DevLog #6 - Wishlist

Welcome our MTG Doctor DevLogs where we cover the changes that are being made to MTG Doctor as part of our Phoenix release coming later this year. Today we’ll be going over the new experiences we are adding to the Wishlist feature.

Wishlist

For our redesign of the Wishlist in MTG Doctor we began by making the list more glanceable. We wanted it to be such that it would be comfortable to quickly scan specially during conventions when we are out looking for cards.

The first step we took was to include the card image along with the name and set it belongs to. Next we included a concise section for pricing, and last we made it so that there is a clear distinction between the cards already acquired and the ones still being sought after. 

A new feature that has been included in this redesign is the ability to mark a card as owned by tapping on the right side of the wishlist entry. Doing so fades out the card and crosses out some of the details to visually convey this status. A card can be easily removed entirely by entering editing mode and deleting the desired card. 

Something else that was included here is the ability to add both foil and non-foil printings of the card to the wishlist. A card in the wishlist can now be toggled foil/non-foil any time and doing so reflects the pricing specific to that printing.

Lastly we included a new field in the pricing section: Market Fees. Based on the market place MTG Doctor calculates the fees that would normally be paid by the seller of the card when selling the card in that marketplace. This helps in getting an idea of the room for negotiating a card’s price while at a convention where those fees are not affecting the final value of the card.

Wishlist - Add Cards

We have redesigned the experience for adding cards to the waitlist by reducing the interaction cost for adding multiple cards from a given set into the wishlist.

As of this new design, when a set is selected all the cards for that set will be available for adding into the wishlist. Simply tapping on a card allows for that card to be tracked in the wishlist. Multiple copies are tracked individually making it easy to keep track of how many copies have been acquired during a playset completion. 

The selection of cards shown can be further reduced by querying for a specific term like a card name or type.

While looking for a given card we have also included two view modes: grid and single card. Grid view allows for quickly scanning cards while the since card mode allows for viewing cards in full view and finding and getting all the details on the card.

Closing Thoughts

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