Code online!

I don't have anything runnable, but I understand that talking about something you can't touch doesn't draw much interest. Well, "touching" over the internet is a vague concept, and code isn't physical, but putting my code online is as close as it can get. you can find it at http://code.google.com/p/laterna-magica/, and download it via SVN. The code is located in svn/trunk/laterna.

Well, as i said, it's not a runnable game or something, but you can still see something:
magica.card.utils.LaternaMagica shows a JTextPane that is filled with a String including mana symbols.
magica.card.impl.MagicObjectImpl features the layer system. It applies some effects to a simplified Llanowar Elves (just a 1/1 Elf for G):


//nothing runs without a game!
Game g = new GameImpl();





//The matcher defines a set of cards to be affected
Matcher m1 = getCardMatcher(getMatcher(ENCHANTMENT));
/* Then, an effect is registered in the game with that matcher.
 * In sum, this represents a static ability saying,
 *  "All enchantments are green."
 * Well, not exactly. It's more like,
 *  "All enchantment cards in all zones are green."
 */

g.getGlobalEffects().getEffects().put(new ColorChangingEffectImpl(g, ADDING, GREEN), m1);


/* 
 * This creates a Llanowar elves card (currently,
 * CardTemplateImpl implements a Green 1/1 Elf)

 */

MagicObject card = new MagicObjectImpl(g, new CardTemplateImpl());
 
//Here are some effects - should be obvious
//The order matters here - the effects get timestamps

CharacteristicEffect e1 = new PTSwitchingEffectImpl(g);
CharacteristicEffect e2 = new PTChangingEffectImpl(g, 0, 2);
CharacteristicEffect e3 = new TypeChangingEffectImpl(g, ADDING, ARTIFACT);
CharacteristicEffect e4 = new TypeChangingEffectImpl(g, SETTING, ENCHANTMENT);
CharacteristicEffect e5 = new OverridingCharacteristicEffectImpl(g, L3, MANA_COST,
        ManaFactoryImpl.INSTANCE.parseSequence("{R/W}"));


//All these effects are added to the card.

card.getEffects().add(e1);
card.getEffects().add(e2);
card.getEffects().add(e3);
card.getEffects().add(e4);
card.getEffects().add(e5);

//now, the result is printed out

CardCharacteristics c = card.getCharacteristics().get(0);
System.out.printf("%s - %s%n", c.getName(), c.getManaCost());
System.out.println(c.getColorCharacteristic());
System.out.printf("%s %s - %s%n", c.getSuperTypeCharacteristic(), c.getTypeCharacteristic(),
        c.getSubTypeCharacteristic());
System.out.printf("%d/%d%n", c.getPower(), c.getToughness());



Running this will give you the following output:
Llanowar Elves - {R/W}
+[White, Red, Green]
+[] +[Enchantment] - +[]
0/0
The card's name is Llanowar Elves, and it costs R/W. Red and white come from it's mana cost, and it's green again because it's an enchantment. Because It's not a creature, if doesn't have the "Elf" subtype, and also no P/T