MTG Market Scout MTG deck builder
Build the shell before you buy the cards

MTG Deck Builder

Pick your format, choose your strategy, tune your risk level, and shape the deck ratios before you start locking in the exact cards.

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This tool is for building a cleaner first draft so you can spot missing lands, weak interaction, and shaky win packages before you buy anything.
Formats
Commander / Standard
Risk tuning
3 levels
Strategy presets
14 play styles
Category planner
12 buckets

Deck Setup

Choose your format, define the plan, and tune the ratio targets.

Risk vs. Consistency

Conservative builds run more lands for safer opening hands. Aggressive builds run fewer lands for more action cards, but they can be less consistent.

Deck Category Ratio Planner

Track the cards already in your deck on top, then tune the suggested ratio underneath.

Cards Remaining: 100
Suggested Shell: 100 / 100
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Commander
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Your main legendary creature and deck identity.
Lands
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Provides mana so you can cast your spells consistently.
Ramp / Mana Fixing
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Helps you get ahead on mana or fix your colors.
Card Draw / Card Selection
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Keeps your hand full and helps you find the right cards.
Removal
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Answers opposing creatures, artifacts, enchantments, and threats.
Board Wipes
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Resets the board when opponents get too far ahead.
Protection / Tricks
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Keeps key cards alive or creates combat advantages.
Recursion / Graveyard Recovery
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Gets important cards back from your graveyard so you can recover after removal, board wipes, or long games.
Go-Wide / Support Cards
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Helps you build a bigger board, support your whole team, or make many creatures stronger at once.
Get-Through / Evasion Cards
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Helps your creatures get past blockers with effects like flying, trample, menace, unblockable, haste, or blocker removal.
Theme / Synergy Cards
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Supports your main deck strategy.
Win Conditions
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Cards that help you actually close out the game.

Planner Output

Use this summary as your checklist before you start filling individual card slots.