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We report an optimized chemical vapor transport method to grow singlecrystals of (Mn$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$)$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ where x = 0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 & 1.Single crystals up to 4\,mm\,$\times$\,3\,mm\,$\times$\,200\,$\mu$m wereobtained by this method. As-grown crystals characterized by means of scanningelectron microscopy, and powder x-ray diffraction measurements. The structuralcharacterization shows that all crystals crystallize in monoclinic symmetrywith the space group $C2/m$ (No. 12). We have further investigated the magneticproperties of this series of single crystals. The magnetic measurements of theall as-grown single crystals show long-range antiferromagnetic order along allcrystallographic principal axes. Overall, the N\'eel temperature TN isnon-monotonous, with increasing $Ni^{2+}$ doping the temperature of theantiferromagnetic phase transition first decreases from 80 K for pristineMn$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ (x = 0) up to x = 0.5, and then increases again to 155 K forpure Ni$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ (x = 1). The magnetic anisotropy switches fromout-of-plane to in-plane as a function of composition in(Mn$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$)$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ series. Transport studies under hydrostaticpressure on the parent compound Mn$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ evidence an insulator-metaltransition at an applied critical pressure of ~22 GPa

Tuning magnetic and transport properties in quasi-2D (Mn$_{1-x}$Ni$_x$)$_2$P$_2$S$_6$ single crystals