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Would it be possible to remove the upper limit from the check for Standard format in MTG decks? Decks larger than 70 cards are legal.

Heck, there's even a card (Battle of Wits) that makes having 200 cards in your library a win condition.  Shuffling that puppy would be a pain, but still legal.

I know many competitive players like to keep their decks at (or very near) 60 cards.  Perhaps the deck listings could put the total number of cards in parenthesis behind each deck, to let people know how many cards they contain.

E.g., Blue Green Mill (75)

I've had a bit of a love/hate relationship with basic land. I love seeing the different artwork in many of the editions, but from opening so many boosters, Intro packs, Fat Packs, and other product I have accumulated far more than is useful (as a player).

So, as a player, I've stopped opening those land packs in the Fat Packs and have simply sleeved 30 of each type of basic land.  I insert the requisite quantity into whatever deck I'm playing at the moment.  It reduces the number of playable sleeves I need to keep, and it simplifies what I do with new land that comes in: it goes into a box, whether singles or packaged lots from Fat Packs, etc.  The foils, and any full-art land go right into my trade binder.

As a collector, however, I really want to collect full sets of land from each block. If you were collecting land,

1.  How many of each variant would you keep? One? Four? More?

2.  How would you store them? I'm assuming penny sleeves would be in order, or is even that overkill? After that, just sort them and store them in boxes?

3.  Is there any evidence that full block collections have more or less value based on whether or not they have a full quantity of the block's basic lands?

Here's another I've been tweaking since reviewing some of the comments here.  I think this one might surprise an opponent in the first hand, as it can start looking like a typical green ramp.  Let me know what you think, and how you think it could be improved.

http://deckbox.org/sets/214007

4 Evolving Wilds
10 Forest
4 Hinterland Harbor
6 Island
2 Tormod's Crypt
4 Arbor Elf
2 Fog
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Thought Scour
3 Jace's Erasure
3 Mind Sculpt
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Predator Ooze
4 Sands of Delirium
4 Trepanation Blade
2 Gilded Lotus

In play testing, it has worked, but can have trouble against very fast decks with lots of token generation.  Against most other decks, it often keeps desired cards out of the opponent's hand.  Wins have been (perhaps not surprisingly) about 60/40 damage/mill out.  The Trepanation Blade on Predator Ooze can be a productive combination, but I often find myself wanting to keep the oozes as blockers.  Perhaps something that confers Vigilance?

That is the question.

I have a lead on an unopened Zendikar Fat Pack for $150. Is it worth it?

I know it will have those luscious full art lands, but the boosters are a crap shoot.  What do you think?

Okay,  my sons thought I was nuts for trying green ramp with Krenko, Mob Boss and his goblin buddies, but in play testing so far, this one has done quite well against their various decks.  Please take a look and let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions.  I do realize that Goblin Chieftain will rotate out of standard in a couple of months, but thought it might be a fun play for a few FNMs between now and then.

I ramp to get Parallel Lives out and then let Krenko (and, sometimes, Garruk) do his thing.

Note, I do plan to replace the Abundant Growths with Rootbound Crags as I get them.

http://deckbox.org/sets/215489

12 Forest
6 Mountain
1 Rootbound Crag
3 Abundant Growth
4 Arbor Elf
4 Goblin Arsonist
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Pillar of Flame
4 Krenko's Command
4 Mogg Flunkies
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Goblin Chieftain
2 Garruk Relentless
4 Krenko, Mob Boss
4 Parallel Lives
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Warstorm Surge

I'm still working on the sideboard, but plan to include Naturalize, Thunderbolt, and other theme specific answers.

Can anyone else re-create the problem I describe below?

I don't know if this just started, or if I just missed it before.  When editing Detailed Information on cards in my inventory (with an active filter), the Properties field does not display where it should in the Detailed Information screen.

If editing the first few cards, it pops up in an appropriate place, but if trying to edit cards further down on the list, the properties sheet appears displaced on the page--most often far above, but sometimes below.  After opening the Detailed Information page for a specific card, if I use the main page scroll bars to scroll up to near the top of the page, the Properties field selection box will appear someone on the screen--sometimes in line with the record being edited, but other times very high in the window, near the top of the screen.

At times, it appears that the Properties box will open a little lower each time I access it for a record, almost the way Windows cascades windows when multiples are opened.  It does not affect the horizontal alignment--only the vertical position.

This happens for me under IE7 and Chrome.  Relaunching the browser and rebooting the PC did not clear it up.

When I get batches of card (e.g., collections, large lots), I typically sort them by edition, color, quality, etc. to make adding them in the advanced card input screen easier.  One thing I've noticed for cards that exist across multiple editions is that the system defaults to the newest release.  That's fantastic if I'm entering new cards from the most recent release, but gets to be annoying when trying to add quantities of cards across multiple sets.

What I propose is this: an override field for the edition.  If left blank, the form will use the default value that populates the drop-down edition box.  If populated, every card you add will use the edition listed in the override box until the box is cleared (either manually, via a button, or by refreshing the page).

The override box could still use the lookup to the list of valid set names, to ensure no errors (due to invalid edition) as the cards are added.

This could also be done with the condition and language fields.

While it would most benefit those of us entering large numbers of cards at one time, it would also benefit anyone who enters older decks.  For example, I'm just getting around to entering my Venser vs. Koth Duel Deck today, so each time I enter a card, the system populates the edition as the most recent regular edition that included that card in the release. I need to manually select the VvK edition for each card being added.

Thanks for the great site.  I realize you can't do everything.  I'll just keep posting ideas as they come, and you may decide whether it will be a good improvement for the community.