As of this year I have started playing a card game that has been popular for a very long time. The game is called Magic the Gathering and my interest peaked when I noticed that one of my favorite music artists played the game. The music artist is Post Malone and he even got his own card made by the publishers of Magic the gathering.
For any player of any card game it would be a dream to play with a card that is based on their own persona. Luckily With generative Ai, it might not even be necessary to become a global music sensation like Post Malone, to have a unique card named after you. The best part about playing Magic the Gathering, is that you can play it with your friends. Thus I decided to generate personal magic the gathering cards with Dall-E 3. This is the latest version of version of Dall—e which is a machine learning model developed by OpenAI, which has the ability to generate images from textual descriptions.
When I prompted Dall – E3 to generate a magic card for ‘John Tran’. It generated a few results. On closer inspection I noticed that my prompt was altered for an image. Apparently chatgpt-4 adjusted my prompt to be more specific.
As you can see Chat-GPT recognized that my last name is Asian so it prompted Dall – E3 to give the mage Asian features as well.
The full prompt generated by ChatGpt-4 was: “A detailed illustration of a trading card closely resembling a Magic: The Gathering card design. The card has the classic MTG border and frame. At the top, prominently displayed, is the name ‘John Tran’. Directly below, there’s a striking artwork of a powerful mage with Asian features, standing confidently amidst arcane energies. His robe is intricately patterned, and he wields a staff radiating with blue magic. In the lower third of the card is the traditional MTG textbox with lore and abilities, though the exact text isn’t clear. The card’s mana cost, type line, and power/toughness indicators are present, but specifics are not legible. The overall feel is both nostalgic and majestic.” So it explicitly asked the exact text not to be clear.
Sadly clear text is needed for playable cards. Another image did have semi-clear text, however the text does not actually make any sense.
A few other examples made for friends:
So even though it still has many flaws, to see actual card designs terms based on yourself is really fun. The added feature of chat-gpt 4 which automatically adjusts your prompt to make it more easy for Dall – E to generate a better image is really helpful as well. However the cards are definitely not playable yet. They are a nice inspiration and you could actually copy the art only, then add abilities to the cards yourself. Sadly, generating good written abilities proves to be too hard for Dall – E3 as of now.
