Importing a Deck List needs Better Defaults

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Jhyrryl avatarJhyrryl 5 years
{"ops":[{"insert":"Imported an EDH deck list from another site: just a raw list of card names and counts. The end result was not pretty. For example, Honored Hydra defaulted the token, rather than the card. But worse, apparently random versions were assigned, rather than using a version from my collection. So now I have to manually sort through them to match them up with what I already own. When I save it, the cards that match what are in my collection are marked as owned with the green stripe, but while editing there is no such indicator. I have to remember what cards I have in foil. All-in-all, it just needs to be smarter.\n"}]}
Edited 4/6/2019, 8:49:52 AM
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{"ops":[{"insert":" Hm, Honored Hydra coming in as the token sounds like a bug, I'll add a ticket to look into that since that really shouldn't happen ever.\n\nAs for which card it uses as a default, we've wanted to touch this up for a while. It's one of the larger things we want to do in the near(ish) future. Stuff like defaulting to the cheapest, newest, etc. I'll add your suggestion to the list of ideas to hit when updating the mass editor. I will say this though, due to the way the API lays out the data, forcing it to use cards in your collection presents problems. For instance, if you have multiple copies of a card which one does it use? The larger issue is that it'll just take more time to do because as it's looking up a card it then needs to check your collection for every card you're adding/ editing. Don't get me wrong, it's a sweet idea and really incentivizes using collections (we love stuff like that), but I'm nervous about how long a request like that could take. \n\nRegardless, like I said I'll add it to the list of things to look into when we update that importer. From there we'll see what we can do within reason and take it from there!\n\nThanks so much for the comment! I love hearing ideas that we have never even thought of! If you ever have more luck ass ideas like this hit us up!\n"}]}
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Jhyrryl avatarJhyrryl 5 years
{"ops":[{"insert":"As for which card in my collection to select, base it on price. People generally want to show off their blinged-out decks.\n\n"}]}
Edited 4/6/2019, 10:04:38 PM
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Jhyrryl avatarJhyrryl 5 years
{"ops":[{"insert":"The thing is, you're already doing it when the deck saves out so you can tag the cards with appropriate colors.\n"}]}
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