Improve convertByXitaxMethod

forge-core/src/main/java/forge/StaticData.java

@@ -247,6 +247,36 @@ public class StaticData {
         return card;
     }
 
+    public PaperCard getCardFromLatestorEarliest(PaperCard card) {
+
+        PaperCard c = this.getCommonCards().getCardFromEdition(card.getName(), null, CardDb.SetPreference.Latest, card.getArtIndex());
+
+        if (null != c && c.hasImage()) {
+            return c;
+        }
+
+        c = this.getCommonCards().getCardFromEdition(card.getName(), null, CardDb.SetPreference.Latest, -1);
+
+        if (null != c && c.hasImage()) {
+            return c;
+        }
+
+        c = this.getCommonCards().getCardFromEdition(card.getName(), null, CardDb.SetPreference.LatestCoreExp, -1);
+
+        if (null != c) {
+            return c;
+        }
+
+        c = this.getCommonCards().getCardFromEdition(card.getName(), null, CardDb.SetPreference.EarliestCoreExp, -1);
+
+        if (null != c) {
+            return c;
+        }
+
+        // I give up!
+        return card;
+    }
+
     public boolean getFilteredHandsEnabled(){
         return filteredHandsEnabled;
     }

forge-core/src/main/java/forge/card/CardDb.java

@@ -402,6 +402,16 @@ public final class CardDb implements ICardDatabase, IDeckGenPool {
     public PaperCard getCardFromEdition(final String cardName, final Date printedBefore, final SetPreference fromSet, int artIndex) {
         final CardRequest cr = CardRequest.fromString(cardName);
         List<PaperCard> cards = getAllCards(cr.cardName);
+        if (printedBefore != null){
+            cards = Lists.newArrayList(Iterables.filter(cards, new Predicate<PaperCard>() {
+                @Override public boolean apply(PaperCard c) {
+                    CardEdition ed = editions.get(c.getEdition());
+                    return ed.getDate().before(printedBefore); }
+            }));
+        }
+
+        if (cards.size() == 0)  // Don't bother continuing! No cards has been found!
+            return null;
         boolean cardsListReadOnly = true;
 
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(cr.edition)) {

forge-core/src/main/java/forge/deck/Deck.java

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public class Deck extends DeckBase implements Iterable<Entry<DeckSection, CardPo
     }
 
     private void convertByXitaxMethod() {
-        Date dateWithAllCards = StaticData.instance().getEditions().getEarliestDateWithAllCards(getAllCardsInASinglePool());
+        //Date dateWithAllCards = StaticData.instance().getEditions().getEarliestDateWithAllCards(getAllCardsInASinglePool());
 
         for(Entry<DeckSection, CardPool> p : parts.entrySet()) {
             if( p.getKey() == DeckSection.Planes || p.getKey() == DeckSection.Schemes || p.getKey() == DeckSection.Avatar)
@@ -264,12 +264,18 @@ public class Deck extends DeckBase implements Iterable<Entry<DeckSection, CardPo
                 PaperCard card = cp.getKey();
                 int count = cp.getValue();
 
-                PaperCard replacementCard = StaticData.instance().getCardByEditionDate(card, dateWithAllCards);
+                PaperCard replacementCard = StaticData.instance().getCardFromLatestorEarliest(card);
 
                 if (replacementCard.getArtIndex() == card.getArtIndex()) {
+                    if (card.hasImage())
                         newPool.add(card, count);
+                    else
+                        newPool.add(replacementCard, count);
                 } else {
+                    if (card.hasImage())
                         newPool.add(card.getName(), card.getEdition(), count); // this is to randomize art
+                    else
+                        newPool.add(replacementCard, count);
                 }
             }