1 Reply by 8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784

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ic0n67 wrote:
8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784 wrote:

"Would it be possible to either add a Collectors Number to the Card Database page or do something about editions of cards?"

I've asked for this before (though in the inventory page), seconding.

You can do it in inventory already. Click the (E/#) of the details column and it will sort by Set and Edition Number.

I'm not looking only for sorting, but also filtering by collector number (the sorting works as intended on the inventory page).

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2 Reply by 8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784

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"Would it be possible to either add a Collectors Number to the Card Database page or do something about editions of cards?"

I've asked for this before (though in the inventory page), seconding.

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3 Reply by 8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784

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This is a good question that comes up constantly. There are a lot of possible methods, but one of the most important things is to recalculate every couple of years and make sure that how you're currently organizing still makes sense to you. It depends a lot on how much space you have, how you're trying to organize, your collection goals, etc.

When i started i stored all my cards in booster boxes. Then i got some 1k card BCW boxes. I've been using 5k card (5-row) BCW boxes for about 20 years now. They're the densest storage method I'm currently aware of, which increasingly matters as your collection grows. I'm lucky to have the right space for the 5-row boxes which would otherwise be a little unwieldy/bulky, and they've survived multiple moves in that time.

In regards to WotC's recent printing policies... not only are they starting to print a million variants, but they're also RE-printing a lot more than they used to. A definite advantage to cataloguing your collection is to make sure you're also not keeping too many of any one card. I'd suggest not keeping more than one playset of any particular edition of a non-reserve-list card. You can use the Card Database which will list how many of each card you have in the left-hand column.

Good luck!

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4 Topic by 8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784

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Been using this site for a while, I still want to have additional filters available (sure, I could export my collection and use Excel, but i can't do that from my phone at my LGS when someone asks me a question).

* Filter on total number owned across all sets (still desparately need this)
* Filter on collector number of card (especially with all these variants, collector number is the only way i can differentiate some of them)
* Filter on artist (not as necessary as the above, but would be nice to have)

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5 Reply by 8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784

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Erm, i always hide my name online. Call me whatever. FLI works.

Been collecting since around 5th. At one point i had a complete set of revised, i'm shocked that i seem to be missing a card now. I was trying to collect every set until around Mirrodin block, and haven't been collecting much since. I'm getting back into it now and will be trying to collect again. I once owned some power (not the full set), and i plan to pick it up again over time.

Currently complete:
The Dark
Unglued
Invasion
Apocalypse
Judgment
Legions
Scourge
Darksteel

[edit]: I now have at least 50 complete sets including revised and from The Dark until Fifth Dawn. Too many to reasonably list here. i'm going to stop collecting new sets later this year and close in on "30 years of magic" from then on (backfilling old sets).

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6 Topic by 8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784

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There are a couple of filters that would be convenient:
* power/toughness (for creatures)
* CMC
* number owned per edition (>= and <=)
* number owned across all editions (>= and <=)

Also: it'd be nice to see summations on the card page of how many are owned across all editions. I own over 70 giant growths; it'd be nice to have an exact number without whipping out a calculator.

I want to go through and get rid of excess cards and i'm planning on using the database here as a guide. Additional filtering would make it just a little easier.


[edited to add]: filter on owned per edition

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7 Reply by 8sV79AuP8019OgV4FLI258784

(4 replies, posted in General Discussion)

The nice thing about databases is that they scale well, to hundreds of millions of rows and beyond.

I've got over 5000 unique cards so far (one row per unique card), and that's trivial for a database.

On the front-end, it does get a little slow when i try to load "Plains" since i'm putting in a "1" for each version i own. There are 50+ versions of plains and the javascript front-end is chugging trying to process it all. For all the normal cards, no worries, go nuts.

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