401 Topic by sebi

(5 replies, posted in Announcements)

* fixed some lands that were showing up with converted mana cost in the "0" column of mana graphs
* imported Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021
* imported JP promo Fiendish Duo
* imported WPN promos for 2021
* added Zariel, Archduke of Avernus // Devil and Lolth, Spider Queen // Spider to the afr tokens

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402 Reply by sebi

(3 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Just to add, my other fear is that they will begin to print cards in promo packs that break this rule of a single printing per card, and then we will have to distinguish the printing via a note or something... "Ikoria version" versus "THB version".

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403 Reply by sebi

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I would also like a single edition, I hate the uncetainty on each import, about which printing came out in which promo pack first etc. The only fear is that this would grow to thousands of printings, making the edition page considerably larger than all other editions, unusable, and I will need to paginate it or something...

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404 Topic by sebi

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Due to some fixes and improvements the tooltips should be snappier, the further away from Europe you are, the bigger should be the difference smile. Let me know if you see any change.  (I have fixed and improved some caching issues for the mouseover tooltips and most other static assets, and they are properly served through a CDN now too, hence lower latency for the Americas / Asia etc. Waiting for the caches to warm up for a while, we'll see how effective this is in a couple of days)

* Imported missing The List cards.
* Imported missing pro tour related promos - qualifiers and JP promos

Still need to import the Art Series, and I'm a bit behind on support tickets, but getting there!

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405 Topic by sebi

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Many of the newer double faced cards did not have a mana cost at all and some of the old ones only listed the cost on the front, making it hard to search and filter for them. Some split cards also had a wrong converted mana cost. These issues should now be fixed. Let me know if you see any issues with the changes.

A couple of other fixes:
* Added non-sideboard Disenchant version of 1997 world champ deck
* added AFR spider // icingdeath frost tongue and AFR 7/19 spider // zariel archduke of avernus
* marked Invigorate, Chatterstorm, Sojourner's Companion as banned in Pauper
* fixed an issue breaking facebook login for some users

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406 Reply by sebi

(12 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Sorry about the issues guys. Weirdly there's not much load on the server and I don't see anything directly problematic at first glance. Also suspicious that most reports of slowness are from the U.S. and since the servers are in the EU that might point to some issue.

As a first diagnostic step, when you experience slowness, , can someone please click on the menu in chrome -> more tools -> developer tools. Then on the network tab, check "preserve log", and click around 1 minute, hover over a tooltip or two, then the last icon on the right should be "Export". And please send me the file to support@deckbox.org

Thanks!

I am working on some other speed related issues this week too, that will also help, although might not be directly related to this.

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407 Topic by sebi

(6 replies, posted in Announcements)

Hello,

The extras around Midnight Hunt were imported today:
- tokens & double faced tokens
- Prerelease datestamped promos
- promo pack cards
- Commander cards
- Commander tokens

Still some WPN promos missing, will take a look on moday.

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408 Topic by sebi

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A bit of a quicker import this time, the next set is in today, but the prerelease promos and tokens will still be missing for a few days.

A few missing Secret Lair promos also imported now.

The standard rotation is already applied, to give people some time to test some "next standard" decks smile

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409 Reply by sebi

(8 replies, posted in Announcements)

Agree that there should be some solution to the buyers who always just snipe spiked cards leaving negative.

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410 Topic by sebi

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Hello,

I have thought some more on the topic of implementing a possibility for sellers to opt for "non-instant orders" - where buyers need to first open the order for discussion before payment [1]. This would allow the seller to double check on inventory availability, card condition accuracy and pricing issues, thus avoiding the fees and annoyance of refunds.

I have tried to sketch a couple of options, ranging from a simple info flag that would highlight sellers that ask for such a discussion before payment, to an option that does not allow the buyer to pay before the seller "confirms", much like the trades have a "propose" - "accept" flow on both sides.

I have decided in the end that all the solutions have a bit too many downsides, and in the name of simplicity we will remain with the current system. In all cases there would be too many loopholes where sellers could lowball the pricing, only to then later bump it up after an order is discussed, or be negligent with inventory since cancellations would not incur negative feedback, etc...

The interface is also getting complicated, since the "special seller flag" needs to be displayed (and also explained) on card pages, on marketplace pages, on seller profile pages, on seller tradelists, on order pages, and on multi-order pages, where you'd have some of your orders be "instant", others "wait to discuss them" before you can click on "pay for all".

I'm not saying the feature request was not reasonable, and I do empathize with the issues of keeping accurate pricing and inventories for occasional sellers that have a job and life outside of magic, and not much time, but I could not find a solution that felt clean sad

All I can promise ist that I will try harder on keeping deckbox pricing more correct, and less "laggy" in catching up with price spikes, as much as i can.

[1] https://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=31339

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411 Reply by sebi

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weberondeckbox wrote:

Not sure if this is part of the update, but I added an emoji to a deck title and it worked great. Later when I went to delete it, I got an error that the deck couldn't be deleted. Removing the emoji from the title and then deleting fixed the problem.

Fixed now, thanks for reporting!

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412 Topic by sebi

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- fixed 'stickiness' of the view mode for cube decks (it was not remembering if you changed it to normal listing)
- migrated many fields to allow emoji input - chat messages, set names, comments, user bios, etc. There is no emoji picker yet on desktop, but if you select emojis on mobile or you paste them, they will work.
- adjusted pricing information for the Guru lands
- imported 6 missing Spider-based double sided AFR tokens
- imported a few MH2 missing double sided tokens: Angel // Elephant token (3/14), Thopter // Copy token (8/31), Germ /// Thopter token (10/26), Ape // Beast token (12/13),  Cat // Myr token (4/24)
- imported JP manga insert Bone Shredder
- imported the 2 new Judge promos - Morophon, the Boundless and Zacama, Primal Calamity
- imported missing Mountain card from the 1999 Mark Le Pine world champ deck

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413 Reply by sebi

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Sleet wrote:

Am I crazy or is there a Bird / / Treasure token in MH2? I could have sworn I got 3 of them...

Should already be imported, there's 2 of them listed here:
https://deckbox.org/editions/620-extras … romqs=true

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414 Topic by sebi

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- separated the Token: Timeless Witness token from the Timeless Witness card
- imported the AFR Double-Sided Tokens
- imported the AFR Commander Double-Sided Tokens
- imported the MH2 Double-Sided Tokens
- imported the  AFR Oversized Dungeon Tokens
- imported the AFR Ampersand promos
- imported 2 year of the ox store challenger promos (into the 2021 Lunar New Year edition)
- imported missing Angel // Ape doublesided token from Double masters

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415 Topic by sebi

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Finally imported the promo pack and prerelease cards. I also tried something new with the icons to stop the "ribbon" for everything problem, let me know if they work better.

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416 Topic by sebi

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- fixed pricing information for Love your LGS promos and various WPN / Gateway promos
- fixed pricing information for double sided cards in strixhaven (+ prerelease)
- fixed pricing information for strixhaven promo pack cards
- fixed pricing information for Flooded Strand nationals promo
- fixed pricing for some MH2 extended art, retro frame, showcase cards
- imported MH2 etched foils
- moved the Double-Faced Card Placeholder cards out from the "Extras: Zendikar Rising" edition to a separate one, as they were duplicating the collector numbers
- imported the 9 Double-Faced Card Placeholder for Kaldheim, and the 9 for Strixhaven

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417 Topic by sebi

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418 Topic by sebi

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- [couple of weeks ago] fixed pricing issues for special cards in AFR (promos, extended arts etc), pricing for AFR Commander should now also be displaying correctly
- [couple of weeks ago] fixed legality in Historic and Pioneer for the M19 Gift Pack Promos
- fixed collector numbers 26 an 27 in Duel Deck Anthology Elves VS Goblins
- fixed pricing for beta Power Surge, Nether Shadow and Righteousness, Living Artifact, Alpha Nettling Imp
- dungeons appear in the Token section of decks now instead of an empty section
- imported missing AFR cards from The List
- changed handling of all edition symbol handling, should be easier to work with now, and to update some older bad quality ones. The etched editions are based on the main edition icon and have a little 'foil rainbow' on top, not sure if this is visible enough at the small icon size though, might need some adjustment. Perhaps this would work nicely for promo packs and prereleases.
- fixed pricing for JP Alternate Art cards in Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- imported Strixhaven Mystical Archive Etched
- the etched foils in Commander Legends now have a note saying "Foil Etched". They are still part of the main edition, as they are on other websites, since they got their own collector numbers in sequence, as part of the set, from wizards
- imported missing Secret Lair Drop Series cards - Phyrexian Praetors, Dan Frazier Signets, etc
- imported Modern Horizons retro frame etched cards
- fixed pricing information for the MH retro frame foils & etched foils


Does anyone know of a list of the possible cards in MH2 that can be etched? I found some information about them, but not a clear list of the collector numbers.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/a … 2021-05-21
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/a … 2021-05-21

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419 Reply by sebi

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Solseek wrote:

Hello, Sebi! I notice a small issue: when sorting by Expansion on the Inventory page, Strixhaven still shows at the top instead of AFR.

Thanks, should be fixed now.

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420 Reply by sebi

(21 replies, posted in Announcements)

scramasax wrote:

I had to close ads for pushing the reply button. I have to do it often when I enter cards because ads are over drop down list. does it impact the money you receive from them?

Thanks for reporting. It was reported before but I couldn't reproduce at that time, it's time I took a second look. big_smile

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421 Topic by sebi

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* fixed / implemented various behind-the-scenes issues / scripts / configurations for a big mysql upgrade (yay finally on 8.0) and a physical server upgrade / change. Still a few more things to do here related to backups, and some utf8mb4 migrations, for emoji support in various places.
* fixed deck sorting problems
* imported MH2 prerelease promos, Art Series
* imported Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, Tokens, Art Series, Commander

Still missing
- etched cards
- new "ampersand foil" cards for AFR
- double sided tokens for MH2
- DFC helper cards

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422 Reply by sebi

(13 replies, posted in Announcements)

Solseek wrote:

I understand that the solution you pick for Etched Foil may not be one that works for me, and I'll continue to use odd Flag Combos instead (e.g. Foil & Promo or Foil & Misprint).

Pricing is the issue here. The etched versions have to have their own separate price from normal and foil. I  difficult to add  special handling for flags whenever wizards wants to add another one, that might be just used for a single set (like the d&d ampersand foil thing they're doing now). It's much easier to just have that as a printing than a special flag. (the same as we do for planeswalker stamped, date stamped, etc...)

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423 Reply by sebi

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I'm trying to get up to date. There were a lot of backend updates for both the webapp framework and the database version that were overdue, tech debt to be paid and all that. Unglamorous and invisibile to users but needs to be done. I was also behind on responding to all the support tickets and trade disputes, which I finally finished getting up to date last week.  There are some more database issues with utf8 text to solve, emojis do not work in chats and other fields. This was waiting for the mysql upgrade which was done (not smoothly) today. Still need to set up some changes in my backup flow to account for the new mysql version and my new physical db server, that needed an upgrade.

Wizards keeps printing insane numbers of varieties that need attention when importing, they do not provide a database to nicely parse. Scryfall is mostly up to date as a double check source, but they also I think have problems with etched, the new special d&d treatment, and they do not list the double sided tokens either. Tcgplayer and mtgcardmarket do add things quickly but I cannot write an importer for those, as they are full of badly named cards with "V1" or other random text in their names. So it's a slog.

I was not (and still am not) sure how to handle the etched in the best way, backend-code wise. All other sites seem to just add another printing for it, so I think I'm going for that as well. Should be finally coming up this week.

That's mostly the current status.

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424 Topic by sebi

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Some problems occurred with a major mysql upgrade today causing close to 2 hours of downtime, sorry about the inconvenience.

I'm still investigating potential issues, please let me know if you notice slow pages or any other new bugs.

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425 Topic by sebi

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- fixed an issue preventing some decks being properly displayed in spoiler or cube/compact mode
- fixed an issue with changing the preferred currency in seller accounts
- fixed an issue with creating events in communities
- imported Japanese media insert Counterspell
- imported 2 missing 2021 Judge promos
- imported 10 missing basic land printings in the Introductory 2 player set

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