Card Set: This has been brought up lots of times, and the universal response seems to be to get the BOB greasemonkey plugin which provides this information (as well as alot more) Thread is here --------->
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33445As for the unranked play idea, well, I think it would present a large problem to try to manage ranked vs unranked games. As well to try to find people that would want to play for no points.
Just get in there and play. Worry less about the points. I've joined games often just so I could play a map or game option. In the long run, a few losses when you are low level don't amount to too much.