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Checking out some of my finished trades, it doesn't look like the trade totals are only adding one copy of a card and not all the copies that might be included. You can check my Kozilek / Caverns trade for an example of this.

Look at the back of the card and check out the top right portion of the 'A' in 'MAGIC'.  A regular 4th edition card will have a light blue color highlight while the Alt 4th card will be dark blue.  Check here for examples:

http://www.magiclibrarities.net/raritie … mages.html

I've received enough mangled pieces of mail to know that sometimes there are sorting machine mishaps.  Toploaders increase the risks of a sorting accident.

Having looked at the Edition Checklist section in more detail, this is going to save many hours over winter break when I finally intend to enter my complete sets.  For me, this alone is worth the upgrade to Premium.

I hope that some of you will take the intention of Sebi's words to heart.  He is putting in his time and resources to make Deckbox for everyone, and he would like to keep doing so.  Any public site has costs, and Sebi and others would like to make Deckbox better than it is now.  The marketplace section and now premium accounts are a way to help pay for the work that has gone into the site.  If you want to help out, then you can buy cards via the marketplace or sign up for a premium account.   This is a great site and it needs some way to support the servers, ISP costs and staff to run it.

If you look at other sites, they also have premium versions.  Pucatrade won't let you trade for foils and holds off on offering many useful features unless you pay.  Star City Games offers lots of great Magic articles, but many of the pro-written articles aren't available unless you pay for the content.  I'm sure that Sebi would love to have all of the feature available for free, and if the marketplace had taken off in a big way, I'm sure that premium accounts would be different from how they are presented now.   Probably the premium accounts would have more features such as the promised tagging, or maybe premium would not be needed at all.

Maybe there is a different way to support Deckbox that would rely on periodic donations to support it, much like a public radio pledge drive.  For now, just recognize that there is a need to support Deckbox in some way if you find it useful.  If you don't want to support it via a premium account, then buy some cards in the marketplace.  Maybe there could be a 'Donate' button so that people could contribue $5 or $10 if the premium accounts are too much money.

You can still print labels from PayPal, but you may no longer have a link presented to the multi-order shipping tool.  Log in to PayPal and then go to:

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/websc … bulk-ship#

From there you should be able to create and purchase labels as normal.

The policies at DeckBox seem in line with what is generally accepted.  For comparision, here are the guidelines from PayPal (I've clipped some that are irrelevant):

Seller Protection

If you are sent an unauthorized payment (for example, from a hacked account) or a buyer claims they never received their item, our Seller Protection covers you for the full amount of the payment on eligible sales.  For more information, see user agreement

Protected Sales

Tangible items that are sold and shipped with proof of delivery from within the United States to buyers worldwide. To ensure you’re protected, ship within 7 days to the address that the buyer specifies during checkout. Be upfront about all the details of the item, specifically defects, use, and abnormalities. Also disclose an accurate delivery estimate.

Proof of Delivery

Required for protection eligibility. A digital or physical proof of delivery from the shipping company that should include: ship date, buyer's address, and delivered date.

Items Not Covered

Items that don't match your description, intangible items like services or digital goods, items that violate our or eBay's policies, and items you sell or deliver in person. All are not covered.

Tips

For payments over $750 USD (or local currency equivalent, including shipping and tax) or more, be sure that you have signature confirmation of delivery in addition to proof of shipment (See above). If a buyer files a claim, you must respond to our requests for information as outlined in our communications to you.

You ship the item to the shipping address listed on the PayPal Transaction Details page. If you’re not selling on eBay, make sure you ship to a Confirmed Address. This means that you’re shipping to an address that PayPal has validated to help reduce chances of fraud.

If you have just started to play then you should borrow a deck or buy one of the duel decks or clash packs and just play one of the decks as it comes  For the first bit you'll likely have a lot more fun if you can just focus on the rules and strategy.  Once you have the hang of things, borrow another deck and play it for 5 to 10 games to get how it works, and then keep borrowing different decks.  Once you've played for a month or so then you could start to build your own deck from scratch.

I would set the land as something like:

2 Battlefield Forge
3 Caves of Koilos
3 Temple of Triumph
3 Temple of Silence
2 Temple of Malice
3 Bloodstained Mire
3 Mountain
2 Swamp
3 Plains

That gives you 8 untapped sources of each color and 5 or 6 tapped sources for each color.  The 8 scry lands should help even out your mana and set you up for whatever you need to play on turn three.

In case it's of interest to you, I've made a few revisions to the deck that I linked to in my post.  I've been able to play it a few times, and Ajani, Mentor of Heroes is fabulous, as being able to get either counters or another creature is a huge help.  It's a fun deck, though I have no idea how competitive it is.