MTG Playbook vs Decked Builder Remastered
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTG Playbook
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MTG Playbook is an all-in-one app for Magic: The Gathering. Its main features include a life counter, match record, match analysis, deck building, deck solitaire, and detailed card search. ■ Life Counter You can increase or decrease life points with a tap. It allows you to view life history, count energy and storm, and more. After finishing the first game, the app records the win/loss and starts the second game. The match result is automatically displayed after winning or losing two games. - Life history - Count energy/storm/poison/experience - Game results - Display elapsed time - Display who goes first ■ Match Record When you use MTG Playbook’s life counter for a match, the match is automatically recorded and can be reviewed later. You can set your deck, event, and opponent's deck for each match. This setup allows you to search match records and perform match analysis. - Record who goes first - Record game results - Record match results - Record your deck - Record opponent's deck - Record events (FNM, etc.) - Record mulligans - Record troubles like mana screw - Record match time - Add notes for each match ■ Match Analysis By setting your deck, event, and opponent’s deck in the match record, you can analyze your matches, including win rates and match counts by deck. The default analysis covers the entire period, but you can freely change the period and specify opponent decks or events for analysis. You can also analyze game duration, mulligan counts, mana troubles, and more. - Win rate by deck - Win rate by who goes first - Win rate by opponent's deck - Win rate by event - Mulligan rate - Game duration - Mana screw rate ■ Deck Building You can build decks with support for importing/exporting in Magic Online format and viewing stats like mana curves. Cards can use any illustration or language. There are special features like managing foils, a wish list, and saving deck snapshots. - Use cards with any illustration - Use cards in any language - Import/export in Magic Online format - Manage cards under consideration - Manage a wish list - Designate commanders - Designate companions - Specify foils - Manage deck snapshots (change history) - Display mana curve/mana color/mana generation/card type/card rarity - Display deck's estimated price (in dollars and tix) ■ Deck Solitaire You can solitaire your built decks within the app. It covers basic elements like moving cards between zones, changing phases like tapping and flipping, placing various counters, generating tokens, and searching for cards in the library. - Move cards between zones (battlefield, hand, etc.) - Change phases like tapping and flipping - Place various counters (+1/+1, loyalty, etc.) - Generate tokens - Copy cards - Manage commander tax - Search for cards in the library - Create custom dice - Display deck image as playmat - Life count - Count energy/storm/poison/experience - Count floating mana ■ Detailed Card Search You can search for cards by various criteria like card name, text, and type. Unique conditions include searching by generated mana color or cards that can be included in a specified commander's color identity. - Card name - Set name - Language - Card text (Oracle) - Format - Card type/special type/subtype - Include/exclude tokens or only tokens - Color/generated mana/commander color - Mana cost - Total mana value - Power/toughness - Rarity - Full art/showcase/old frame/new frame/new new frame - Artist - Sorting order (card name/total mana value/release date)
Decked Builder Remastered
This app is a comprehensive tool for Magic the Gathering players to build, analyze, and test their decks offline. It includes a full card database, collection management, and pricing information to help with trades. Players can also share their decks with friends and sync across devices.
- Offline Magic card database
- Deck construction and testing
- Collection management
- Card pricing integration
- Deck sharing and import/export
- iCloud syncing
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Decked Builder Remastered aims to bring back the perfect companion for your Magic the Gathering hobby, taking care of everything related to deck building. Use it to find the right card for your deck, together with pricing information so you will never be on the bad end of a trade. Build your deck, analyze it, test it, and finally share it with your friends. A true successor to the acclaimed Decked Builder! FEATURES: * The entire Magic card database, at your fingertips - Instant search results with no Internet connection as the database is stored locally - Search for cards by any combination of card expansion, rarity, color, color identity, type or mana value - Searches also allow full card text lookup. - Almost every card object available, including digital only cards. * Construct and test your decks, right on your device - Build deck listings and sideboards - Easily test sample draws from the deck * Manage your collection - Manage your collection of cards - Find cards within your collection using the same powerful search engine used for deck building - Easily check for missing cards from your collection that your deck needs - Manage multiple collections for all your different needs, such as your for-sale collection or your MTG Online collection * Integration with external data sources - Card prices are automatically available. Never make a bad trade ever again! - Card art is automatically retrieved and cached locally * Share with your friends - Specially format and email the deck to your friends - Import and export .dec files into other edition of Decked Builder - Automatically sync with your other devices through iCloud - Import text file decks from MTGO This app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA), found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MTG Playbook at none against Decked Builder Remastered's 2. MTG Playbook also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Decked Builder Remastered sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MTG Playbook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTG Playbook | Decked Builder Remastered |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.9 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 3.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ryo Maruyama | Dennis Gill |
In-app purchases
MTG Playbook
No in-app purchases
Decked Builder Remastered
- Monthly Remastered$1.991 Month
- 6 Month Remastered$9.996 Months
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