A complete play set of standard using the ML Bot

Maybe I’m the only one, but I really would like to have a full play set of Standard. I already spent a lot of money on drafting and buying cards from other Bots but with only about 150 cards to go, It’s getting harder and more expensive to reach my goal. In today’s article we will discuss how to setup ML Bot to complete your collection for you when you’re not playing.

The first thing you need to do is establish how many cards you still need to complete your set. You could type this out by hand but I prefer to let MTGO do the heavy lifting for me. Using the Deck Editor, you can create a list of cards you need by creating a deck with the cards you don’t have. Just add the cards you need but don’t save the deck, export it as .CSV and you’ll have a file looking something like this;

Qty,Card Name,Premium
2,"Geth, Lord of the Vault"
3,Indomitable Archangel
3,Lux Cannon
2,Mindslaver
4,Molten-Tail Masticore
4,Mox Opal
4,Wurmcoil Engine

This is exactly what you need to complete your collection on MTGO. The next step is set up ML Bot to “Buying” mode only and to disable the “Make All Tradable” feature. This will set up your Bot to only collect cards and not sell them back to your customers. You will also need to set your Collection Settings to buy nothing as we will be using the PersonalPrices.txt file instead.

The PersonalPrices.txt file is the top most setting that the ML Bot uses to set up what cards to buy, what prices to use and how many to collect. Using your exported .CSV file, you can create your PersonalPrices.txt file by adding the SET at the beginning of the line followed by a semi colon, then the name and then adding “;;;;;1;0” to the end like this;

SOM;Geth, Lord of the Vault;;;;;2;0

This will tell the ML Bot to buy 2 more “Geth, Lord of the Vault” cards using the MTGO Price settings. I left the two sell and buy prices empty which tells the ML Bot to not edit the price.

I’ve recently done this with my own ML Pro Bot and also used the MTG Helper plugin to post my Wish List on my website, www.myrmagic.com. With a little time and patience, your Bot will have completed your collection for a fraction of the price.