<s>
Apprentice	B-Application
is	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
assists	O
in	O
playing	O
Magic	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Gathering	I-Application
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
and	O
maintains	O
a	O
searchable	O
database	O
of	O
Magic	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christopher	O
Warden	O
,	O
owner	O
of	O
Dragonstar	O
Studios	O
,	O
acquired	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
1995	O
Apprentice	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
Delphi	B-Language
by	O
Mike	O
Allen	O
and	O
after	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
1.0	O
port	O
development	O
was	O
continued	O
by	O
Ryan	O
Davis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
Apprentice	B-Application
2.0	O
was	O
open	O
sourced	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Apprentice	B-Application
started	O
being	O
updated	O
again	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
website	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apprentice	B-Application
lacks	O
a	O
rules	O
engine	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
moves	O
forward	O
by	O
the	O
players	O
typing	O
out	O
their	O
current	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apprentice	B-Application
simply	O
provides	O
an	O
interface	O
that	O
can	O
keep	O
track	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
phase	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
cards	O
in	O
play	O
and	O
their	O
current	O
state	O
;	O
and	O
cards	O
in	O
the	O
graveyard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
old	O
1.46	O
is	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
is	O
downloadable	O
without	O
need	O
for	O
either	O
charge	O
or	O
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
when	O
Dragonstar	O
Studios	O
disbanded	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
release	O
the	O
Apprentice	B-Application
1.0	O
source	O
code	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
legal	O
agreement	O
between	O
them	O
and	O
Wizards	O
of	O
the	O
Coast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apprentice	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
acknowledged	O
and	O
licensed	O
by	O
Wizards	O
of	O
the	O
Coast	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
only	O
uses	O
publicly	O
available	O
rules	O
and	O
lists	O
of	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netdraft	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
program	O
used	O
by	O
both	O
Apprentice	B-Application
and	O
Magic	O
Workstation	O
to	O
support	O
"	O
drafts	O
,	O
"	O
a	O
popular	O
limited	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
Apprentice	B-Application
,	O
Netdraft	O
has	O
been	O
occasionally	O
updated	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
spartan	O
but	O
functional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apprentices	B-Application
usage	O
was	O
threatened	O
with	O
the	O
proliferation	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Backwash	O
"	O
program	O
which	O
allowed	O
undetectable	O
cheating	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
ordering	O
of	O
each	O
player	O
's	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
program	O
threatened	O
the	O
viability	O
of	O
Apprentice	B-Application
in	O
leagues	O
where	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
prizes	O
were	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apprentice	B-Application
2.0	O
includes	O
encryption	O
to	O
prevent	O
these	O
types	O
of	O
exploits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
currently	O
supported	O
are	O
Magic	B-Application
:	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gathering	I-Application
and	O
Star	O
Trek	O
Customizable	O
Card	O
Game	O
(	O
2nd	O
Edition	O
only	O
as	O
of	O
now	O
)	O
,	O
more	O
games	O
are	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
