Get more from NS Toolkit
Start with the quick path below, then open any feature guide for practical steps. The shortcut table covers every desktop playtest hotkey currently available.
Find a card
Search names, text, types, and exact printings.
Save your cards
Track a collection or add cards to a deck.
Build & test
Analyze the list, then launch the playtest table.
Play & connect
Find events and share decks with the community.
Feature inventory
Choose what you want to do
- 1Type a card or product name into the header search. Choose a prediction for a specific printing, or submit to browse all results.
- 2Open Filters to narrow by color, rarity, card type, format legality, subtype, creature type, ability, rules text, artist, price, or stock status.
- 3Review Nerdz inventory beside broader Scryfall results. Card pages show printing details, rulings, legalities, and related recommendations.
- 4Use the action bar in a search result to add it to a deck, like it, save it to your wishlist, or place it on a marketplace list.
Prices may come from TCGplayer, Mana Pool, CardTrader, or available Nerdz inventory and can differ by printing, condition, and finish.
The + menu can search your decks or start a new deck with that card.
On mobile, use the result-size button beside Sort by to switch between two cards per row and one larger card per row.
- 1Sign in and create a deck, choose its format, and optionally assign commanders, a companion, or a signature spell.
- 2Add cards from predictive suggestions, or press Enter in the deck search to open the complete matching-results window.
- 3Import a pasted list or supported public deck link, then adjust quantities and move cards between the main deck and sideboard.
- 4Use views, grouping, tags, the mana curve, composition, mana production, and deck metrics to review the build.
- 5Add a primer and thumbnail, export in Nerdz, Arena, MTGO, or plain-text format, publish to Community, or launch Playtest.
Pin one deck as Current Deck to make adding cards from search faster.
The card menu can add 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10 more copies at once.
At a glance
Quick actions & navigation
Plus
Choose a deck or start a new deck with the card.
Heart
Add or remove the card from Liked Cards.
Bookmark
Add or remove the card from your Wishlist.
Clipboard
Choose a TCGplayer, Mana Pool, or CardTrader list.
Right-click
Open card or pile actions on the desktop playtest board.
Search field controls
Desktop playtest
Shortcuts & hotkeys
Hover a card first for card-specific actions. If that card belongs to a selection, the action applies to the whole selection.
| Key | Action | Works on |
|---|---|---|
| Space | Next turn | Table |
| ↑ / ↓ | Gain or lose 1 life | Table |
| D | Draw one card | Library |
| S | Shuffle library | Library |
| X | Open Draw X | Library |
| Shift + X | Look at the top X cards | Library |
| V | View the full library | Library |
| T | Tap or untap the hovered card or selection | Hovered card |
| Shift + T | Tap all permanents; press again to untap all | Battlefield |
| P | Play the hovered card in the battlefield center | Hovered card |
| H | Move the hovered card or selection to hand | Hovered card |
| G | Move the hovered card or selection to graveyard | Hovered card |
| Shift + G | Open the graveyard | Zone |
| E | Move the hovered card or selection to exile | Hovered card |
| Shift + E | Open exile | Zone |
| L | Put the hovered card or selection on top of the library | Hovered card |
| Z | Return a hovered commander to the command zone | Commander |
| C | Create token copies of the hovered card or selection | Hovered card |
| F | Flip or turn over the hovered card or selection | Hovered card |
| Ctrl/Cmd + Z | Undo the last tracked table action | Table |
Shortcuts pause while you type or while a dialog, card menu, or zone window is open. Mobile uses visible controls and gestures instead.
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