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The idea behind the games

What would you make from the same cards?

I’m Shedletsky. I wanted a Magic draft with a little of Wordle’s shared daily puzzle: everyone starts from the same place, then makes something different. One player sees a ramp deck; another takes the removal and heads somewhere else. I wanted a way to follow those choices beyond the draft.

MtgBattles lets the computer play the resulting decks many times. You can inspect what happened, compare the builds, and come back with another idea. It’s a fan project for people who enjoy drafting, tinkering with decks, and watching an experiment unfold.

Forge’s AI is an imperfect Magic player. That is part of interpreting the results: these games show how a deck fares with this pilot against this field. I’m interested in what we can learn from the games, and in making the process fun to explore.

Follow a draft from packs to results →

Choose your experiment

A daily puzzle, a league, and a lab.

A project in progress

Play a challenge. Look at the evidence.

Drafts and Arena decks are open to players; the Lab’s populations are run by the site and open to observers. The draft archive preserves completed challenges, while the current experiment shows its game coverage and execution status. An experiment can stop with unanswered questions. Its incomplete results stay labeled as such.

The next useful question is often a small one: did that new build help, did its advantage survive more games, or did the computer simply play it differently? If something is confusing or looks wrong, the feedback links below reach me directly.

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Tell me what would make the site more fun, or report something that is not working as expected. Reports are private and go directly to the MtgBattles feedback inbox.

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