diff --git a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/deck/DeckBase.java b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/deck/DeckBase.java
index 847879d982e..40f3ba83ff3 100644
--- a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/deck/DeckBase.java
+++ b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/deck/DeckBase.java
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ public abstract class DeckBase implements Serializable, Comparable<DeckBase>, In
         return this.name;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+        return this.name;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the comment.
      *
@@ -133,5 +143,4 @@ public abstract class DeckBase implements Serializable, Comparable<DeckBase>, In
     public final String getBestFileName() {
         return this.getName().replaceAll("[^-_$#@.,{[()]} a-zA-Z0-9]", "");
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/InventoryItem.java b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/InventoryItem.java
index 79d8775dbe7..650f259857d 100644
--- a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/InventoryItem.java
+++ b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/InventoryItem.java
@@ -31,4 +31,11 @@ public interface InventoryItem extends IHasName
      * @return the type
      */
     String getItemType();
+
+    /**
+     * Return object used to compare this item with other items
+     * 
+     * @return the compare object
+     */
+    Comparable<?> getCompareValue();
 }
diff --git a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperCard.java b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperCard.java
index 50faeb151aa..260894943b8 100644
--- a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperCard.java
+++ b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperCard.java
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ public final class PaperCard implements Comparable<IPaperCard>, InventoryItemFro
         // return String.format("%s|%s", name, cardSet);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+        return this.name;
+    }
+
     /*
      * (non-Javadoc)
      * 
diff --git a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperToken.java b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperToken.java
index e5a2fc7303f..65be20acbb6 100644
--- a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperToken.java
+++ b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PaperToken.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public class PaperToken implements InventoryItemFromSet, IPaperCard {
     
     @Override public String getName() { return name; }
 
+    @Override public String toString() { return name; }
+
+    @Override public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() { return name; }
+
     @Override public String getEdition() { return edition.getCode(); }
 
     @Override public int getArtIndex() { return 0; } // This might change however
diff --git a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PreconDeck.java b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PreconDeck.java
index 448a7cd5376..1b9f42cbe25 100644
--- a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PreconDeck.java
+++ b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/PreconDeck.java
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ public class PreconDeck implements InventoryItemFromSet {
         return "Prebuilt Deck";
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return this.deck.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+        return this.deck.getCompareValue();
+    }
+
     public PreconDeck(final Deck d, String set, String description) {
         deck = d;
         this.set = set;
diff --git a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/SealedProduct.java b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/SealedProduct.java
index 6327653af4f..239e4224ac7 100644
--- a/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/SealedProduct.java
+++ b/forge-core/src/main/java/forge/item/SealedProduct.java
@@ -99,6 +99,16 @@ public abstract class SealedProduct implements InventoryItemFromSet {
         return hash;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return getName();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+        return getName();
+    }
+
     protected List<PaperCard> generate() {
         return BoosterGenerator.getBoosterPack(contents);
     }
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/deckchooser/FDeckChooser.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/deckchooser/FDeckChooser.java
index c8d288df2a3..c674f8e50aa 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/deckchooser/FDeckChooser.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/deckchooser/FDeckChooser.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
+
 import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -113,8 +114,16 @@ public class FDeckChooser extends JPanel implements IDecksComboBoxListener {
     }
 
     private class ColorDeckGenerator extends DeckGenerator {
-        public ColorDeckGenerator(String name0) {
+        private int index;
+
+        public ColorDeckGenerator(String name0, int index0) {
             super(name0);
+            this.index = index0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+            return this.index; //ensure color items appear in proper order
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -133,15 +142,12 @@ public class FDeckChooser extends JPanel implements IDecksComboBoxListener {
     private void updateColors() {
         lstDecks.setAllowMultipleSelections(true);
 
+        String[] colors = new String[] { "Random 1", "Random 2", "Random 3",
+                "White", "Blue", "Black", "Red", "Green" };
         ArrayList<Deck> decks = new ArrayList<Deck>();
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("Random 1"));
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("Random 2"));
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("Random 3"));
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("White"));
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("Blue"));
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("Black"));
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("Red"));
-        decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator("Green"));
+        for (int i = 0; i < colors.length; i++) {
+            decks.add(new ColorDeckGenerator(colors[i], i));
+        }
 
         lstDecks.setPool(decks);
         lstDecks.update(true);
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/DeckManager.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/DeckManager.java
index 879335227fc..ac7bd747103 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/DeckManager.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/DeckManager.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
 import javax.swing.JMenu;
 import javax.swing.JTable;
 import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ public final class DeckManager extends ItemManager<Deck> {
     private static final FSkin.SkinIcon icoEditOver = FSkin.getIcon(FSkin.InterfaceIcons.ICO_EDIT_OVER);
 
     private final GameType gametype;
-    private boolean nameOnly, preventEdit;
+    private boolean stringOnly, preventEdit;
     private Command cmdDelete, cmdSelect;
     private final Map<ColumnDef, ItemColumn> columns = SColumnUtil.getColumns(
             ColumnDef.DECK_ACTIONS,
@@ -102,28 +100,27 @@ public final class DeckManager extends ItemManager<Deck> {
     public void update() {
         update(false, false);
     }
-    public void update(boolean nameOnly0) {
-        update(nameOnly0, nameOnly0);
+    public void update(boolean stringOnly0) {
+        update(stringOnly0, stringOnly0);
     }
-    public void update(boolean nameOnly0, boolean preventEdit0) {
-        if (this.nameOnly != nameOnly0) {
-            this.nameOnly = nameOnly0;
-            boolean visible = !nameOnly0;
-            for (Entry<ColumnDef, ItemColumn> column : columns.entrySet()) {
-                if (column.getKey() != ColumnDef.NAME) {
-                    column.getValue().setVisible(visible);
-                }
-            }
+    public void update(boolean stringOnly0, boolean preventEdit0) {
+        if (this.stringOnly != stringOnly0) {
+            this.stringOnly = stringOnly0;
             this.restoreDefaultFilters();
         }
-        if (nameOnly0) {
+        if (stringOnly0) {
             preventEdit0 = true; //if name only, always prevent edit
         }
         if (this.preventEdit != preventEdit0) {
             this.preventEdit = preventEdit0;
             columns.get(ColumnDef.DECK_ACTIONS).setVisible(!preventEdit0);
         }
-        this.getTable().setup(columns);
+        if (stringOnly0) {
+            this.getTable().setup(SColumnUtil.getStringColumn());
+        }
+        else {
+            this.getTable().setup(columns);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -146,7 +143,7 @@ public final class DeckManager extends ItemManager<Deck> {
 
     @Override
     protected void addDefaultFilters() {
-        if (!this.nameOnly) {
+        if (!this.stringOnly) {
             addFilter(new DeckColorFilter(this));
         }
     }
@@ -158,7 +155,7 @@ public final class DeckManager extends ItemManager<Deck> {
 
     @Override
     protected void buildAddFilterMenu(JMenu menu) {
-        if (this.nameOnly) { return; }
+        if (this.stringOnly) { return; }
 
         GuiUtils.addSeparator(menu); //separate from current search item
 
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/ItemManager.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/ItemManager.java
index dd394bce315..174456ba51a 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/ItemManager.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/ItemManager.java
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ public abstract class ItemManager<T extends InventoryItem> extends JPanel {
             this.model.addItems(this.pool);
         }
 
-        this.table.refresh(itemsToSelect, backupIndexToSelect, false);
+        this.table.refresh(itemsToSelect, backupIndexToSelect);
 
         for (ItemFilter<? extends T> filter : this.orderedFilters) {
             filter.afterFiltersApplied();
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java
index 64f7a12972c..ca37c09b05a 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemColumn.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import forge.limited.DraftRankCache;
  * 
  * @param <T> a generic type
  */
-
 public class ItemColumn extends TableColumn {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 3749431834643427572L;
 
@@ -166,6 +165,19 @@ public class ItemColumn extends TableColumn {
     }
 
     public enum ColumnDef {
+        STRING("", "", 0, -1, -1, SortState.ASC, new ItemCellRenderer(),
+                new Function<Entry<InventoryItem, Integer>, Comparable<?>>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public Comparable<?> apply(final Entry<InventoryItem, Integer> from) {
+                        return from.getKey().getCompareValue();
+                    }
+                },
+                new Function<Entry<? extends InventoryItem, Integer>, Object>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public Object apply(final Entry<? extends InventoryItem, Integer> from) {
+                        return from.getKey().toString();
+                    }
+                }),
         NAME("Name", "Name", 180, -1, -1, SortState.ASC, new ItemCellRenderer(),
                 new Function<Entry<InventoryItem, Integer>, Comparable<?>>() {
                     @Override
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java
index 7a85a02790e..2c2e3c34df7 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemListView.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package forge.gui.toolbox.itemmanager.views;
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Component;
 import java.awt.Cursor;
+import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
 import java.awt.Point;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
@@ -53,8 +54,6 @@ import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
 import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
 import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
-
 import forge.gui.toolbox.FMouseAdapter;
 import forge.gui.toolbox.FSkin;
 import forge.gui.toolbox.FSkin.SkinnedTable;
@@ -75,6 +74,8 @@ import forge.util.ItemPoolSorter;
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public final class ItemListView<T extends InventoryItem> extends ItemView<T> {
+    private static final int ROW_HEIGHT = 20;
+
     private final ItemTable table = new ItemTable();
     private final ItemTableModel tableModel;
 
@@ -127,8 +128,7 @@ public final class ItemListView<T extends InventoryItem> extends ItemView<T> {
 
         this.table.setFont(FSkin.getFont(12));
         this.table.setBorder((Border)null);
-        this.table.getTableHeader().setBorder(null);
-        this.table.setRowHeight(20);
+        this.table.setRowHeight(ROW_HEIGHT);
         this.table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_ALL_COLUMNS);
 
         // prevent tables from intercepting tab focus traversals
@@ -160,14 +160,20 @@ public final class ItemListView<T extends InventoryItem> extends ItemView<T> {
             if (col.isVisible()) { colmodel.addColumn(col); }
         }
 
+        //hide table header if only showing single string column
+        if (cols.size() == 1 && cols.containsKey(ColumnDef.STRING)) {
+            this.table.getTableHeader().setPreferredSize(new Dimension(0, 0));
+        }
+        else {
+            this.table.getTableHeader().setPreferredSize(new Dimension(0, ROW_HEIGHT));
+        }
+
         this.tableModel.addListeners();
         this.table.setModel(this.tableModel);
         this.table.setColumnModel(colmodel);
 
         this.tableModel.setup();
-        this.refresh(selectedItemsBefore, 0, false);
-
-        this.table.getTableHeader().setBackground(new Color(200, 200, 200));
+        this.refresh(selectedItemsBefore, 0);
     }
 
     public JTable getTable() {
@@ -292,6 +298,8 @@ public final class ItemListView<T extends InventoryItem> extends ItemView<T> {
                     return tableColumn.getLongName();
                 }
             };
+            header.setBorder(null);
+            header.setBackground(new Color(200, 200, 200));
             ((DefaultTableCellRenderer)header.getDefaultRenderer()).setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
             return header;
         }
@@ -412,22 +420,22 @@ public final class ItemListView<T extends InventoryItem> extends ItemView<T> {
 
         public void setup() {
             final Enumeration<TableColumn> e = table.getColumnModel().getColumns();
-            final TableColumn[] sortcols = new TableColumn[table.getColumnCount()];
+            final ItemColumn[] sortcols = new ItemColumn[table.getColumnCount()];
 
             // Assemble priority sort.
             while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                 final ItemColumn col = (ItemColumn) e.nextElement();
-                if (col.getSortPriority() > 0 && col.getSortPriority() < sortcols.length) {
-                    sortcols[col.getSortPriority()] = col;
+                if (col.getSortPriority() > 0 && col.getSortPriority() <= sortcols.length) {
+                    sortcols[col.getSortPriority() - 1] = col;
                 }
             }
 
             cascadeManager.reset();
 
-            ArrayUtils.reverse(sortcols);
-            for (int i = 1; i < sortcols.length; i++) {
-                if (sortcols[i] != null) {
-                    cascadeManager.add((ItemColumn) sortcols[i], true);
+            for (int i = sortcols.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                ItemColumn col = sortcols[i];
+                if (col != null) {
+                    cascadeManager.add(col, true);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -499,14 +507,12 @@ public final class ItemListView<T extends InventoryItem> extends ItemView<T> {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                //backup selected items to restore
-                final Iterable<T> selectedItemsBefore = getSelectedItems();
-
                 // This will invert if needed
                 ItemTableModel.this.cascadeManager.add((ItemColumn) table.getColumnModel().getColumn(columnModelIndex), false);
-                refresh(selectedItemsBefore, 0, true);
+                ItemTableModel.this.refreshSort();
                 table.tableChanged(new TableModelEvent(ItemTableModel.this));
                 table.repaint();
+                ItemListView.this.setSelectedIndex(0);
                 SItemManagerIO.savePreferences(getItemManager());
             }
 
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemView.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemView.java
index b18cc400923..bc04e987962 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemView.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/ItemView.java
@@ -59,20 +59,9 @@ public abstract class ItemView<T extends InventoryItem> {
         return this.isIncrementalSearchActive;
     }
 
-    public void refresh(final Iterable<T> itemsToSelect, final int backupIndexToSelect, final boolean delaySelection) {
+    public void refresh(final Iterable<T> itemsToSelect, final int backupIndexToSelect) {
         onRefresh();
-
-        if (delaySelection) {
-            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    fixSelection(itemsToSelect, backupIndexToSelect);
-                }
-            });
-        }
-        else {
-            fixSelection(itemsToSelect, backupIndexToSelect);
-        }
+        fixSelection(itemsToSelect, backupIndexToSelect);
     }
     protected abstract void onRefresh();
     private void fixSelection(final Iterable<T> itemsToSelect, final int backupIndexToSelect) {
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/SColumnUtil.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/SColumnUtil.java
index f7bec11e88a..9ae3cc9cd8b 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/SColumnUtil.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/gui/toolbox/itemmanager/views/SColumnUtil.java
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ public final class SColumnUtil {
         return columns;
     }
 
+    public static Map<ColumnDef, ItemColumn> getStringColumn() {
+        Map<ColumnDef, ItemColumn> columns = getColumns(ColumnDef.STRING);
+        columns.get(ColumnDef.STRING).setSortPriority(1);
+        return columns;
+    }
+
     public static Map<ColumnDef, ItemColumn> getCatalogDefaultColumns() {
         Map<ColumnDef, ItemColumn> columns = getColumns(
                 ColumnDef.FAVORITE,
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardChooser.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardChooser.java
index 6b9ec883ad9..f099dc86b0a 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardChooser.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardChooser.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import forge.util.ItemPool;
  *
  */
 public class QuestRewardCardChooser extends QuestRewardCard implements InventoryItem  {
-
     /**
      * Possible types for this object.
      */
@@ -61,6 +60,16 @@ public class QuestRewardCardChooser extends QuestRewardCard implements Inventory
         return description;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The item type.
      * 
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardDuplicate.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardDuplicate.java
index c8014eac524..7136d13e189 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardDuplicate.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardDuplicate.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import forge.util.ItemPool;
  *
  */
 public class QuestRewardCardDuplicate implements IQuestRewardCard {
-
     private final String description;
 
     /**
@@ -45,6 +44,16 @@ public class QuestRewardCardDuplicate implements IQuestRewardCard {
         return "duplicate card";
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Produces a list of options to choose from, in this case,
      * the player's current cards.
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardFiltered.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardFiltered.java
index b46ae1d4449..6eee6bb4fea 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardFiltered.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestRewardCardFiltered.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import forge.item.PaperCard;
  *
  */
 public class QuestRewardCardFiltered extends QuestRewardCard implements IQuestRewardCard {
-
     private final String description;
     private final Predicate<PaperCard> predicates;
 
@@ -39,6 +38,15 @@ public class QuestRewardCardFiltered extends QuestRewardCard implements IQuestRe
         return description;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Comparable<?> getCompareValue() {
+        return description;
+    }
 
     /**
      * The item type.