Trouble changing Prototype decks

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Posted on June 18, 2017, 1:14 a.m. by Argy

With some decks I have like this Triple A [Modern Version] I uncheck the Prototype button, hit Save, then when I go back in to the editing screen the Prototype button is still checked.

cklise says... #2

..because Swords to Plowshares isn't Modern legal. It even shows you in the menu below to the right.

June 18, 2017 2:20 a.m.

Argy says... #3

OK

Thanks.

June 18, 2017 2:50 a.m.

Argy says... #4

How do I stop this deck being a Prototype?

Fate Reforged Pre-release

I made it at a prerelease.

Of course it is no longer prerelease legal.

I tried Unformat and Unknown, but they both require 60 cards.

If Unformat could be changed to allow any number of cards, or 40+ cards, that would fix the issue.

June 18, 2017 2:59 a.m. Edited.

clayperce says... #5

Argy,
Unformat is for the silver-bordered sets (Unglued, Unhinged, and soon Unstable)

Have you tried Limited, maybe?

I normally use Casual if nothing else seems to work, If that doesn't work either, I'm afraid I'm out of ideas.

June 18, 2017 8:23 a.m.

Argy says... #6

Limited worked.

I am going to point out, however, that you can't call a deck less than 60 cards "Unknown".

Is that also related to an Un set?

If not, why can't that one be any 40+ card deck?

Or why can't an option like "None" exist?

June 18, 2017 8:38 a.m.

Argy says... #7

Actually, you know what would be REALLY great?

Having a "Shelf" category.

That way you could work on an old Standard deck and save it to that category, rather than have to reclassify it as Modern.

June 18, 2017 8:42 a.m.

Argy says... #8

Here's another one for ya, clayperce.

As far as I can tell all these cards are Frontier legal, yet it won't recognise this deck as Frontier.

Cast a Shadow [Frontier]

June 18, 2017 9:34 a.m.

cklise says... #9

That's an issue with the new cards from Amonkhet not being marked as legal for the Frontier format. Ah, I'm assuming a moderator can fix that at some point?

June 18, 2017 12:30 p.m.

Argy says... #10

Except ... I don't have any AKH cards in the deck.

I DID but I took them out.

Deck won't show as Frontier legal even without any AKH cards.

June 18, 2017 1:05 p.m.

cklise says... #11

Double-check that the prototype box didn't recheck itself?

June 18, 2017 1:40 p.m.

Argy says... #12

OK

June 18, 2017 2:12 p.m. Edited.

Argy says... #13

Now I have checked each of my decks by hand, which took forever.

Only one of them is now a Prototype deck when you look in the editing screen, yet my profile says I have 11 Prototype decks.

Anyone know what THAT'S about?

June 18, 2017 2:40 p.m.

Argy says... #14

I think I've figured it out.

It's including all my Archived decks.

June 18, 2017 2:49 p.m.

TMBRLZ says... #15

Isn't troubleshooting exciting?

I felt like I just watched an Indiana Jones movie in 30 seconds.

June 19, 2017 7:31 p.m.

Argy says... #16

TMBRLZ you know what's exciting?

I have pruned my decks by getting rid of older ones that were rubbish, so that my average deck score is 29.32.

PLUS I now have only 3 Prototype decks, soon to be only one, and 70 completed decks.

June 19, 2017 8:19 p.m.

TMBRLZ says... #17

That's a lot of decks... o__o

Especially post-pruning.

June 19, 2017 8:50 p.m.

Argy says... #18

TMBRLZ when I first started playing Magic I went crazy building lots of different archetypes.

The list of completed decks also does include prerelease decks I have built.

Keeping track of them has helped me to improve.

June 19, 2017 8:54 p.m.

TMBRLZ says... #19

That's a solid point and self-teaching strategy.

I firmly believe that limited is where the true extent of somebody's skill in MTG shines. My former roommate was a God in limited and could make the most unremarkable decks shine. He was a brilliant player, just couldn't afford the good stuff. Not that he needed it.

That is all to say - you're a smart individual, you have my respect. :D

June 19, 2017 9:37 p.m.

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