Thanks for replying. My problem is that I want to be able to sort into the one big deck and do the cards I'm currently studying. If I move the designated tags into a new deck and then return it back into the mother deck, will it still sync with their new schedules if I keep the setting the same?
I understand what you're saying...I'm just pointing out that if you're going to be reviewing that sorted set of cards for more than a single day or so, it's easier to just pull them into their own deck rather than sorting and Custom Studying every time.
I did answer your question, though. The interval for your card will be preserved wherever you move it, no matter what the settings, but the next interval will be calculated using the settings of the deck it is in when you review.
If I were you, I'd download the deck (Big Deck) and set it to 0 New Cards, 0 Reviews, etc. You won't study anything from this deck directly, which is good...why reinforce knowledge that you haven't taken the time to actively learn yet?
I'd then make a Current deck with a high New and Review count and small intervals.
Go into the Big Deck, open the Browser, and search for the cards you want. Move those into the Current deck.
You can then study just from the Current deck and cover everything you want. You can even add cards to it no problem.
When you finish one unit, I'd make a Review deck, with a low New count, mid Review count, and large intervals. Whenever you finish a unit, select all the cards in your Current deck, tag them by the unit you learned them in, and transfer them to Review. Then move the next batch of cards from your Big Deck to your Current deck.
Now, when you review, you'll see a lot of cards from your Current deck, because of the high Due Counts you set it up with. You'll see that material, which you need to know
now, very frequently due to the short intervals. However, you will also have a light background load from your Review deck where you keep everything you've learned thus far in low-intensity circulation.
That's how I'd do it, were I to use another person's Big Deck.