Core checks

• Deck size and sideboard size.
• Format legality when card data is available.
• Land count, color consistency, and mana curve.
• Early pressure and ability to affect the board on time.
• Interaction, including removal, discard, counters, sweepers, and flexible answers.
• Card advantage, recursion, and recovery after trades.
• Redundancy, resilience, and win condition clarity.
• BO1 suitability and visible upgrade paths.

What the score means

DeckForger combines structural signals into a 1-10 Heat score. Low scores usually indicate missing deck construction fundamentals, legality problems, weak mana, or unclear win conditions. Medium scores usually indicate a playable idea with tuning problems. High scores indicate a focused shell with enough mana, pressure, interaction, redundancy, and recovery to justify testing.

Known limits

DeckForger cannot guarantee metagame positioning, pilot skill, draw quality, or event legality. When live card lookup is unavailable, it can still provide a structural audit, but legality and card-specific evaluations may be marked as unknown or lower confidence.