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DPsycho on 16:13, 11. Apr, 2009
Something that I've been meaning to do for a while is to compile a list of misspellings and grammatical errors I've noticed on various cards. Today, I have finally done so. Here is my list.

COMMON:

Abbysal scavenger
Abbysal = "Abyssal"
oppoent's = "opponent's"

Abyssal Viper
uppercase second word

Benediction
hers = "her"

Cleansing
by = "with"

Conjurer
by = "with"

Druid
by = "with"

Mithril mine
Enemy Quarry = "Enemy quarry" *

Preparations
Enemy Dungeon = "Enemy dungeon" *

Ranger
by = "with"

Retribution
hers = "her"

Saints-day
Saints-day = "Saints Day" or "Saints' Day"

Temple of light
holy = "Holy" **

* For most cards (Azure unicorn, Basilisk, Bloody moon, Bounty hunter, Magic well, Cultists, Earth elemental, Immolation, Kidnap, Lava spectre, Lightning strike, Mind control, Murderer, Obsidian gargoyle, Soul cleaver, Treacherous artifact, Valkyrie, Daemon, Implosion, Magic rift, Shadow unicorn) mention of an enemy facility has the facility's name in lowercase.
** In most other cases, keywords are capitalized and boldface in card effect text.
DPsycho on 16:18, 11. Apr, 2009
UNCOMMON:

Balistae
Balistae = "Ballistae"

Clay Golem
uppercase second word *

Emissary of the Afterlife
uppercase fourth word

Fairy dragon
dragons = "Dragons" or "Dragon cards"

Iron Golem
uppercase second word *

Light Cavalry
uppercase second word (Also, it is "Light cavalry" in General's army's text.)

Mask of the Phantasm
uppercase fourth word **

Meditation
additional 8 = "8 additional" or "an additional 8"

* I'm not sure why golem is capitalized. It isn't for Dragon golem, and golem is not generally a proper noun.
** If this is a reference to something specific (the animated Batman movie?) then leave it as is. If it is a mask of an unnamed phantasm, then it needn't be capitalized.
DPsycho on 16:21, 11. Apr, 2009
RARE:

Angel of destruction *
yours = "your"

Crugg the destroyer
destroyer = "Destroyer" (assuming that this is his name/title)

Danai present
opponents = "opponent's"

Great wall of China
Great wall of China = "Great Wall of China" **

Luna the sorceress
sorceress = "Sorceress" (assuming that this is her name/title)

Mountain of Faith
uppercase third word (unless this is a specific reference or place, of course.)

Necropolis
Emissary = "Emissary of the afterlife"

New era
yours = "your"

Order of the white lotus
white lotus = "White Lotus" **

Prince of thieves
resource and enemy's resource = "resources and enemy's resources"

Tornado
enemys = "enemy's" or all of enemys = "all enemy"

Vampire lord
with vampire = "with Vampire"

* I would have suggested capitalizing destruction except that this is not a Destruction card.
** Since these are named after existing things, they should be capitalized as proper names.
DPsycho on 16:24, 11. Apr, 2009
PREVIEW CARDS:

Death prophet
Catastrophie = "Catastrophe"

Goblin intruder
by = "with"

Divine intervention
gets 10 tower and 20 wall = "gets Tower: +10 Wall: +20" (to match wording on existing cards)

Elementalist
looses = "loses"

Revenge of the fallen
least = "fewest"
looses = "loses"

Alastor flame of heavens
+ 50 = "+50"
DPsycho on 16:47, 11. Apr, 2009
Additional capitalization notes:

I'd personally prefer if the nouns card names were capitalized, but I have instead prepared this list with regard for uniformity. Since most of them have only the first word capitalized, I've instead pointed out the ones that do not follow that pattern.

I've taken exception to cards named after proper nouns. Names of people, places, and organizations should be capitalized. Also, since keywords are always capitalized, such cards as Academy of Destruction and Academy of Illusion are fine with their current capitalization. The one exception to this is the Dragon keyword -- most Dragon cards have the word "dragon" in their titles without capitalization. As its own established pattern, and since they are the names of creatures, I see this as not necessarily violating the established pattern.

There are occasional cards that capitalize bricks, gems, and recruits (Invocation, for example). I did not take note of all uses, but it seems that individual resources are usually lowercase. I cannot make a recommendation without reviewing all the cards again, and I'm not about to do that this morning.
Mojko on 12:24, 13. Apr, 2009
Thank you very much for your help ;-). I corrected the card texts in https://netvor.sk/trac/arcomage/changeset/526
theultramage on 16:24, 15. Apr, 2009
Adding one more typo... enemys -> enemy's.

'Enemy stock: +10<br />Discards opponent''s hand and receives random cards with no cost'. Here the subject in the first part of the sentence doesn't match the subject in the second sentence.
Mojko on 19:01, 15. Apr, 2009
Fixed in https://netvor.sk/trac/arcomage/changeset/538
DPsycho on 22:40, 15. Apr, 2009
Death Prophet still has its misspelling. Were the (then) preview cards overlooked?
Mojko on 06:56, 16. Apr, 2009
I think it's ok now.
Myschly on 16:22, 16. Apr, 2009
I've been meaning to make a list, but I'm lazy so ;)

"Shadow fairy

Holy.
If there is a no Holy card in enemy hand
Stock: +1
Enemy stock: -1
else
Enemy tower: -1"

That text gives me a headache, who wrote that? :P