Template:ArtistSeriesCards/doc

This is a template documentation subpage for Template:ArtistSeriesCards.
It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template eases listing the cards in an Artist Series Secret Lair Drop. Use it after a brief setup/description on the artist's page. The template will automatically use the SLD set code for cards listed and arrange them in a bulleted list.

Example

{{ArtistSeriesCards
|Pestilence|cn1=96|note1=If you include a collector number be sure to get it right!
|Balance|i=
|Counterspell|j=
|Counterspell|cn4=175|note4=Actually by [[Mark Poole]]
|Counterspell|cn5=331|note5=Not by Mark Poole
|artist=Mark Poole}}

makes

• Pestilence — If you include a collector number be sure to get it right!
• Balance
• Counterspell
• Counterspell — Actually by Mark Poole
• Counterspell — Not by Mark Poole

{{ArtistSeriesCards|artist=Thomas M. Baxa|start=274
|Ob Nixilis Reignited|Sire of Insanity|Sliver Hivelord|k=
|Spellskite|Spellskite|cn5=587}}

(for Thomas M. Baxa's drop) makes

• Ob Nixilis Reignited
• Sire of Insanity
• Sliver Hivelord
• Spellskite
• Spellskite

{{ArtistSeriesCards|artist=

== Parameters ==
Currently supports up to 6 cards but is easily expanded.

Complete unfilled template:
<pre>
{{ArtistSeriesCards|start=
|  |cn1= |note1= |set1=
|  |cn2= |note2= |set2=
|  |cn3= |note3= |set3=
|  |cn4= |note4= |set4=
|  |cn5= |note5= |set5=
|  |cn6= |note6= |set6=
|artist= 
}}

Each unnamed parameter should be filled with a card name or deleted.

All named parameters are optional. However, a formatting error will occur if a line ends with an unnamed parameter (card name); this can be solved by either wrapping lines cleverly, or putting a blank irrelevantly-named parameter such as i= or j= etc. at the end of each line the template call, as seen in the examples above. Use different "irrelevant" names within a single template call to avoid warnings about duplicated parameters.

start sets up auto-generation of collector numbers, with the first card listed having the number given for start, and incrementing 1 by 1 from there. There's no way to get different patterns of numbering but you can always override each card's number individually. Collector numbers aren't required as the search will pick a matching card by name from the SLD set, but numbering is a good idea in case of duplicates within the rather large set, which could be printed later even if not present at the time of listing. You can also list the same name twice if there are multiple variations within that Artist Series drop.

Individual card parameters:

• cn1 specifies card 1's collector number within the set, overriding the number that would've been found from the start parameter, if any. Make sure to pick the one by the right artist!
• note1 includes an additional note after card 1, on the same bullet point.
• set1 must be a valid set code and allows card 1 to link to a set other than SLD, if that's desired for some reason.

The correspondingly named parameters for cards 2-6 work the same way, of course.

artist doesn't really do anything currently, but in the future it may be possible for the system to automatically filter the search for cards by the given artist, greatly reducing the frequency that editors will need to supply a collector number. In any case it's nice for it to document which artist is supposed to be showing.