diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Deck.vue b/frontend/src/components/Deck.vue
index ad0fc2a..3fbed89 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Deck.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Deck.vue
@@ -29,19 +29,14 @@
           <v-icon>edit</v-icon>
         </v-btn>
       </v-layout>
-      <v-form v-if="editing" lazy-validation>
-        <v-textarea
-          label="Edit Deck"
-          value="The Woodman set to work at once, and so sharp was his axe that the tree was soon chopped nearly through."
-          hint="Paste a deck list"
-        ></v-textarea>
-      </v-form>
+      <DeckEditor v-if="editing" :deck_list="deck_list" />
     </v-container>
   </v-expansion-panel-content>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import Card from './Card.vue'
+import DeckEditor from './forms/DeckEditor.vue'
 
 export default {
   name: 'Deck',
@@ -51,7 +46,8 @@ export default {
   },
 
   components: {
-    Card
+    Card,
+    DeckEditor
   },
 
   data: () => ({
@@ -92,6 +88,27 @@ export default {
       )
 
       return retval
+    },
+
+    deck_list() {
+      let lines = []
+
+      // begin with deck name and note
+      lines.push('Deck Name: ' + this.deck.name)
+      lines.push(this.deck.note)
+      lines.push('')
+
+      // list forwards
+      this.deck_parts.forEach(part => {
+        lines.push(`${part.heading} (${part.count}):`)
+
+        part.cards.forEach(card =>
+          lines.push(`${card.count}x ${card.serial} "${card.dbentry.name}"`)
+        )
+        lines.push('')
+      })
+
+      return lines.join('\n')
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/forms/DeckEditor.vue b/frontend/src/components/forms/DeckEditor.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4a9c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/forms/DeckEditor.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<template>
+  <v-form lazy-validation>
+    <v-alert v-model="deck.count !== 50" type="warning">
+      {{ deck.count }} cards detected! (Decks should have 50)
+    </v-alert>
+
+    <v-textarea
+      ref="textarea"
+      label="Edit Deck"
+      :value="deck_list"
+      rows="40"
+      hint="Change card counts and/or serial numbers. Names will be updated automatically."
+      style="font-family: monospace"
+    >
+    </v-textarea>
+
+    <v-spacer></v-spacer>
+    <v-btn color="success" @click.native="check">
+      Check Deck
+    </v-btn>
+  </v-form>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  name: 'DeckEditor',
+
+  props: {
+    deck_list: String
+  },
+
+  data: () => ({
+    deck: {
+      count: 50
+    }
+  }),
+
+  methods: {
+    parse_deck(deck_string) {
+      let retval = {
+        name: '',
+        note: '',
+        cards: [],
+        count: 0
+      }
+
+      // select all lines containing card serial numbers
+      let cardLinesRE = /^.*\b\d-\d{3}[A-Z]?\b.*$/gm
+      let cardLines = deck_string.match(cardLinesRE)
+
+      cardLines.forEach(cardLine => {
+        // extract serial (guaranteed to be in here!)
+        let serialRE = /\b(\d-\d{3})[A-Z]?\b/i
+        let serial = serialRE.exec(cardLine)[1]
+
+        // strip out serial number
+        cardLine = cardLine.replace(serialRE, '')
+
+        let countREs = [
+          // prioritize a count with "times" symbol *, x, ×
+          /\b([0-9]+)(?:[*×]|[x]\b)/,
+          /(?:[*×]|\b[x])([0-9]+)\b/,
+          // next priority: count with whitespace
+          /\s+([0-9]+)\s+/,
+          /\s+([0-9]+)\b/,
+          /\b([0-9]+)\s+/,
+          // least priority: any simple number
+          /\b([0-9]+)\b/
+        ]
+
+        // fallback value
+        let count = 1
+        for (let i = 0; i < countREs.length; i++) {
+          let data = countREs[i].exec(cardLine)
+
+          if (data) {
+            count = Number(data[1])
+            break
+          }
+        }
+
+        // push card data into deck
+        retval.cards.push({
+          serial: serial,
+          count: count
+        })
+        retval.count += count
+      })
+
+      // strip out lines with serial numbers
+      deck_string = deck_string.replace(cardLinesRE, '')
+
+      // select the line containing 'deck name:'
+      // and its successor (ffdecks format)
+      let metaRE = /^Deck Name: (.+)$[\s]*?^(.+)$/m
+      let metaData = metaRE.exec(deck_string)
+
+      // fallback
+      retval.name = 'Unnamed Deck'
+      retval.note = ''
+
+      if (!metaData) {
+        // no ffdecks format found: strip out anything after the first empty line
+        deck_string = deck_string.replace(/^[\s]*$[^]*/m, '')
+
+        // use lax format: <anything>:[deck name][newline][note]
+        metaRE = /[^]*?:(.+)$[\s]*?^([^]*)/m
+        metaData = metaRE.exec(deck_string)
+      }
+
+      // look again, I am not an else!
+      if (metaData) {
+        // extract matches
+        retval.name = metaData[1].trim()
+        retval.note = metaData[2].trim()
+      }
+
+      return retval
+    },
+
+    check() {
+      let new_deck = this.parse_deck(this.$refs.textarea.lazyValue)
+      this.deck.count = new_deck.count
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>