diff --git a/decode.py b/decode.py
index 94944bc..e6a1516 100755
--- a/decode.py
+++ b/decode.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import utils
 import jdecode
 import cardlib
 from cbow import CBOW
+from namediff import Namediff
+
+def exclude_sets(cardset):
+    return cardset == 'Unglued' or cardset == 'Unhinged' or cardset == 'Celebration'
 
 def main(fname, oname = None, verbose = True, 
          gatherer = False, for_forum = False, creativity = False, norarity = False):
@@ -38,7 +42,23 @@ def main(fname, oname = None, verbose = True,
         for json_cardname in sorted(json_srcs):
             if len(json_srcs[json_cardname]) > 0:
                 jcards = json_srcs[json_cardname]
-                card = cardlib.Card(json_srcs[json_cardname][0], fmt_ordered = decode_fields)
+
+                # look for a normal rarity version, in a set we can use
+                idx = 0
+                card = cardlib.Card(jcards[idx], fmt_ordered = decode_fields)
+                while (idx < len(jcards)
+                       and (card.rarity == utils.rarity_special_marker 
+                            or exclude_sets(jcards[idx][utils.json_field_set_name]))):
+                    idx += 1
+                    if idx < len(jcards):
+                        card = cardlib.Card(jcards[idx], fmt_ordered = decode_fields)
+                # if there isn't one, settle with index 0
+                if idx >= len(jcards):
+                    idx = 0
+                    card = cardlib.Card(jcards[idx], fmt_ordered = decode_fields)
+                # we could go back and look for a card satisfying one of the criteria,
+                # but eh
+
                 if card.valid:
                     valid += 1
                 elif card.parsed:
@@ -84,6 +104,7 @@ def main(fname, oname = None, verbose = True,
 
     if creativity:
         cbow = CBOW()
+        namediff = Namediff()
 
     def writecards(writer):
         for card in cards:
@@ -92,6 +113,14 @@ def main(fname, oname = None, verbose = True,
                 writer.write('~~ closest cards ~~\n'.encode('utf-8'))
                 nearest = cbow.nearest(card)
                 for dist, cardname in nearest:
+                    cardname = namediff.names[cardname]
+                    if for_forum:
+                        cardname = '[card]' + cardname + '[/card]'
+                    writer.write((cardname + ': ' + str(dist) + '\n').encode('utf-8'))
+                writer.write('~~ closest names ~~\n'.encode('utf-8'))
+                nearest = namediff.nearest(card.name)
+                for dist, cardname in nearest:
+                    cardname = namediff.names[cardname]
                     if for_forum:
                         cardname = '[card]' + cardname + '[/card]'
                     writer.write((cardname + ': ' + str(dist) + '\n').encode('utf-8'))
diff --git a/lib/namediff.py b/lib/namediff.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71cdf2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/namediff.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import difflib
+import os
+import jdecode
+import cardlib
+
+libdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+datadir = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(libdir, '../data'))
+
+class Namediff:
+    def __init__(self, verbose = True,
+                 json_fname = os.path.join(datadir, 'AllSets.json')):
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        self.names = {}
+
+        if self.verbose:
+            print 'Setting up namediff...'
+
+        if self.verbose:
+            print '  Reading names from: ' + json_fname
+        json_srcs = jdecode.mtg_open_json(json_fname, verbose)
+        namecount = 0
+        for json_cardname in sorted(json_srcs):
+            if len(json_srcs[json_cardname]) > 0:
+                jcards = json_srcs[json_cardname]
+
+                # just use the first one
+                idx = 0
+                card = cardlib.Card(jcards[idx])
+                name = card.name
+                jname = jcards[idx]['name']
+                    
+                if name in self.names:
+                    print '  Duplicate name ' + name + ', ignoring.'
+                else:
+                    self.names[name] = jname
+                    namecount += 1
+
+        print '  Read ' + str(namecount) + ' unique cardnames'
+        print '  Building SequenceMatcher objects.'
+        
+        self.matchers = [difflib.SequenceMatcher(b=n, autojunk=False) for n in self.names]
+
+        print '... Done.'
+    
+    def nearest(self, name, n=3):
+        for m in self.matchers:
+            m.set_seq1(name)
+        ratios = [(m.ratio(), m.b) for m in self.matchers]
+        ratios.sort(reverse = True)
+
+        if ratios[0][0] >= 1:
+            return ratios[:1]
+        else:
+            return ratios[:n]
+        
+            
+