Thought Scour: PucaTeam talks Future Site WRITTEN BY Aaron Lee

When you are in the minutia of a project, seeing the forest for the trees can be hard. Developers are elbow deep in code while graphic designers are focused on the look and feel. Making sure the two go together can be a challenge.

The PucaTrade team has been working nearly nonstop over the past eighteen months to bring you the most inclusive MTG trading platform in the world. After all that hard work, it’s all coming together.

In this Thought Scour I wanted to find out what our team is most excited about for Future Site and what they feel will be the feature our members like the most.

"What is the one feature you are most excited about using in Future Site

and what feature do you think PucaMembers will enjoy the most?"

Eric Freytag - Founder

For me, it’s "Package View" all the way. I did the work of importing 20,000 cards into my collection, so being able to sort my available packages by quantity and value is going to be a HUGE timesaver.

I think our members will most enjoy the vastly-expanded inventory that we’ve opened up with support for new cards (digital, condition and non-English cards). Many of us on Team Puca (myself included) geek out over the delightful user experiences we’ve baked into Future Site, but we’re also aware that, fundamentally, our members use PucaTrade as a tool. And the main criteria people have for tools is that they work.

Chris Powell - Senior Developer

The thing I'm most excited for is MTGO trading. It's really amazing to be the first trading site ever to bridge the gap between paper and digital trading!

Personally I only do drafts on MTGO, so I have tons of commons and uncommons from all the most recent sets. I'm hoping to not only get event tickets to draft but start picking up cards to complete sets and do the redemptions (especially Khans of Tarkir). Who knows, maybe I will even dabble in some Constructed queues.

I think members will enjoy package trading the most. Our members love to get maximum value on a stamp (I know I do). It will be so much easier to commit, ship and complete trades. You will now only have to write down 1 trade number, ship 1 package and, on the other end, complete 1 trade.

Dan Miller - Operations Lead

The Future Site feature I'm most excited about is the new package trade support. It perfectly fits the way I use Puca: sending out piles and piles of cheap cards. Really, I'm just trying to make room in my collection for new draft chaff to rotate in, so my package threshold is incredibly small. Being able to sort by members who want the most cards? Amazing. I'm going to need more toploaders.

I think PucaMembers are going to have a lot to look forward to on the new site, but maybe the most universal new feature will be our refined search system. Whether or not you're logged in, you'll have access to improved search filter functionality which is really cool. Having access to an even more granular set of search options is going to be fantastic for deck builders and collectors alike; and the search from anywhere ability is just crazy convenient if you spend any amount of time on Puca.

Vinnie Balistreri - Director of Marketing

I’m most excited for non-English trading. Chasing down playsets of cards in hard to find languages has been a task for me in the past. The thrill of the hunt makes the reward sweeter, but I would much rather just sit back and wait for someone to send me Russian Wanderwine Hubs.

The feature that will be the most loved, I think, will be package trading. It’s been requested for as long as I’ve been part of the PucaTrade team. If you haven’t yet I’d suggest getting as much of your collection onto PucaTrade in order to make the most of this feature. I know I’ll be spending this week powering through boxes of uncommons and commons hoping to snag some large packages at launch.

Package trades wins the race! Personally, I am excited out of my mind for package trades and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. In our next Thought Scour we are going to be hearing from some of our Top Traders.