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Free Plugin by grimdonkey v3.8.0

Magic the Gathering Card Tooltips

Easily transform Magic the Gathering card names into links that show the card image in a tooltip when hovering over them. You can also quickly create …

Magic the Gathering Card Tooltips

The facts

Rating
4.2★ from 6
Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
24 Dec 2025
Added
May 2010
Requires WP
2.8.6
Tested up to
WP 6.9.7
Downloads
12,257

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Magic the Gathering Card Tooltips is a WordPress plugin designed for users who want to enhance their Magic: The Gathering content. It allows you to use shortcodes to display card names and decks, providing mouseover tooltips with images of the cards. The plugin supports deck listings and can format them in various styles, including an embedded view with card images alongside the text.

This plugin is suitable for bloggers, content creators, or anyone who regularly posts about Magic: The Gathering and wishes to provide visual references for cards and decks in their articles.

Best for: This plugin is best for Magic: The Gathering content creators and bloggers.

What it does well

  • Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
  • Supports mouseover tooltips for card images
  • Allows for deck listings with automatic category computation
  • Can import deck lists from MTG Arena and similar sources
  • Offers multiple display styles for card and deck presentations

Where it falls short

  • Limited information on additional features or customisation options

Verdict

Magic the Gathering Card Tooltips provides useful functionality for displaying card information in a visually appealing way. It is a practical tool for those focused on Magic: The Gathering content.

From the developer

grimdonkey's own description of Magic the Gathering Card Tooltips, lightly tidied.

The plugin adds shortcodes that transform mtg card names and decks to provide a mouseover image. For cards use the [mtg_card][/mtg_card] shortcode (or the shortened version [c][/c]). When viewing the post, the card name will show up as a link to the card’s page on https://deckbox.org . Hovering over the link will show the card’s image in a tooltip.

A similar tag can be used to quickly create deck listings: [mtg_deck][/mtg_deck] (or the shortened version [d][/d]). A deck listing should contain a list of cards and categories. All cards have a number before their name. All other lines are interpreted as category names. Do not include card numbers on the category name lines, they will automatically be computed and displayed by the plugin. A short example follows.

The default style for displaying decks is a card listing with each card having a mouseover tooltip. This style can be changed to an embedded view, where the listing has a card image to the right of the deck. This can be toggled in the plugin settings for all decks, or specifically for a deck by setting the style attribute to the tag, as can be seen below.

[d title="Really Small Deck" style="embedded"]
    Creatures
    2 Bloodbraid Elf
    4 Grizzly Bears

    Spells
    4 Lightning Bolt

    Sideboard
    4 Cultivate
[/d]

The screenshot section includes an image of the above deck listing.

Embedded Card Display: Individual card shortcodes also support the embedded style, displaying the card image inline instead of as a tooltip:

[card style="embedded"]Lightning Bolt[/card]
[c style="embedded"]Tarmogoyf (FUT) 153[/c]

Arena Format Support: You can now paste deck lists directly from MTG Arena (or other compatible exports – like Moxfield) with set codes and collector numbers:

[deck]
4 Lightning Bolt (M10) 146
4 Mountain (FIN)
2 Snapcaster Mage
[/deck]

The plugin will display only the card name and link to the specific printing when set code and number are provided. Set codes are case-insensitive. This format also works with the [card] shortcode: [card]Lightning Bolt (M10) 146[/card]

Read the full description on the official page →

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