I have been a Magic: The Gathering player for many years now and during my travels I always enjoy partaking in local drafts.

Most Magic stores require the player to be a member in order to let them use their wifi. Because I usually only ever go to stores I don’t have a membership, I always have to rely on my flakey phone’s data to buy or trade cards when I don’t know their price.

I wish there was a way I could get card prices without having to rely on my phone’s internet. Let’s build an app to do just that using Twilio and .NET CORE.

You can download the source code here if you don’t want to go through all the steps. Or just try it out by texting a card name to:

UK: +44 1543 MAGIC5 ( +44 1543 624425)

US: +1 646-84MAGIC ( +1 (646) 846-2442)

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