Comment by cfeduke

We were trying to it to sort by set at first - when ingesting a large collection of cards (my wife owned a brick and mortar card shop) they were often unsorted. Then with multiple passes we wanted to pull rarity, color and even alphabetize uncommons and rares [way, way too many passes]. The real goal was to be able to process a booster box quickly, so when a new set was released 40 cases in singles could be available very quickly - never even came close to that goal. It turns out that on release night customers are always willing to sort a booster box for you for a pack of cards...