diff --git a/projects/mtg/tools/gatherer/cards.pl b/projects/mtg/tools/gatherer/cards.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+my $data_file="IN.txt";
+open(DAT, $data_file) || die("Could not open file!");
+my @raw_data=<DAT>;
+close(DAT);
+
+my $state = 0;
+my $textLines = 0;
+my $count = 0;
+foreach my $line (@raw_data)
+{
+    my $id;
+    my $name;
+    $count++;
+
+    if ($line =~ m/(\s*)<a id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_MainContent_SubContent_SubContent_ctl00_cardEntries_ctl(.*)_cardLink" (.+) href="..\/Card\/Details.aspx\?multiverseid\=(.+)">(.+)<\/a>/g ) {
+        $id = $4;
+        $name = $5;
+        if ($state) {
+            print "[/card]\n";
+        }
+        $state = 1;
+
+        print "[card]\n";
+        print "id=" . $id . "\n";
+        print "name=" . $name . "\n";
+    }else {
+        next unless $state;
+        $state++;
+        $line =~ s/^\s*(.*?)\s*$/$1/;
+        if ($state == 9) {
+            my @manas = split(//,$line);
+            print "mana=";
+            foreach my $mana (@manas) {
+                print "{$mana}";
+            }
+            print "\n";
+        }
+        if ($state == 17) {
+            if ($line =~ m/(.*)\s\s— (.+)/g) {
+                my $type =$1;
+                my $subtype = $2;
+                print "type=" . $type . "\n";
+                print "subtype=" . $subtype . "\n";
+            } else {
+                if ($line =~ m/(.+)/g) {
+                    my $type =$1;
+                    print "type=" . $type . "\n";
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+        if ($state == 25) {
+            if ($line =~ m/\((.+)\/(.+)\)/g) {
+                my $p =$1;
+                my $t =$2;
+                print "power=" . $p. "\n";
+                print "toughness=" . $t. "\n";
+            }
+        }
+        if ($state == 33) {
+            $line =~ s/<br\s\/>/ /;
+            if ($line) {
+                
+                unless ($textLines) {
+                    print "text=";
+                }
+                if ($line eq "</td>") {
+                    print "\n";
+                    $textLines = 0;
+                    $state++;
+                }else {
+                    print $line;
+                    $textLines++;
+                    $state--;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ($state == 41) {
+            my $rarity = "C";
+            if ($line =~ m/.+\sUncommon/g) {
+                $rarity= "U";
+            }
+            elsif ($line =~ m/.+\sMythic Rare/g) {
+                    $rarity= "M";
+            }
+            elsif ($line =~ m/.+\sRare/g) {
+                    $rarity= "R";
+            }
+            print "rarity=" . $rarity . "\n";
+        }
+
+    }
+}
+print "[/card]\n";