Decks in the collection
ManaBox includes a way to register your decks in your collection. This allows you to have multiple decklists for theorycrafting or try out new ideas while keeping your real built decks nice and tidy in a separate section. By doing it this way you can benefit from knowing where a card is physically located in your collection, which can be quite useful in large collections.
Registering your deck
To get started you need to go the collection menu inside the current deck screen, and then tap Register in the collection.
Here you will get two options, Add cards and Build from collection. After a deck is registered you will have a new section in the collection tab with all your registered decks.
Add cards
When using this option the cards will be added to your collection as new entries. This is useful when this deck is one you have physically and the cards are not yet registered in the collection. One common usage is when adding preconstructed decks.
Build from collection
After you are finished with your decklist you might want to play it physically, but first you will need to know if you have the cards and if you have them, where they are. With this option the app will look for all the needed cards in your collection and show you in which binder or deck they are located. After the build, the cards will be moved from your binders or other decks in your collection, to the new registered deck.
To look for cards in your collection, the app will follow the next steps:
- Look for exact matches in your collection. Same set, same foil treatment.
- If no exact matches are found, the app will try to look for different versions of the deck cards.
There are different configuration options:
- Always look for exact versions.
- Look in other registered decks.
- Pull basic lands from the collection.
You can also choose some of the cards to be added to your collection as new entries. This can be done per card or for all the cards that are in the missing section.
When you are happy with the picks you can tap Build and the deck will be created in the collection, following the configured movements.
Update the deck in the collection
After doing some changes to your decklist you might want to commit the changes to the collection. You can do so from the collection deck button in the deck screen. When updating the deck the process will be very similar to registering the deck from the collection cards. In addition to the cards found in your binders or decks, the app will tell you which cards are still in the deck and which cards need to be removed.
Disassemble a deck
If you want to disassemble a deck you can do so from the collection deck button in the deck screen. There you have a disassemble option that will let you choose a destination for the cards. This does not delete the deck list, only disassociates the deck from the collection.