Most Magic players who track a collection end up choosing between the same handful of tools: Moxfield, Archidekt, ManaBox and Deckbox, plus a few newer ones. They overlap a lot. Every one of them records which cards you own, prices them, and builds decks. Where they differ is what each was built around first, and that decides which one will feel right after the first month.
This comparison is written by the people who make ManaArchive, so read it with that in mind. We have tried to describe each tool from what its own site and app-store listing say as of October 2026, and to say plainly where another tool is the better fit.
The short version
| Tool | Built around | Runs on | Cost, as of October 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moxfield | Deckbuilding, with a collection that decks can check against | Web browser | Free, with ads; optional Patreon support from $1 a month |
| Archidekt | Deckbuilding, playtesting and deck comparison | Web browser | Free, with ads; optional Patreon support |
| ManaBox | Scanning and managing a collection from your phone | iPhone, iPad and Android | Free with ads; PRO is $2.49 a month or $22.99 a year on the US App Store |
| Deckbox | Inventory, tradelist and wishlist, with trade matching between users | Web, plus a scanner app in beta | Free with unlimited cards and decks; Premium is $5.99 a month or $47.88 a year |
| ManaArchive | Where each physical copy lives, down to the binder page and slot | Web, plus an Android app | Free up to 10,000 cards, 5 binders or boxes and 20 decks; Plus and Pro raise the limits |
Prices change, and app-store prices vary by country, so check the tool's own page before you pay for anything.
If you mostly build decks: Moxfield or Archidekt
If the collection exists to feed your decks, start with one of these two. Both are deckbuilders first, both have searchable libraries of public decks, and both are free to use, with an optional Patreon that is how you remove the ads.
Moxfield supports every official constructed format plus some community ones, and its deck search and brewer pages make it easy to find other players' lists. Its collection is more capable than its "deck builder" label suggests. Each copy records the printing, finish, condition, language, purchase price and whether it is paper, Arena or MTGO, and binders let you split the collection however you like — Moxfield's own help suggests binders for physical locations such as a bulk box or a rares binder. Turn on collection checking in a deck and it marks which cards you own in that exact printing and which you own only in another one. It imports collection CSVs from ManaBox, Deckbox, Archidekt, TappedOut and several others.
Archidekt leans further into deck work: a deck sandbox, deck comparison, and a playtester with an interaction simulator for goldfishing. It shows prices from TCGplayer, Card Kingdom, Cardmarket and Cardhoarder, runs monthly deckbuilding contests, and has a deck-help section where players ask for feedback on a list. Its collection importer has presets for common export formats and can tag rows whose printing is ambiguous as "Unsure" instead of guessing.
Choose between them on feel — open the same deck in both and see which layout you would rather work in. For deckbuilding and community, either is a stronger choice than ManaArchive. ManaArchive has a built-in playtester with London mulligans and a free tabletop, but no deckbuilding community on that scale.
If you add cards from your phone: ManaBox
ManaBox is a phone-first app on iPhone, iPad and Android, and scanning is the centre of it: point the camera at a card, then add the result to a binder or a deck. Around that it keeps binders for cards you own and lists for cards you only want to watch, builds decks with curve and legality stats, runs a deck simulator, searches offline, and shows prices from several stores with currency conversion. It imports and exports CSV. Cloud sync across devices is part of its paid PRO tier.
If most of your card entry happens at a table with a stack of new pulls, and you want the same app on an iPhone and an Android tablet, ManaBox is the better fit. ManaArchive's own scanner is Android-only, and there is no iPhone app yet.
ManaBox is also the export we see most often when people move a collection, because it writes a Scryfall id on every row. Importing a ManaBox export covers how that file behaves.
If you trade person to person: Deckbox
Deckbox has been running since 2008 and is organised around three lists: inventory, tradelist and wishlist. Its strength is trading between users. It matches your lists against other users' collections automatically, gives you a trade screen that values both sides, tracks what was sent and received, and runs a feedback system so you can find traders with a history. Decks show which cards you are missing and can push them to your wishlist, and there are tools for organising local events.
The free plan has unlimited cards and decks. Premium adds unlimited scanning in its mobile scanner app, which is in beta, along with inventory tags, building decks from your real inventory, and more trade tools.
If you trade a lot with people you have not met, Deckbox's matching and feedback system is built for exactly that. ManaArchive has a shareable trade binder and trade requests between friends, with both sides confirming before a trade counts as complete, but nothing that matches you with strangers.
If you need to find the physical card: ManaArchive
ManaArchive was built around one question: where is that card, physically, right now? Every copy is recorded with its printing, finish, condition and language, and copies stack only when all four match. Each copy can then be placed in a binder at a specific page and slot, or in a box behind a named row and divider. When you look a card up, the answer is "Rares binder, page 12, slot 4" rather than "somewhere in the collection".
That matters most when a collection lives in several places at once — a trade binder, a few storage boxes, and decks that borrow cards from both. Tracking cards across binders and decks walks through that setup.
The rest is what you would expect. Decks show which cards you already own, and a deck can be imported from a Moxfield or Archidekt link. Prices come from a nightly Scryfall sync, with a daily snapshot of collection value on the dashboard. The Android app scans cards and holds each result in a tray where you can correct the printing before anything is saved, and it keeps an offline copy of your collection for a shop with no signal.
If you sell on marketplaces
If you sell singles through CardTrader or ManaPool, ManaArchive's Pro plan can list cards from your collection on your own seller accounts there. When a card sells on one storefront, its quantity drops on the other right away, and you confirm which physical copy shipped before it leaves your inventory. The pull sheet for an order routes you through your binders and boxes to the page and slot each copy sits in.
The other four approach selling differently. Moxfield can send selected collection cards to Card Conduit, and Deckbox is built around trades between users. Selling a collection compares the routes in more detail.
Moving between them
None of these tools has to be a permanent choice. Collections move between them as CSV files: Moxfield and ManaBox both import and export CSV, and Archidekt's importer has presets for other apps' exports. The better imports match on the fields that identify a printing — a Scryfall id, or a set code and collector number — rather than on card name alone.
ManaArchive imports CSVs from ManaBox, Moxfield, Deckbox and others, matches each row by Scryfall id first and by set code plus collector number second, and holds any row it cannot confirm for review instead of guessing. It also exports in Moxfield, Deckbox, TCGplayer and Cardmarket layouts, so a collection you put in can come back out in a form another tool reads. Importing a collection CSV covers what to check in each app's export before you upload it.
You can also run two tools side by side: one for deckbuilding and one for the physical collection. That works well as long as one of them is the record you trust for what you own.
FAQ
Which MTG collection tracker is best?
It depends on the job. Moxfield and Archidekt suit players whose collection exists to build decks. ManaBox suits people who add cards mostly by scanning on a phone, on iPhone or Android. Deckbox suits frequent traders. ManaArchive suits collectors who need to know which binder, page and slot a card is in, or who sell through CardTrader and ManaPool.
Can I move my collection from ManaBox or Moxfield to ManaArchive?
Yes. Export a CSV from either app and import it into ManaArchive. Rows with a Scryfall id or a set code and collector number match their exact printing, and anything the importer cannot confirm waits in a review queue rather than being guessed.
Is there an iPhone app for ManaArchive?
Not yet. The ManaArchive app is on Android only, and the website works in a phone browser. If you need a scanner on an iPhone today, ManaBox is available on iOS.
Can I use ManaArchive alongside Moxfield or Archidekt?
Yes. Keep building decks where you like building them, and import a deck into ManaArchive from its Moxfield or Archidekt link to see which of its cards you already own.