So i join up for an EC and select a deck. A minute or two later i get a message "less that 40 cards". This deck has 41. I double check everything (this is the first deck I've used in EC that has phantoms).
Checked deck can be played normally in other matches. EC starts and i am playing some totally different deck. (again i checked later, no chance i accidentally clicked it, i have a rather peculiar naming convection for my decks, sorta have to with 50+decks).

Also the other day in the EC (the one with lots of fake ones afterward), I couldn't play at all. (same deck, no messages at all.)

As a sidenote: lag and desynchronisation issues have popped up in a lot of my internet activity due to nasty snowstorms, so maybe it was some corrupt data packets or something. In TFW this has mostly manifested in cut-off sentences in chat.

Bonus: Seems Zblader had similiar deck problems in the EC, but i haven't checked with him for confirmation.

So, is this because of use of phantoms in this particular deck (and yes all the phantoms are still present)? Ec tab message does say they're not usable, but they're supposed to be anyway right?

The thing with EC rejecting decks with lots of phantoms has been fixed.

It better. I'll test it out on the next EC and see what happens.

Yeez people have a little understanding for the developers...
Theyre only human, and they must be fed up by now from the constant tinkering and patching of TFW.
As long as stuff gets done eventually all is well.

If Jed tells you it's fixed, it's fixed.