Project:Style guidelines

This page documents some basic style guidelines and conventions used on M:TG Archive. Feel free to add or improve on these.

Brand names

• The first mention should use the full name of the game - Magic: The Gathering. Subsequent references in the same section can use Magic.
• As above, either form should be italicized (using two single quotes in wiki-markup) whenever the name of the game is used in a sentence.

Set/expansion names

• Use italics when set names, like Legends, are mentioned in a sentence.
  • The terms Alpha, Beta, and Limited Edition are not italicized because there was never a product sold under those names.
• In bullet lists or tables, use plain text, but italicize sets which are not yet released.

Card names

• Use single quotes when card names are mentioned in a sentence, such as 'Black Lotus'.
• In bullet lists or tables, use plain text without single quotes.
• You can link card names to Gatherer by using this notation: displayed text. For example, [[Card:Prodigal Sorcerer|Tim]] makes Tim and [[Card:Serra Angel|Serra Angel]] produces Serra Angel.