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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4399672" data-attributes="member: 13966"><p>I organize my cards kinda simply, but in a more practical manner than just pure alphabetical order....</p><p></p><p>Lands first, gold/multicolor cards second, dual-color cards from the Ravnica cycle and later third, split cards from the Invasion cycle and later fourth, artifacts fifth, white cards sixth, green cards seventh, red cards eighth, black cards ninth, blue cards last.</p><p></p><p>For each color, I organize the cards by type; interrupts first, instants second, sorceries third, local enchantments fourth <em>(and ordered in the same style; enchant lands first, enchant artifacts second, enchant creatures third, enchant permanents fourth),</em> global enchantments fifth <em>(enchant worlds after those),</em> and creatures last. For artifacts I put artifact creatures after the rest. So basically ordered by degrees of permanency and quickness, with spells before creatures.</p><p></p><p>For lands, I put them in the same color order, but nonbasic and multi-type lands are first. So nonbasic lands that don't produce mana go first, those that make only colorless mana go second, those that make white mana go third, those that make green mana go fourth, etc., with those that make multiple colors last. Alphabetical order within each category.</p><p></p><p>Within each card type, I organize them by mana cost, and then alphabetically within each mana-cost-category. So Dark Rituals before Funeral Charms before Terrors, for example. 1-mana cards before 2-mana cards before 3-mana cards, etc. For those with equal mana costs, I organize it by mana symbols; cards with a cost of 2G go before cards with a cost of 1GG, which go before cards with a cost of GGG, for example.</p><p></p><p>With multicolor cards, I group them by color combination first, then mana cost, then alphabetical order. White-green cards first, green-red second, red-black third, black-blue fourth, white-green-red fifth, green-red-black sixth, etc. around and around the color wheel until I get to five-color cards at the end. Just because I'd rather organize the multicolor cards by their individual color set before mana cost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 4399672, member: 13966"] I organize my cards kinda simply, but in a more practical manner than just pure alphabetical order.... Lands first, gold/multicolor cards second, dual-color cards from the Ravnica cycle and later third, split cards from the Invasion cycle and later fourth, artifacts fifth, white cards sixth, green cards seventh, red cards eighth, black cards ninth, blue cards last. For each color, I organize the cards by type; interrupts first, instants second, sorceries third, local enchantments fourth [I](and ordered in the same style; enchant lands first, enchant artifacts second, enchant creatures third, enchant permanents fourth),[/I] global enchantments fifth [I](enchant worlds after those),[/I] and creatures last. For artifacts I put artifact creatures after the rest. So basically ordered by degrees of permanency and quickness, with spells before creatures. For lands, I put them in the same color order, but nonbasic and multi-type lands are first. So nonbasic lands that don't produce mana go first, those that make only colorless mana go second, those that make white mana go third, those that make green mana go fourth, etc., with those that make multiple colors last. Alphabetical order within each category. Within each card type, I organize them by mana cost, and then alphabetically within each mana-cost-category. So Dark Rituals before Funeral Charms before Terrors, for example. 1-mana cards before 2-mana cards before 3-mana cards, etc. For those with equal mana costs, I organize it by mana symbols; cards with a cost of 2G go before cards with a cost of 1GG, which go before cards with a cost of GGG, for example. With multicolor cards, I group them by color combination first, then mana cost, then alphabetical order. White-green cards first, green-red second, red-black third, black-blue fourth, white-green-red fifth, green-red-black sixth, etc. around and around the color wheel until I get to five-color cards at the end. Just because I'd rather organize the multicolor cards by their individual color set before mana cost. [/QUOTE]
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