All the Good News — Rebranded WRITTEN BY Chris Powell

Hey traders!

You may or may not know me, but I'm Chris Powell, one of the developers here at PucaTrade. I typically don't write on the blog too often as I try to leave that to the real writers, but I'm hoping to change that!

One of my favorite series of articles on PucaTrade used to be "All the Good News" by our friend and author George Khoury. It may seem like there hasn't been much good news since George's last post (spoiler, it's been a while), but that's not true at all. We have a lot of GREAT news and I'd like to share some! In fact I'm hoping to make this more of a regular post to bring you more information that you'd like to know.

George's articles were more about Magic's good news, but I'm going to focus more on PucaTrade itself. Let's dig in!

Puca News

What's bigger than PucaTrade reaching it's 8 Millionth Card traded? It's quite a milestone and I'm glad to be able to share it. It couldn't have happened without the PucaTrade community and we have all of you to thank!

The card was Gavony Township sent by Peter Twieg!

We will have to do something big when we reach 10 million!

T-Shirts!

They are now for sale thanks to Jonathan Medina! They come in five colors, many sizes, and are for both men and women.

Colors Include: Black, Heather Blue, Pink, Purple and Dark Heather.

Check them out on Amazon!

Sweepstakes

We've launched a new sweepstakes program that is bringing in some amazing cards! We are excited to give these back to the community and sink points at the same. You can read more about it in the full article here.

Top Trades

I thought it would be fun to bring back the top trades by month to see what's flying around PucaTrade.

Below are the top 10 most valuable cards traded on PucaTrade for October:

1. Tarmogoyf, Foil Future Sight — 92,694 points

2. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Judge Promos — 70,000 points

3. Sol Ring, Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions — 52,518 points

4. Mana Crypt, Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions — 50,000 points

5. Candelabra of Tawnos, Antiquities — 49,439 points

6. Horizon Canopy, Zendikar Expedition — 44,200 points

7. Horizon Canopy, Zendikar Expedition — 43,054 points

8. Underground Sea, Revised Edition — 42,904 points

9. Nether Void, Legends — 41,214 points

10. Thoughtseize, Masterpiece Series: Amonkhet Invocations — 40,000 points

Below is the list of the ten most traded cards so far for the month of October:

1. Slitherhead, Return to Ravnica — 466 trades

2. Opt, Ixalan — 124 trades

3. Spell Pierce, Ixalan — 90 trades

4. Trap Essence, Khans of Tarkir — 71 trades

5. Forest (248), Shards of Alara — 70 trades

6. Unclaimed Territory, Ixalan — 69 trades

7. Incorrigible Youths, Shadows Over Innistrad — 62 trades

8. Lightning Strike, Theros — 62 trades

9. Opt, Invasion — 59 trades

10. Olivia's Bloodsworn, Shadows Over Innistrad — 59 trades

Highlighted Traders

In this section I want to highlight a couple traders (1 New Trader, and 1 Veteran) who are doing awesome things on PucaTrade!

New Trader:

Kenneth AKA Zenergy has made a splash on the site sending over 500 cards in a short few weeks. Welcome him to the site by sending him a trade or two!

Veteran Trader:

Devon AKA DEVON #DISCORD is one of the top traders on PucaTrade. He has sent out almost 20,000 trades and there is rarely a day that he's not sending. Amazing!

Bug Fixes

Fetching Trades Bug

This was a bug only affecting a few specific browsers (IE11 & Samsung Internet), but caused big issues for those affected. Traders weren't able to see their Sending/Receiving pages without loading up a different browser. We are happy to say this has been resolved and was due to some javascript code that these browsers specifically didn't support.

PucaDues Calculator

With the addition of PucaDues for common users, many wanted to understand how much they were going to be charged based on the PucaShield and Promoted Wants discounts. There is now a way to that see that! There was a small bug with the calculation that has also been resolved.

Many have said they don't know about new features or fixes when they go live. The most recent updates to the site can always be seen here. This link is on the version number in the footer of the site (currently v3.5.5). I agree this is a tad hidden on the site and most people don't know about it, so I will do my best to give updates in these posts going forward.

New Features





Allies

This is something I've been wanting for a long time! It allows me to see what my friends are wanting and building all in one send list. You can add anyone as an ally by going to their profile or searching them out on the "My Allies" page. Who should you add? Maybe someone from your playgroup, LGS, or just great traders you've encounted on the site. When you add another member as an ally they will get a notification letting them know that is the case. Read More.

CSV Button

There is a new button for Pro Members on the Sending/Receiving page that says "CSV." Clicking that will copy a comma-separated version of the trade to the clipboard. You can then copy that into a text format or import it into Excel. Many have asked for something like this to make their trades easier to find and print.

Wrap Up

As I mentioned in the beginning of this article, I want this to be a regular thing. I hope you found this info interesting and useful.

We've been hearing chatter via Discord about people receiving more trades lately—I know this has been the case for me too. Keep up the good work traders!

Let's talk soon, and as always Give and let give!