Learn the craft

Guides by topic

• Design guides

  Creatures, planeswalkers, sets, cubes and balance.

  Newest16 guides

  • How to Design Custom MTG Lands
  • How to Design Custom MTG Enchantments and Artifacts
  • How to Design a Custom MTG Set

  All 16 guides in Design guides

• Rules & reference

  Mana symbols, keywords, card types and frames.

  Newest11 guides

  • An MTG Templating Cookbook: Common Rules Text Patterns
  • The MTG Guilds and Color Pairs Explained
  • MTG Card Types Explained

  All 11 guides in Rules & reference

• Reviews & comparisons

  PipGlyph, Card Conjurer and other card makers compared.

  Newest1 guide

  • The Best Card Conjurer Alternative in 2026 (Free MTG Card Maker)

• MTG lore

  The stories behind frames, mechanics and card types.

  Newest1 guide

  • The MTG Nyx Frame Explained: Theros Lore and Frame History

• Oct 14, 2026

  The Nyx frame is here

  Enchantments can now wear the night sky.

• Oct 6, 2026

  Double-faced cards: transform and modal is live!

  Make a card with two real faces. Transform and modal double-faced cards now get their own back frame, art and text, a second render, a flip on the card page, downloads of both faces, and imports that land on the right frames. Crowns and two-colour frames work on them too.

• Sep 30, 2026

  More High-Res Frames Added!

  More High-Resolution Frames have been added!

Using PipGlyph

• Help & FAQAnswers and how-tos: the creator, imports, decks, printing and credits.
• What's newEvery update as it ships, and what we're building next.
• ToolsThe card creator, AI generator, pip editor, decks and print sheets.
• GlossaryThe words on a Magic card, and the words PipGlyph uses, from A to Z.