Marvel Champions card maker

Marvel Champions card creator by Landstander

Update - 2025 Apr

Villain cards will have the stage (I,II,III...) in the json/png filename.
You can toggle between circle and star splash on hero cards.

This is a tool to make custom cards for Marvel Chamnpions LCG. Choose an example in the selector below, then click Load to see how to make different types of cards. Hit the Download image button to save it as a .png when you're done making your card.

If you need help, check the help file first.. If that doesn't work, or if you find bugs, have questions, create awesome cards, or have feedack, find me on the Marvel Champions Custom Content discord -- add the Quick Design Tool role in Channels and Roles, then you can find me in the #card-creator-tool channel. Thanks!

See previous updates

Update - 2025 Mar

You can edit villain stage as text - I, II, III, A, B...
Added headshot up/down and left/right position controls.
You can change the downloaded image dimensions. It's set to 1500px by 2100px by default.
Fixed the copyright line not appearing on Main Scheme A and B cards when you download the image
Fixed the formatting when there's only a star on THW/SCH/REC values
Fixed a bug where you load the card from JSON then the background photo would move to the wrong left/right position or have the wrong zoom level.

Update - 2025 Jan

Fixed an issue where player side scheme boost stars didn't appear correctly when downloading

Update - 2024 Dec

Fixed an issue causing the downloaded image to be 2px too big
Updated the layout so the preview is easier to see on smaller screens. Added zoom and scroll to the card preview

Update - 2024 Oct ??

You can overwrite ATK/THW/SCK/DEF/REC with anything. ATQ anyone?
Fixed saving/loading would break characters non-English characters like é.
Fixed upgrade and attachment titles would shift left in the downloaded image.
Fixed attachment stats layout would get messed up if it has one ATK or SCH bonus (but not both bonuses).
Added a checkerboard background so you can see where the background image will go

Update - 2024 Oct 15

Improved shadows and stroke on costs/atk/thw/etc everywhere, and touched up those font sizes too. Let me know how it looks.
You can overwrite the card type like Resource or Alter-Ego on every card. Welcome non-English users!
Fixed 1 leading in the Elektra mod font which caused 1s or 11 to have huge spacing.
Some fixes and improvements to saving as image.

Update - 2024 Oct 13

So I think I'm done with this for a while. It's got everything I planned and a bit more. I have ideas for what I'll do next. For this tool, I am going to focus on fixes. No new stuff for a while.

With this release, every standard format of every card type is available!
Added the remaining "Cracks off" cards for encounter side schemes and obligations.
You can toggle between the two Obligation layouts like Obligation - Fear of Kang (villain layout) versus Obligation - Anti-Hero Propaganda (campaign layout).
And there are promo hero and alter-ego layouts too. They mostly work :) the transparent text is broken on downloads. I know. Don't message me about it.
Zoom and pan sliders can now be set by entering a value
Removed all the nonsense characters from filenames when you download the image or save json.
Fixed boost stars showing up on villain and main scheme cards.
When saving or loading, change → and — to <code>-</code> and — to prevent garbage characters from showing up.
Fixed when saving a villain card image that background gradients would download with the colors reversed.

Update - 2024 Oct 11

Turn "Cracks off" for encounter set versions of minions, environment, attachment, and treachery. Check out Advanced Glider.
Improved mouseover effects when rolling over the color labels like "Outer Border" or "Left Color". Previously, this didn't work when you used black like Enraged Symbiote.
The card sticks to the top as the page scrolls!
Fixed Fit Rules Text for a couple of card types where it didn't work.

Update - 2024 Oct 10

Light boxes for hero cards! Load Event - Call for Aid and Obligation - Worried Father and check the colors behind the title and rules text. Keep this off for identity cards, but keep it on for aspect cards or obligations.
Fixes for Player Side Scheme headshots and resources like Player Side Scheme - Technovirus Purge.
Fixes for main and side scheme threat formatting. See Main scheme B - The Rise of Red Skull
Headshots are now sized to 240px instead of 300px. If you upload a headshot that's a different size, it will scale it correctly.
Lots of updates to fonts everywhere. What you see should match much more closely with your final download.
I replaced the color system with something more accurate. Let me know if any selected colors seem off.

2024 Oct 8

Now with Player Side Schemes! Still work to do to improve it, but they are good enough for now.
Fixed a few cards where you had to add   in traits for proper formatting.
Added examples for every card type.
Try the "Fit Rules Text" button to resize really long rules that don't fit the card. Load Hero Identity - Adam Warlock example to see it in action.
Fixes for minion HP display -- see Minion - The Sleeper

Before 2024 Oct

Front and back photo layers! Check how Alter-ego - Kamala Khan is in front of the title bar!

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Load an example:

Card type

Use the other obligation layout

Cracks on/off

Aspect color shortcut

Left color

Left accent

Right color

Right accent

Enable lightbox color?

Light box

Divider

Head corner splash

Outer border

Outer border accent

Middle border

Cracks / inner border

Inner shading

Background gradient upper

Background gradient lower

Subtitle

Overwrite card type

Rules
Help with formatting
Help with special characters

Traits

THW conseq

ATK conseq

Starting thr

Target thr

Acceleration

Main Scheme phase number

Attachment ATK

Attachment ATK star

Attachment ATK overwrite

Attachment SCH

Attachment SCH star

Attachment SCH overwrite

Villain stage (I, II, A, B...)

Boost icons

Boost star

Resource 1 (bottom)

Resource 2

Resource 3 (top)

Photo behind (1500x2150px)

Photo behind zoom level

Photo behind left <-> right

Photo behind up <-> down

Photo front (1500x2150px)

Photo front zoom level

Photo front left <-> right

Photo front up <-> down

Corner headshot (240x240)

Download image px x

Save to M3CT Load from M3CT

Card PreviewZoom: Help

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Teen Spirit — Action: Discard cards from the top of your deck until you discard a Ms. Marvel card, then add that card to your hand. (Limit once per round.)

"I want to be beautiful and awesome and butt-kicking and less complicated"

hand size 6 / hit points 10