The 10 Best MTG Deck Building Tools in 2026

1. Grimoria

Best for: Collection + decks + budget alternatives in one place

Full disclosure: Grimoria is our tool, so judge this entry accordingly. We built it because deck builders and collection trackers were always separate apps. Grimoria combines a camera card scanner, collection management with binders and deck boxes, a deck builder with format validation, wishlists with price alerts, and daily TCGplayer and Cardmarket prices — free, on web, iOS, and Android, with offline support.

Its most distinctive feature is the similarity engine: for any expensive card it suggests budget-friendly alternatives based on mechanics and gameplay patterns, which is invaluable when tuning a deck to a price point or upgrading a Commander precon.

2. Moxfield

Best for: The all-round deck editor most players use

Moxfield is the current default for deck building: a fast, clean editor, solid playtesting tools, deck primers, and a huge public deck database. Its collection features are serviceable but secondary — most players pair it with a dedicated tracker. If you mainly want to write and share lists, it’s hard to beat.

3. Archidekt

Best for: Visual deck building with categories

Archidekt’s card-image-first editor with drag-and-drop categories (ramp, removal, draw…) makes deck structure visible at a glance, which is great for Commander where you’re balancing packages. Price tracking and collection integration are built in, and its category system is the best in class for analyzing why a deck works.

4. EDHREC

Best for: Commander deck research and recommendations

EDHREC isn’t a deck editor — it’s the data layer for Commander. Aggregating hundreds of thousands of decks, it shows you what cards are most played with any commander, theme, or combo. Brew with it open in another tab, then build the actual list in your editor of choice.

5. MTGGoldfish

Best for: Metagame data and budget deck lists

MTGGoldfish tracks metagame shares across competitive formats, publishes budget versions of top decks, and maintains long-running price history. It’s more a research site than a builder, but for answering “what’s good in Modern right now, and what does it cost?” it’s the first stop.

6. Scryfall

Best for: Card search — the engine behind everything else

Scryfall is the definitive card search engine, with a query syntax powerful enough to express almost any card question (t:creature o:"draw a card" cmc<=2 c:g). Most tools on this list, ours included, build on its data. Every deck builder should learn basic Scryfall syntax — it pays off daily.

7. ManaBox

Best for: Mobile-first scanning and collection tracking

ManaBox made camera scanning mainstream on mobile: point your phone at cards, build a collection, and track deck lists on the go. Deck building is lighter than the desktop-oriented tools, but as a phone-native scanner and tracker it set the standard many apps now chase.

8. TopDecked

Best for: Competitive players who playtest on mobile

TopDecked focuses on the competitive workflow: deck building with legality checks, goldfishing and playtesting, metagame data, and tournament tools like life tracking, all in a polished mobile app. Some advanced features sit behind a subscription.

9. TappedOut

Best for: Community deck feedback

One of the longest-running deck sites, TappedOut’s strength has always been its community: post a list and get real feedback and upgrade suggestions in the comments. The interface shows its age next to newer editors, but the deck archive and discussion culture remain valuable.

10. Delver Lens

Best for: High-volume scanning on Android

Delver Lens is a dedicated Android scanner known for speed and accuracy with large boxes of cards, exporting to CSV and other trackers. If your immediate problem is “I have 20,000 unsorted cards,” it’s a strong first step in the pipeline — scan there, manage anywhere.

What is the best free MTG deck builder?

Moxfield is the most popular free deck builder, and Archidekt is the strongest visual alternative. If you also want collection tracking, a card scanner, and budget alternative suggestions in the same free tool, Grimoria combines all of those with deck building for Commander and other formats.

Which deck building tool is best for Commander (EDH)?

EDHREC is essential for Commander research thanks to its recommendation data, while Moxfield and Archidekt are the most used editors. Grimoria adds Commander-specific features like precon upgrade guides, bracket estimation, and budget alternatives for expensive staples.

Can I move my decks and collection between tools?

Yes. Nearly all major tools exchange plain-text deck lists, and most collection trackers import and export CSV. Grimoria imports collections and decks from Moxfield, Archidekt, and ManaBox exports, and lets you export your data at any time.