Is there a problem with the coolstuff deckcost, or is it just me?
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Posted on Oct. 26, 2011, 11:34 a.m. by cryptichorror
It seems like the prices that the site is giving me for decks I look at are very low and wrong. Is it just me, or is there an issue?
they also haven't updated the prices of cards in a while. Example; Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas says it's a 31 dollar card on tappedout, but if you actually import the deck to coolstuffinc they have it for like 15 bucks.
October 26, 2011 12:41 p.m.
Martymo is correct. Newer cards like Liliana of the Veil and Snapcaster Mage aren't even in the system price wise
October 26, 2011 2:53 p.m.
The deck costs aren't calculated by using CoolStuff's price. In TappedOut's card database, each card's price has to be manually inputted. Since card prices change quite frequently and there are so many cards in Magic, they often aren't updated. I would know; I help maintain that database.
So CoolStuff has nothing to do with it. The fact that the CoolStuff "Buy this deck" link is next to the deck price is purely coincidental.
October 26, 2011 4:16 p.m.
As zandl stated, it's about pointless to update the prices until the meta stabilizes after a new expansion because prices jump/drop so quickly. There are also a lot of cards out there and it's done manually (not an easy process I might add). Since we all do this probono, it tends to get done whenever we have some spare time which is few and far between most of the time; at least for me it is.
It would be amazing if it would update to coolstuffInc.'s prices somehow... yeaGO!? Would that be at all possible?
Shinigami0530 says... #2
the problem is that it has stopped updating when you edit your decks. so if someone post's a $20 deck and then goes in and changes the cards to make it worth $300 it still stays at $20
October 26, 2011 11:53 a.m.