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Could someone please advise as to how Magic the Gathering (MTG) cards should be added into the database?  I searched across the FAQs and the forums, but did not find a definite standard for how these cards are to be listed.  More specifically, should they have a PID?  Asking because, to me, it seems like the card names would go into the "Last Name" field of the PID (as this is a required field) and the PID would link together cards with the same name in different sets -- much like it does for individual players.  But, there appear to be Magic cards with names only in the First Name field of the PID. 

It seems like MTG cards are difficult to search for by their individual names and I am wondering if that is tied to the missing PID -- as there appear to be a few MTG sets that have been populated with cards names, but the "Check Names" have not been cleared. 

Thank you.

Site Rules are as follows:

If it's not a proper person's name (e.g., "Mickey Mantle"), the full name should be in the Last Name field and the First Name field should be left empty. So, "Mickey Mouse" should have nothing in first name and "Mickey Mouse" would be fully in the Last Name field, despite what the system will auto-populate on the Add Name page.

This holds true for MtG "characters" as well.

Just "characters"?  I've seen many gaming sets that have PIDs for actions and elements (rain, water, fire, wind, etc).

I didn't say everyone adheres to the rules. :)

are you asking for newer sets or the old ones? The older ones get a little confusinf since they arent numbered as opposed to new sets which are.

Thank you! Was asking the question regarding the newer cards, with numbers. And I will start on adding PIDs for the newer sets, where needed.