style mana vocabulary: generic costs {0} through {20}, variable costs {X} {Y} {Z}, the five colors plus colorless {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} {C}, all ten hybrid pairs like {W/U}, twobrids like {2/W}, phyrexian symbols like {R/P}, and the utility symbols tap {T}, untap {Q}, snow {S}, and energy {E}.
From the Mana pip editor page
How do hybrid and phyrexian pips work?
Hybrid pips show two halves — either two colors like {W/U} or a generic-color twobrid like {2/W} — and phyrexian pips carry the phi symbol, meaning the cost can be paid with mana or life. In PipGlyph you insert them from the symbol toolbar in the rules editor or build them into the mana cost, and they render as proper split discs in both the preview and the export.
From the Mana pip editor page
Can I upload my own custom mana symbols?
Yes. PipGlyph lets you upload a custom icon for each core mana symbol — white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Your icon replaces the standard symbol everywhere your cards render: the editor preview, your gallery thumbnails, public card pages, and PNG or PDF exports. Costs, color identity, and rules keep working exactly the same; only the icon changes.
From the Mana pip editor page
Do custom pips show up on exported cards?
Yes. The server renderer that draws exports reads the same pip geometry as the live preview, so your custom pips appear in downloaded PNGs, print-ready PDFs, and the social-share images — pixel-aligned with standard symbols at any resolution.
From the Mana pip editor page
Is the pip editor free?
Yes. The mana cost builder, the full symbol vocabulary, and custom pip uploads are free for every account. Custom pips are per-user: visitors always see a card with its owner's pips, so your set keeps a consistent look when you share it.
From the Mana pip editor page
Still stuck?
Search every answer from the help centre, or tell us what you were trying to do — the feedback form reaches the team once you're signed in.