1 Reply by evilangela

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sebi wrote:

You might be right...
I usually use the "quick add" input to add cards to decks as I get instant feedback after adding the card, and that does not add cards to inventory as well.

Hmm... I'll have to think about it a bit...

My two decks so far are cut-and-paste deals from other websites, so the import text box is the easiest way to go.   (Yeah, yeah, it's kinda lame, but I've been out of MTG for 10 years, so I need place to start playing constructed and learning the environments before I go and build my own decks! smile )

sebi wrote:

P.S. I know it's been a quiet couple of weeks, and I keep promising features without delivering, but the trade feature is almost done, I'll have a sneak preview to show you guys at the end of this week probably tongue

Hehe, looking forward to it - the sooner I have more reason to encourage others to use this place, the better, right?

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2 Topic by evilangela

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I'd like to suggest some changes to the interface when importing cards into a deck. 

First, perhaps the default should be changed to NOT add the cards into inventory when doing so?  Or at least make it customizable?  As I've already entered my entire collection, odds are that creating a deck won't involve me adding cards into my collection in the process.  I just had to go through and remove a number of cards after doing so accidentally.

Second, how about the option to automatically add any cards in the deck that you don't yet have into your wishlist?  If you're creating a deck there, it might suggest that you want to play the deck, and if you don't have the cards, you'll need them to play.

Finally, when doing the import into the text box, perhaps recognize the word "Sideboard" in the text, and add everything after it to the sideboard instead of the main deck?  Or at least offer a similar import directly into the sideboard?

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3 Reply by evilangela

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And now a forum idea - the ability to create a "card name link" in a message.  A special tag you use for a card name.  Hovering over it in the message brings a pop-up with the card image, and clicking it takes you the card page on the site.

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4 Topic by evilangela

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OK, after using this site for a day, and getting familiar with the basics, I thought I'd leave my feedback all together...

Likes:

1)  I LOVE being able to view a user and see what cards of mine they want, and which cards of theirs I want.  Should make it a lot easier to do trades.  This is what I've been looking for in an online MTG site, and why I want to stick around. smile

2)  The indicators in a decklist showing which cards I don't have is nice.  Even better might be one to show I don't even have the card, and another to show I don't have enough.

Wants:

1)  I would like to see the individual card pages show my own info, and let me even edit it.  When I view the page for a card, I want it to show my inventory/tradelist/wishlist counts, and even let me change them from there.  It might also be nice to list the decks of mine that card is in.

2)  Instant-add all cards from a deck into my wishlist.   Perhaps I've copied a deck from someone else, or entered my own - and if I don't have all the cards for that deck, it would be great to be able to click once and add them to the wishlist instead of having to do it manually.

3)  Card color indications on lists.  Not all lists even show casting costs on them, and even when they do, it's still not quick to see what color a card is.  I'd love there to be some means to determine the color of a card at a glance - whether it's the card name itself being in the card's color, some sort of background color, an extra column that has a quite distinct color icon.  Just feels like something is needed there.

4)  Easier page navigation for large lists.  My collection is 111 pages at this point.  The filters are great, but it would be nice to have a quick means to, say, go to the cards that start with "T" in the full list.

5)  Some sort of combined inventory-tradelist-wishlist view, perhaps.

6)  Better handling of "unusual" card formats - for example, the B.F.M. from Unglued is two cards, and treated like one here.  And the split cards such as "Stand/Deliver" aren't handled well either.

7)  Might be fun to have the profile page have a separate section for "recent changes" in regards to trade opportunities.  I'd like to have something to draw my attention specifically if, say, someone just recently added a Sensei's Divining Top to their tradelist, instead of having to go and either look at everyone on my trade opportunity list, or select that specific card from my wishlist.

Edit: 8)  Improve handling of "extended" characters in card names.  Such as AEther being able to be entered with AE instead of requiring Æ.  Or the fact that it appears the card image can't be shown for Ghazban Ogre.

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5 Topic by evilangela

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I'd be interested in seeing added the ability to easily import your card collection from a file that's built in some sort of common format.  For example, Essential Magic will let you export your entire collection as a .csv file.  It would be great to be able to export it to a file, then come here, select "Import", and point to that exact .csv file, and have all the card information pulled right in.  I'm sure there are other sites and commonly-used programs that do something similar into a file format that could be easily recognized and parsed.

I already plan to export mine to a .csv, and play with Excel to get the format to fit this site, so I'll be able to get by without it, but making it simpler for everyone would probably be a good thing.

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6 Reply by evilangela

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The one thing I want to make sure is done, for when you implement this, is to make sure that the cart set is a "subtype" of the card itself. 

In other words, I want it tracked that I have 12 Lightning Bolts, and 6 are from Revised, 3 are from 4th edition, 1 is Japanese 4th Edition, 2 are from M10, etc...  (unlike "other" sites that treat them as separate cards and thus think your Revised Lightning Bolts are not standard-legal...)

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