MSE Templates: Install, Fonts, Symbols & Game Packs

Magic Set Editor’s program and its templates are separate things, maintained by separate people. The program itself is finished — the author’s last release is 2.1.2 (2020) — but the templates are alive: the community template packs were still being updated in October 2026. This hub explains how the template ecosystem works, which pack you need, and how to install it.

Who makes the templates: MagicSetEditorPacks

Community templates are published by the MagicSetEditorPacks organisation on GitHub (github.com/MagicSetEditorPacks), the template arm of the same fan community that runs magicseteditor.boards.net and distributes the 2.5.8 packages. Each pack is its own repository, so you can take a complete pack or a smaller focused one.

• Full-Magic-Pack — the complete Magic pack (152 stars; still updated, latest push 17 October 2026). Contains the data/ template folder, the Magic - Fonts/ folder, and the program files themselves, so it also works as a ready-to-run integrated package.
• M15-Magic-Pack — the M15-frame pack (60 stars; push 12 October 2026), for users who mainly design on the modern M15 frame.
• Basic-M15-Magic-Pack — a smaller basic M15 pack (16 stars; push 7 October 2026).
• Full-Non-Magic-Pack — every non-Magic frame (30 stars; push 11 June 2026): Yu-Gi-Oh! and the other community games, with an Other - Fonts/ folder organised by game.

The organisation also maintains a standalone Font-Pack repository and an Installer-Pack repository (push 17 October 2026) — a sign of how active this ecosystem still is, even though the program underneath it no longer changes.

How template installation works (the two-folder mechanism)

There is no template installer and no in-program template store. Installing a pack is always the same two moves:

• Copy data/ in. Extract the pack and copy its data/ folder into your Magic Set Editor folder, next to the program file. Restart the program and the frames appear in the template choices.
• Install the Fonts folder. Open the pack’s Magic - Fonts/ folder (or the right game subfolder of Other - Fonts/), select every font file, right-click and choose Install. Skip this and cards render in the wrong typeface.

This matters most for the GitHub 2.1.2 release, which is a program-only zip with no templates or fonts at all. Integrated packages — the community 2.5.8 builds and the Full-Magic-Pack itself — already contain these folders, which is why they work straight after extraction.

Guides in this hub

• How to Install MSE Templates Into Magic Set Editor — the data/ copy, step by step, with verification checks.
• MSE High-Resolution Templates: What Controls Export Quality — why resolution follows the template, and why there is no HD switch.
• How to Install MSE Fonts From a Template Pack — the Fonts folders, and the symptoms of missing fonts.
• MSE Set Symbols: Create Yours With the Built-In Editor — the vector symbol editor and .mse-symbol files.
• MSE Yu-Gi-Oh! Templates: Cards Beyond Magic — Yu-Gi-Oh! through the Non-Magic pack.
• MSE Pokémon Templates: What the Community Pack Offers — Pokémon coverage, stated honestly.

New to the program itself? Start with How to Install Magic Set Editor on Windows (and Add Templates), and get the program from the download page — each source is listed separately there, so you always know where your file comes from.