sebi wrote:
HikingStick wrote:

Would it be possible for the inventory counts to be displayed above the marketplace sales opportunities on the card database pages (actually, that's my preference everywhere). As it is, i have to scroll past those cards for sale just to see how many i own.

Yes, we are cleaning up the card pages soon, probably moving to a tabbed layout, that will remember your preferred tab, so you always see the section you are most interested in.

Sounds fantastic. May your coffers be flush and your problem logs short.

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(2 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

I'd love to see a flag for this (e.g., "event stamp"), as I'm one who would not want to receive stamped cards without agreeing to it first.

There should be other flags for "signed", "altered", etc. Personally, I'd like to see a notes flag and field.

Would it be possible for the inventory counts to be displayed above the marketplace sales opportunities on the card database pages (actually, that's my preference everywhere). As it is, i have to scroll past those cards for sale just to see how many i own.

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(0 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Moving toward the marketplace, I believe we need more card condition options. At a minimum: mint, near mint, very fine, fine, good. If I'm buying or selling, I have higher expectations about card quality.

In addition, and especially if additional card grading options are not available, we will need the ability to post actual card photos/scans, or links to photos/scans.

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(16 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

It seems to be common in other areas of the site, too. A number of non-alpha characters get converted into their code representations when you save.  It happens in profiles too.

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(8 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)

I'm also not seeing why you need the Chromatic Lantern.  What other color of mana do you need? If just wanting them for their ability to tap for colorless, I believe you'll be better off with just the additional islands. If anything, find some cards that will let you gain some card draw, or play an additional land.

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(8 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)

When playing so many high-drop cost cards, you really need to have around 24 land.

I also recommend thinning the number of high-cost cards you are running--include three-of or two-of for the most expensive ones.  You don't want to end up with a hand loaded with those late-game drops.

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(2 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

I'm not sure if it is a bug, but it is worth further investigation.  Your post is making me wonder a bit, too...

I decide what to put in my trade binder (or in my bulk trade boxes) based on my inventory numbers. For any recent set (M12 and on), I list items for trade if I have five or more of that card.  Recently, after trading things away from my binder (items that my inventory once indicated were in excess of four in quantity), I've gone into Deckbox to adjust my inventory (e.g., reducing the total owned from five to four and the number in my tradelist from one to zero).  When doing so, however, I've found many cards that show inventory counts less than four (the minimum number I keep), but when I've gone back to my physical inventory, I find complete play sets (4x of each).

Because I've not been as active on the site over the past six months, I thought I had just messed up my inventory.  I've been going through and verifying quantities.  Some of the cards that had wrong inventory numbers are ones that had correct amounts a few months ago (because I had exported my inventory at different times). Now with your post, I'm wondering if something is going on...

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(92 replies, posted in Announcements)

9700377 wrote:
sebi wrote:

True @ Kammikaze, we're adding it this week.

I just bought into a seller account today. Once this is done, I'll put up all my cards. Until then, not having this feature means I'm only listing my cards that are worth $5 or more.

I'm holding off on buying into a seller account until features are fully fleshed out and outstanding questions have been answered.

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(6 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Xan wrote:
bactgudz wrote:

No it is not. Lastpass is notorious for false positives on Heartbleed.  Please do some research before trying to cause a scare.  I tested it with both Qualys Lab and filipp.io testers and it passed.

Its true, LastPass only checks to see if OpenSSL is in use, not whether it is patched. However, Qualys Lab's test is still experimental (they admit this). I don't know anything about filippo.io.

sebi wrote:

We've patched it yesterday. Not sure where you saw it's vulnerable.

First, good job on patching it.

According to LastPass, your certificates are still 6 months old. As I understand it, servers need both a patch and new certificates. Check this article (point #6) for a reference, though the article is not written for a technical audience.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 … curity-ssl

Yes, new certs will be needed, as the private key of the cert may have been compromised while Open SSL was still vulnerable.

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(49 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

I'm hoping will provide us with the ability to make our inventories private soon. I can always export my inventory to send it to my insurance rep (I typically do that anyway, since that's the only way I can add notes about specific cards).  My primary concern is showing my entire listed inventory to the world--it would only take one person with malicious intent a minimum of effort to gather a list of names and addresses (available to anyone who trades with a partner--not sure what is visible yet for those with seller accounts) to target for burglary. There'd be little chance of tracing the stolen goods, unless WotC has been secretly marking cards with microdots, or embedding RFID technology in them for decades (NOT!).

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(3 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Fold a paper lengthwise in half. Repeat. This gives you something about 1/4 the width of the page. Then fold it accordion style: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Place it in the case and close the cover. It will try to expand, keeping tension between the cards and the case.

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(49 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

jassi007 wrote:
HikingStick wrote:

Yes, my insurance agent is now concerned because he could visit the site and see my inventory. This needs to change (to at least give members the option of hiding their inventory) ASAP.

With the new marketplace feature, we may need a way to flag cards that will be available in the marketplace, rather than just those in a tradelist (what I trade and what I'd sell are two different things).

Your insurance agent knows about deckbox?

It's how I provide him the valuation of my inventory on a quarterly basis.

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(6 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)

Kammikaze wrote:

Whoops, HikingStick beat me to it!

I'm just glad to know I've grown enough as a player that my feedback falls in the mainstream.  ;-)

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(6 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)

Okay. After looking at your deck and sideboard, the first thing I noticed is that your mana base is completely flip-flopped. You needed twelve plains and five islands (that's one less total land than you were running, but with the opposite ratio of land types).  I see that as the biggest issue. To determine your mana needs, count the total number of each color of mana you need to cast your spells. For your deck, that's 17 white and 5 blue (ignoring any colorless).  That's the general ratio of mana you need--17 white to five blue. Reduce that as best you can--for your deck, it is close to 3:1 (three white for every one blue). That's how I came to my numbers (twelve white and five blue). From there, tweak the number if you know you have more low drops in the lesser color. Also consider adding more of the lesser color if the cards in that color (blue, in your case) require multiple mana of that color to be cast (so, for your deck, if you had multiple cards that needed two blue).

For your other cards, it's not as if any of them is specifically bad (though some may not like Coastline Chimera), but I don't feel your deck took advantage of what you did have (especially the Heroic mechanic on Favored Hoplite and Fabled Hero).  I typically try to get multiples of cards I am running, rather than a collection of one-ofs, but sometimes that's all you get. Beyond those two I mentioned, you had Akroan Skyguard.  I don't know when you picked it up, but if I had those three early, I would have focused on getting as many opportunity to target those cards as possible.

I don't know if you've been exposed to BREAD before, but it's something I keep in mind when I draft.  It stands for

Bombs,
Removal,
Evasion,
Aggro, and
"Da rest" or Defense

Bombs are those cards you have to grab because they have a significant impact on the board--they are immediate threats your opponents must consider.  Big beefy guys, those special cards with massive abilities.  Think of cards you'd hate to see hit the board from your opponent's hand.

Removal implies all those burn, destruction, exile, and return-to-hand effects that weaken your opponent's board state.

Evasion cards get your damage through, forcing your opponents to leverage removal to get rid of the threat. Think Unblockable, Flying, Intimidate, Protection from ___ on creatures (preferred), or instants or abilities that will let you grant those abilities to your creatures (secondary).

Aggro refers to those cards that put the pressure on right away.  Draft can often be a slower format (little going on T1 or T2), so getting in early and doing damage can be a nice way to gain the lead.  Mid-game or later, having an aggressive lineup puts your opponent on the defensive, potentially letting you control things from that point forward.

Defense, or "da rest" as I think of it, refers to those other filler cards and defenders (if not part of a specific control strategy).  Let's face it. Sometimes you just need a few more creatures, even if they are not the ones you would prefer.

On top of all those things, however, you need to think about mana fixing. Especially in blocks that favor multi-colored decks.  For me, if I know I'm likely to go multi-color, I'll take a card that mana fixes before a bomb in the early passes.  It's a lot harder to allow for fixing when you find yourself needing to change your colors in the second pack.

During the first few passes, I focus on the beefier three- and four-drops I will need, rather than those one- or two-drops (unless they are ones you know will help you win the game).  That would address one of the problems you identified with your deck--you had plenty of low cost creatures, but nothing to deal with the mid- to late-game drops you opponents threw in front of you.  You typically will have plenty of chances to get some smaller creatures, but if you wait for those T3 and T4 drops, you may never get passed anything you can use.

Finally, for those new to draft I recommend 17-6-17 as the breakdown of creatures, other spells, and land (respectively).  There are many reasons to deviate from that rule once you are comfortable drafting, but it is a good place to start.

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(6 replies, posted in Decks and Deckbuilding)

You forgot what I believe is, perhaps, the most important option in your survey: what you are most comfortable playing.

It's especially true for new players, but I'm sure some long-timers will agree. I like red.  It's not that I won't play other colors, but when there's no clear choice which direction to go, I go red.

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(3 replies, posted in General Discussion)

If the card says "snow-covered swamp" or "snow-covered mountain", it still says has the type "swamp" or "mountain" and so would be a legal card to fetch.

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(49 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Yes, my insurance agent is now concerned because he could visit the site and see my inventory. This needs to change (to at least give members the option of hiding their inventory) ASAP.

With the new marketplace feature, we may need a way to flag cards that will be available in the marketplace, rather than just those in a tradelist (what I trade and what I'd sell are two different things).

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(2 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Thanks.

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(2 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

I've been toying with the idea of a seller account, but am hung up on the shipping options.  I see no information regarding how shipping costs are established or managed (the shipping options listed on the sign up page start pre-populated with the same values, and do not allow for editing). I'd need to be able to set my own shipping rates if I were to do this (to cover bubble mailers, top loaders, and the shipping costs). What management options are available, or where are price policies for shipping and handling discussed?

What did you discover. They were supposed to change appropriately, but I know some were reporting problems with it doing so for a while.

I stopped trading when I saw my own inventory not getting adjusted by trades. I'd love to learn that it has been fixed.

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(92 replies, posted in Announcements)

Will sellers have the option of selling lots or sets? For example, if I want to sell specific tokens in groups of ten, or playsets (4-of) of specific uncommons like Rancor? What about selling thousands for a set price (e.g., 3,500 C/U for $25)?

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(6 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Sorry for not seeing your question earlier. For others using chrome, you'll find the stylized M icon up top, next to the menu icon.

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(197 replies, posted in Announcements)

Xan wrote:
migrena wrote:

Also - what will happen in case amazon sends similar c&d?

That's like asking what Walmart would do if a single-store business copied their smiley face mascot. Deckbox is too small (in relation to Amazon) for it to be a priority. They might get around to it eventually (though who knows how long it would before they even noticed), but by then Deckbox will have moved to a better system.

Perhaps a bad example to illustrate your point. Wal-Mart would sue. They've prosecuted shoplifters for single candy bars (back when they were only twenty-five cents US).  They are extremely litigious.

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(1 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Agreed. I'd love to see this as an additional feature someday.