feat: signed remote catalogs and reviewed FRA ratings (#7)
- Reviewed release tree verified by SPEC and independent code-quality gates; authenticated set/rating updates, pinned drafts, signed cache and fallback snapshots.
Product updates
What's new in Hyde.
New draft help, deck tracking improvements, platform releases and fixes for the Hyde MTG Arena companion.
Reality Fracture card display fixes
- Restored Reality Fracture card names, mana costs and artwork in the deck tracker instead of bare numeric labels.
- Read Arena's installed card metadata locally before optional network lookups; corrected mana values and land classification.
- Matched artwork to the same card printing and rejected unapproved image hosts.
- Connected existing reviewed ratings to verified Arena card identities without changing the rating methodology or card scores.
- Verified with the reported card IDs and real artwork in a controlled source replay, not a new live Arena match. Desktop downloads remain beta; Windows and Linux await live Arena runtime validation.
Better draft guidance, new tier lists and a new Hyde identity
- Added reviewed Reality Fracture and The Hobbit card ratings for Draft and Sealed, with public game results shown separately when available.
- Added searchable, card-first Limited tier lists and expanded the free browser simulator with complete 45-pick practice drafts.
- Improved pool-aware pick explanations, post-draft builds and fail-closed consistency between the desktop companion and browser simulator.
- Introduced Hyde's black-cat shield across the website, desktop companion and native application icons.
- Rewrote the public site around player outcomes, clearer privacy boundaries and current set coverage. Card recommendations remain beta guidance and are not presented as independently expert-validated.
Maintenance release 0.3.4
- Updated the public beta build and release packages.
Maintenance release 0.3.3
- Updated the public beta build and release packages.
Correct mana costs in active deck rows
- Backfilled full mana-payment metadata for active deck rows so costs such as {2}{R} no longer collapse to color identity.
More reliable pack detection across draft modes
- Hyde now resolves each logged pack independently, handles more draft formats, and gives more reliable multicolour and final-deck recommendations.
LCI ratings and mechanic-aware draft coaching
- Correction after source-policy review: 285 Lost Caverns of Ixalan cards retain ratings from 823,614 public 17Lands games; low-sample cards use the native rarity fallback without third-party card-level data.
- Labelled LCI's Nov–Dec 2023 PremierDraft snapshot as historical data, not live results. The native PremierDraft snapshot works offline.
- Added pool-aware guidance for artifacts, descend, explore and Maps, craft, Pirates, Dinosaurs, Caves, sacrifice themes and discover.
- Kept rating sources visible through practice drafts and final deck summaries, with the same mechanic explanations in the browser and desktop overlay.
- Craft/discover assessments describe drafted support, not guaranteed game-state outcomes. Final deck construction remains a generic color/curve/role optimizer, not an exhaustive LCI combo solver.
- macOS Apple Silicon, Windows x64, and Linux x64 packages are built by native CI runners. Windows/Linux remain beta and were not live-Arena tested for this release. macOS is not Apple-notarized; follow the documented first-launch instructions.
Maintenance release 0.2.7
- Updated the public beta build and release packages.
Deck-build guidance and overlay polish
- Post-draft deck builds now show card-rating totals and averages, deck health, archetype guidance, curve warnings, mana costs and card art.
- Curve-aware selection combines with approved 17Lands evidence to improve draft recommendations.
- The tray can reopen a retained draft build, while deck summaries stay opaque and content-fitted.
- Card previews remain above the draft badge layer instead of badges painting over preview cards.
Collapsed deck panel no longer blocks clicks
- The collapsed deck panel now stays out of the way while you play.
Reversible draft details and verdict-first recommendations
- Expanded draft details now have a visible Collapse control.
- The compact strip surfaces Clear pick, Close pick, or Preferred pick before secondary detail.
Decision-first draft overlay and measured badge details
- The compact draft panel leads with one recommendation, then shows a focused ranking and explanation.
- Draft badges use measured Arena-relative placement, clamped detail popups, stable hover feedback, and stale clearing between packs.
- Stable platform download aliases are refreshed after signed builds succeed.
Opaque companion panels and version visibility
- The tray Show Overlay action reliably brings the companion back into view.
- Dashboard and draft panels now use opaque surfaces for readable content over Arena.
- The running app version is visible in the dashboard, with SOS native draft coaching and suggested deck logging covered by desktop tests.
Draft power and suggested decks
- SOS draft coaching uses the native model and rarity fallback when approved empirical evidence is unavailable.
- Base card ratings remain separate from recommendations for your current pool.
- Post-draft suggested decks are rendered as full decklists.
Signed automatic updates
- Hyde can receive signed automatic updates for stable releases.
- The release pipeline publishes updater manifests and platform artifacts to the stable download aliases.
Dashboard views, dedicated draft simulator, and in-game draw log
- The Companion dashboard gained separate Overview, Match history, My decks, Rank progress, and Draft simulator views.
- The draft simulator became a dedicated view with an Abandon-draft control and live overlay mirroring.
- Recent draws now show the full per-game history, including the opening hand and every draw.
Platform downloads and native tray icon
- Free beta builds became available for Apple Silicon macOS, Windows x64, and Linux x64.
- The release added a native NSIS installer for Windows and an AppImage for Linux.
- The landing page gained platform-specific download instructions.
Accurate card data and card frames
- 17Lands cards now join to Scryfall metadata by card name, restoring mana cost, CMC, colours, type, rarity, set, and image data without overwriting richer local data.
- Deck and draft rows gained real mana glyphs, colour rails, and rare/mythic frame cues.
- Detailed Logs setup was documented for every platform.
First public beta: draft simulator and live overlay
- Practice full drafts from the Companion with seeded packs, power shields, and per-pick coaching.
- The live overlay provided pack rankings with reasons, land-drop odds, pick recaps, and deck summaries.
- The beta was local-first: it read Arena's Player.log read-only, required no account, and uploaded nothing.