How exactly does one get a card idea into the crucible/further? I've been looking at all the posts in the card ideas thread and it's fairly confusing, at least for me. It kind of looks like a card hasn't been added to the crucible in awhile or is it just me?
I'm pretty sure it works like this. Maybe check with a Curator.
Card Ideas start at Level 0 - Smithy. That's when you first post your idea in its topic. When you're happy that it's done, you can submit it to Level 1 - Crucible by putting the link in "Link Crucible Candidates Here" topic. Periodically (I'm not sure how long), the Card Curators will come along and (so long as everything is as it should be) post the ideas in the Crucible in the right topic. Here, the cards are voted on by everyone and anyone. The polls are reviewed periodically (again, I forget how long) and ideas with enough votes will be moved up into Level 2 - Forge. Cards that have survived a certain number of cycles (or review periods) will be moved into the Archives. Once in the Forge, the same process occurs, with certain cards moving up into the Armory and others being moved into the Archives. Cards in the Armory are voted on but only make it in game if Zanz says so (very rarely) or are moved to the Archives.
As for cards not being added, if they're being submitted the they should be going in.
The Curators were/are discussing an alternate method of working the CI&A to help it flow better so what I just said might turn out to be wrong.