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title: Cache Art Crops
status: Completed
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## Objectives
- Ensure "Art Crop" images are cached locally alongside "Normal" images to support offline mode and reduce external API calls.
- Update `CardService` (Server) to download and save `.crop.jpg` files.
- Update `PackGeneratorService` (Client) to use local `.crop.jpg` URLs when `useLocalImages` is enabled.

## Implementation Details
1.  **Server (`CardService.ts`)**:
    - Modified `cacheImages` loop to detect if `image_uris.art_crop` (or face equivalent) exists.
    - Implemented concurrent downloading of both the normal image and the art crop.
    - Saves art crops with the pattern: `public/cards/images/[setCode]/[uuid].crop.jpg`.

2.  **Client (`PackGeneratorService.ts`)**:
    - Updated `processCards` to check the `useLocalImages` flag.
    - If true, constructs the `imageArtCrop` URL using the local server path: `${origin}/cards/images/${set}/${id}.crop.jpg`.

## Impact
- When users import a cube or set collection, both image versions will now be stored.
- The Battlefield view (which uses `art_crop`) will now load instantly from the local server cache instead of Scryfall.