SwDestinyDB is in my eyes the absolute greatest resource that we use frequently, with the “Mod that shall not be named”, henceforth referenced to as “Voldemort”, coming in right behind it as probably the glue that keeps competitive play going. A long while back I did a video on how to use Voldemort and I’ve been told that it helped a lot of people, so with that in mind, I’ve decided that one on SWDestinyDB might help to do the same. There are a lot of small tricks that are vastly beneficial during deck building and overall use of the site. I’ll have some cheat sheets below the video so that you won’t have to watch it more than one time (hopefully). Many thanks to Franco who runs the site; we would likely be lost without you!

Filter Syntax Cheat Sheet

Two Things I Forgot

History

Every time you make adjustments and save, the DB keeps a log of those changes. This is largely relevant when you make adjustments, only later to find out that you HATED the changes and maybe you can’t remember what you had in before. In general, I tend to build decks WAY over 30 cards and I save them, THEN edit again and make the cuts so that if i’m looking for potential changes, I’ll have a list of cards that I had originally considered during the initial build. For me, it’s been a great way to get back into the mind set of what my original intent was during the build. The revert button will swap all of those cards back to that version for you as well which can be a great shortcut as well. People with your deck link CAN NOT see the history, so keep that in mind.

Notes

This one is a bit less relevant for most people, but in my situation, the patrons will have access to the deck links and I’ll write in tidbits of information in there as to my rationale on certain card choices as well as the variations that I’m considering or can audible to if I’m concerned with specific decks or situations coming up. I mentioned it above, but people who you share your deck link with CAN NOT see History, so it’ll be important to write your changes in the Notes section if you want people to be able to follow the adjustments you’ve made. For those that Publish their lists, they are likely well aware of the Notes section, but it is still very useful even without Publishing or being a content creator because this could be your notes to yourself and to your “team” so that they can follow what is going on with what you are working on.

I hope that this has been helpful to you. If there is anything I’ve missed, please comment and let me know so that I can edit it in for the other readers. Please and Thanks!

~HonestlySarcastc