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Dev tools · September 25, 2012

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"Unsealed", My First 'Finished' Rails app, an MTG Sealed Deck Generator

Long time listener, first time caller. I am coming up to the eight-month mark in my "Heads Down, Learn Programming" experiment. This is my first app, an open source Magic the Gathering sealed deck generator. At the moment it is severely limited in scope, but I've worked on it for ~ six hours and I figure this is a good time to stop and let it breathe for a while. It's on github (https://github.com/alxjrvs/Sealed-Deck-Generator), as are a number of other half-completed project. Each was started with a goal in mind ("Mess around with Bootstrap", "Get off your ass and TDD", "Kick around complex…

"Unsealed", My First 'Finished' Rails app, an MTG Sealed Deck Generator launched on September 25, 2012 with 13 votes, #96 of 455 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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Unsealed is an open-source Magic the Gathering sealed deck generator built with Rails. It creates randomized card pools for the card game's sealed deck format, where players build decks from unopened booster packs. Designed for MTG players and developers learning web development, the tool generates playable sealed decks for deck-building practice and gameplay. The application demonstrates Rails fundamentals and is available on GitHub for further development.

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Long time listener, first time caller. I am coming up to the eight-month mark in my "Heads Down, Learn Programming" experiment. This is my first app, an open source Magic the Gathering sealed deck generator. At the moment it is severely limited in scope, but I've worked on it for ~ six hours and I figure this is a…

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