The Mana Pip Editor for Custom Cards
Build MTG-style mana costs with the complete symbol vocabulary — hybrids, twobrids, phyrexian, snow, energy — then go further: upload your own pip icons and every card you own wears them, from the live preview to the printed PDF.
What the pip editor can do
- Click-to-build mana costs — no notation to memorize
- Full symbol vocabulary: {0}–{20}, {X}, W U B R G C
- All ten hybrid symbols plus twobrids like {2/W}
- Phyrexian mana for all five colors and colorless
- Tap, untap, snow, and energy symbols
- Custom pip uploads — your own icon per core symbol
- Custom pips render everywhere: editor, gallery, PNG and PDF exports
- Pixel-identical pips in the live preview and the exported card
- Inline pips in rules text, sized like real card text
- Color identity derived from your cost automatically
Frequently asked questions
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.
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.
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}.
Do custom pips show up on exported cards?
Yes. PipGlyph renders exports server-side with the same layout engine 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.
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.
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.
Make the pips yours
Build a cost in seconds, then upload your own symbols from the editor or your settings page. Free account, no downloads.
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