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check_deck_legality

A tool of MTG Bench

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Validate a decklist against a constructed format's rules (banned cards, deck size, copy limits, and in Commander the color-identity rule). Use this rather than recalling ban lists from memory: bans changed four times in 2026 alone, and a model's training cutoff makes stale ban data one of the most common wrong answers in Magic. Pass commander for Commander decks: it counts toward the 100, and it is what makes the color-identity check possible (without it the response says color identity went unchecked).

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
formatstringyes
cardsnull | arrayyes
commanderstringno
Raw JSON schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "format": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "cards": {
      "type": [
        "null",
        "array"
      ],
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "count": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "name",
          "count"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "commander": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "format",
    "cards"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

First seen 2026-09-14 · last seen 2026-09-15