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Which AI do you want to use?

No key? Use ours Agents Plus: C$5 a month plus AI credits. Coming soon.

Your key stays in your browser. It is kept in this tab only (or on this device if you tick Remember) and sent only to the AI company you picked, straight from your browser. It never reaches pokemonpack.com, and we never see or store it. Your builds are billed to your own AI account; the shop pays nothing. A remembered key can be read by anyone using this browser: press Forget key when you're done on a shared computer.

What's an API key? How do I get one?

An API key is like a password that lets an app use your own account with an AI company. You paste it here, and the deck builder uses your AI account to do its thinking. The AI company bills you for what you use, usually a few cents per deck.

Why we ask for one. The deck builder is free: we don't charge for it and we don't run the AI ourselves. Your key goes straight from your browser to the AI company you picked. We never see it, store it or take a cut.

A subscription is not an API key. ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, Gemini in the Google One plans and other app subscriptions don't include an API key or API credit. The API is a separate, pay-as-you-go account on the developer sites below (you can sign in with the same login).

Stay safe

  • Set a spending limit on your AI account or on the key (a few dollars is plenty), so a lost key can't run up a bill.
  • Don't share it or post it anywhere. Make a separate key just for this site.
  • Delete it any time on the same page where you made it: it stops working at once. Here, press Forget key to remove it from this browser.
  • On a shared computer, don't tick Remember on this device.

How to get one (pick any)

Anthropic (Claude)
  1. Go to console.anthropic.com/settings/keys and sign up or sign in.
  2. Add a little credit under Billing (prepaid; a few dollars covers dozens of decks).
  3. Press Create Key, name it "Deckmaster", copy it (it starts with sk-ant-).
  4. Pick Anthropic above, paste it and press Use this key.
OpenAI (GPT)
  1. Go to platform.openai.com/api-keys and sign in (your ChatGPT login works, but API use is billed separately).
  2. Add credit under Settings, Billing, and set a monthly budget under Limits.
  3. Press Create new secret key and copy it (it starts with sk-; it's shown only once).
  4. Pick OpenAI above and paste it.
Google Gemini
  1. Go to aistudio.google.com/app/apikey (Google AI Studio) and sign in with a Google account.
  2. Press Create API key and copy it.
  3. Pick Gemini above and paste it.

Free tier: Google's Gemini API has a free tier: many models, including the Flash models, cost nothing within daily limits, with no card needed. On the free tier Google may use what you send to improve its products; on the paid tier it doesn't. The newest Pro models need billing turned on.

OpenRouter (one key, many models)
  1. Go to openrouter.ai/keys and sign in.
  2. Buy a few dollars of credits.
  3. Press Create Key, give it a credit limit (OpenRouter recommends one on every key) and copy it (it starts with sk-or-).
  4. Pick OpenRouter above and paste it. You can then choose from hundreds of models: Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Grok, Qwen, as well as Claude, GPT and Gemini.

What a deck costs

A build reads about 25,000 to 60,000 tokens and writes 4,000 to 9,000 (a token is about three-quarters of a word). With list prices on 8 Oct 2026:

ModelPer deck, roughly
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic, our default)US$0.09 to US$0.21
Claude Haiku 4.5 (Anthropic, cheaper)US$0.04 to US$0.10
GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI)US$0.09 to US$0.21
GPT-5.4 mini (OpenAI, cheaper)US$0.04 to US$0.09
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (Google)US$0.10 to US$0.23
Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google, paid tier, until 31 Dec 2026)US$0.03 to US$0.08
Gemini Flash models on Google's free tierUS$0 (within the daily limits)
OpenRouterThe model's own price: the builder shows the estimate when you pick one

Asking for changes afterwards costs a little more each time. The page shows the real token count after every build. Price lists: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter.

What Mox does

Tell it your format, play style, budget and the cards you own. It looks up every card in the card database while it works, builds a legal MTG Arena / MTGO text list, then explains the game plan, the key combos, how to mulligan, tech options, budget swaps and the non-obvious synergies most players miss. Before you see the list, this page checks the card counts and legality again and flags any problem.

It works with Claude (Anthropic), GPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), or hundreds of other models through OpenRouter. You bring the key; open What's an API key? above for a two-minute how-to.

Agent recipes

One click fills in the form and a detailed request that gets the most out of Mox. You can edit all of it before you press Build.

Cards I own (optional: attach your TCGplayer, Collectr or other export, or just paste a few cards below, one per line)

or drag the file onto this box

Your collection stays in your browser. The file is read on your device and is never uploaded to pokemonpack.com or saved anywhere. When you press Build, only the card names and counts go to the AI you picked, and card names to the public card database. Reads Moxfield, Archidekt, ManaBox, Deckbox, Collectr and TCGplayer exports (CSV or Excel .xlsx), Arena / MTGO text, or plain lines like “4 Lightning Bolt”.

    Example output · hand-written sample, not a live build

    Example: Boros Burn (Modern)

    Game Magic · Format Modern · Style: aggro · Budget: mid

    Deck
    4 Goblin Guide
    4 Monastery Swiftspear
    4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
    4 Lightning Bolt
    4 Lava Spike
    4 Rift Bolt
    4 Skewer the Critics
    4 Boros Charm
    4 Lightning Helix
    2 Searing Blaze
    2 Skullcrack
    4 Inspiring Vantage
    4 Sacred Foundry
    2 Arid Mesa
    2 Bloodstained Mire
    2 Wooded Foothills
    6 Mountain
    
    Sideboard
    3 Path to Exile
    3 Kor Firewalker
    2 Roiling Vortex
    3 Smash to Smithereens
    2 Deflecting Palm
    2 Rest in Peace

    Game plan

    Deal 20 damage before the opponent's deck comes online. Creatures chip in early, then every burn spell goes to the face unless a blocker must die.

    Key synergy

    Skewer the Critics costs one red mana after any creature hits; Eidolon punishes both players, but you win the race because your curve is lower.

    Opening and mulligans

    Keep two-landers with a one-drop creature. Mulligan seven-card hands with no creature and no Rift Bolt.

    Sideboard plan

    Kor Firewalker and Path against other red decks; Smash and Rest in Peace against artifact and graveyard decks.

    Budget swaps

    The six fetch lands are most of the cost: play Mountains in their place. You lose a little Lightning Helix and Boros Charm consistency, and the game plan stays the same.

    This is a hand-written example to show the layout. It was not checked against the current ban list: run a real build to get a validated list.

    Meta decks

    Where the winning Magic lists live. We link to these sites rather than copying them. Links checked 2026-10-08.

    Major tournaments

    Deck-building tips

    Land count first

    In 60 cards: about 20 to 22 lands for a low-curve aggro deck, 23 to 25 for midrange, 25 to 27 for control or ramp. Cheap card draw and mana-value-1 cantrips let you shave one. Commander usually wants 36 to 38 lands plus about 10 ramp pieces.

    Build a mana curve

    Count your spells by mana value. Aggro decks want most spells at 1 and 2 mana and few above 3. Midrange peaks at 2 and 3. Control can go higher but needs early interaction so it lives to cast its top end.

    Enough coloured sources

    A spell you want on turn one with a single coloured pip needs about 13 to 14 sources of that colour in 60 cards to cast on time most games; double pips early need much more. If the numbers don't work, cut a colour or move to a lower-pip version of the card.

    Fours, twos and ones

    Play 4 copies of the cards you want every game (your best threat, your best removal). 2 or 3 of cards you want once but not twice (legendary cards, expensive finishers). Ones are for tutors and silver bullets.

    Sideboarding

    Plan your 15 by matchup before the event: for each likely opponent, write what comes in and what goes out, in equal numbers. Don't board in more than you take out of the same role, and remember you can be on the draw after a loss.

    Commander basics

    100 cards, one of each (basic lands aside), every card inside your commander's colour identity. A solid start: 10 ramp, 10 card draw, 8 to 10 single-target removal, 2 or 3 board wipes, then your theme. Synergy with your commander beats a pile of generic good cards.

    Budgeting

    The mana base is usually the most expensive part: start with basics and budget dual lands, and upgrade lands last because they carry across decks. Pick an archetype whose key cards are commons and uncommons, then upgrade the top end one card at a time.

    Card data and images: Scryfall, read by your browser while you build (Scryfall doesn't endorse this page). Deckmaster AI Agents is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. Meta and event links go to the sites that run them: we link to them, we don't copy them. AI answers can be wrong: check a list before an event.

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