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I've been toying with this build for the past few days.  I'd appreciate your feedback and opinions. I'm planning use this at FNM. We have a mixed crowd: some competitive players and many novices.

It has a lot of potential, but has been having problems with removal-heavy decks (as do many). The goal is to leverage life manipulation (my gain and opponent's loss) through the Constellation mechanic, and by leveraging synergies with the god cards I'm playing (Athreos to avoid the graveyard if my opponent pays life, Mogis to force a sacrifice or lose life decision, and Heliod to create enchantments for Constellation triggers).  Given the opportunity, this deck can work like an aggro deck, but is (more typically)  mid-range.

CREATURES
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4 Hopeful Eidolon
4 Nyx-Fleece Ram
4 Spiteful Returned
4 Underworld Coinsmith
3 Athreos, God of Passage
4 Grim Guardian
2 Heliod, God of the Sun
2 Mogis, God of Slaughter

ENCHANTMENTS
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4 Ethereal Armor
4 Sinister Possession

INSTANTS
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3 Hero's Downfall

LAND
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4 Godless Shrine
2 Mana Confluence
3 Mountain
3 Plains
4 Sacred Foundry
3 Temple of Silence
3 Temple of Triumph

#60

SIDEBOARD
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3 Bile Blight
2 Blind Obedience
4 Brain Maggot
4 Deicide
2 Herald of Torment

It may have been raised already, but what happened to the ability to select cards in a deck and move them to the sideboard?

To build a deck, I go through my inventory and select all cards I want to consider. I move this "pool" to a deck by checking boxes in front of the respective cards and then using the card actions Add to Deck... feature.

Once in the deck, I fine tune what I've included.  I want a quick and simple way to move cards from the deck to the sideboard (and vice versa).

In addition, I'd love to see the ability to build decks from spoiler view in the deck building area. I'd like to be able to modify quantities, add/remove cards, and move cards between the deck and the sideboard.

Long term, I'd love the ability to click and drag the card images to move them between sideboard, main deck, and a "card pool" area.

You've been doing a great job with the site, especially given the amount of change in recent months. Thanks for building the premiere site for MTG inventory management, trading, and commerce.

The whitebox search is fine in many cases, but I most often access the site from my phone when at my LGS.  I don't have the ability to enter <Ctrl>+<I> in order to bring up the search screen from my phone (or from my tablet). The static search box on the card database screen was great--I would just open a browser pointing to the database page, start typing the card name, and--VIOLA!--I could select the correct card and see the card info (including my inventory counts).  Now I cannot access that search box except when at a desktop or laptop. Then, when I do use it, I have to click another tab to see my inventory counts--not convenient at all.

Please either restore the static card database search box, or give us an option to get it back (e.g., an alternate page, a configurable option).

This is extremely important to me and my use of this site.

I know I reported this originally in early 2013, but want to re-post it again now to make sure it doesn't fall off the radar.

When I add new cards to my inventory (using Import>Cards), the system reduces my tradelist count by one if I add a card after my inventory total is at or above six (6) with at least two items in my tradelist. Through five, everything works perfectly.  So, if I already have 6 Deathbellow Raider (with 2 on my tradelist), and then I add another one, the system adds a new line for the new card, but peels one off my tradelist count on the second line (putting it to 6 and 1) and sets the new line to 1 and 1. The system assumes I'm automatically going to trade the one I'm adding, which may or may not be the case.

If I've already specified that I'm trading two of the six cards I already had, why not just insert the new item line with a default quantity of one (with nothing in the tradelist field), and leave it to each of us to decide whether or not the card we are adding is for trade? Even if you want to have the system add the new line as a 1 (inventory) and 1 (tradelist), why is it taking away from my existing trade numbers?

I just added another 60 or so cards last night, and, for the vast majority of them, I had to modify the tradelist quantity on the line that showed the cards I already have, because the system reduced that number by one.  It gets really annoying, especially when entering hundreds of new cards (as I will be doing this weekend).

Examples (assumes adding one card and making no edits to quantities):
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Count before import (inventory/tradelist): 4/0
Count after adding one card: 5/0 - OK (I can specify the new card for trade, if desired)

Count before import (inventory/tradelist): 5/1
Count after adding one card: 6/1 - OK (this is what I expect, I can specify the new card for trade, if desired)

Count before import (inventory/tradelist): 6/2
Count after adding one card: 7/2 - NOT OK. The system defaults to bringing in the new card line as 1/1. While the end quantity is mathematically correct, the system reduces the count of those cards I had already listed for trade by one. It assumes I want to trade the new card, and that I no longer want to trade one of the others.  It creates unnecessary manual inputs.

If I'm entering more than one of a new card, here's what I have to do:

Count before import (inventory/tradelist): 6/2

1) I enter the name of a card and hit Tab or Enter card: the system creates a new line with 1/1 and sets the second line to 6/1.

2) I change the count on the first line. I'm entering two cards, and plan to trade both. I enter 2 (inventory), then tab over and enter 2 (tradelist).

3) I tab twice more to get to the tradelist count on the next line, and modify the tradelist count to 2. This assumes I only have those two lines (all a single edition).

[If I have multiple editions, I have to correct the tradelist count for whatever edition was used to enter the card, in addition to setting the proper edition for the card that was added.]

4) I hit <Enter> or click Apply.

If I don't do Step 3, my count comes out as 8/3 when it should be 8/4.

This is my first attempt at making a Gruul deck.  The idea is to get the Elvish Mystic out T1, and then one or more Burning-Tree Emissary on T2, possibly with Signal the Clans (pulling Xenagos, God of Revels; Polukranos, World Eater; and Stormbreath Dragon {Polis Crusher if facing enchantment creatures}). T3 will be either a walker (if opponent offense is weak) or a Fanatic of Xenagos.

My deck: Gruuling Effort

If I cannot win simply on beefy creatures, I hope to use Xenagod to make them bigger and beefier. Polis Crusher  (though immune to Xenagod's ability) seems to be underrated, so I'm betting it will be useful in god-defense (and getting past defending gods).