Building and Importing a Deck

Choose where to start

If you are building from scratch, open Deck Atlas and choose a Legend. You can look through its champion units, mechanics, and related cards before committing to a list. When you are ready, create a deck and continue in My Decks.

If you already have a list, go straight to My Decks and use Import deck. Importing is optional; you can also create a deck from a Legend and add cards yourself. The workspace is there to keep the list organized while you try things, so an unfinished deck is a perfectly reasonable place to begin.

Bring in a list and review the result

The importer reads lines containing a quantity and a card name. Paste your list, then review how it was matched before saving it. A name with punctuation or a different display format may still resolve correctly, but a genuinely ambiguous name needs your attention.

Look at the unresolved lines first. They can point to a typo, a card that is not in the current archive, or a name that could refer to more than one entry. Compare the full title and collector details instead of picking the first similar-looking result.

When your list includes supported collector information, the importer can use it to identify a particular printing. Otherwise, it uses the preferred version available for that card. You can change the artwork later if you want the workspace to match the copies you own.

Keep the card name and artwork straight

A deck can contain different artworks of the same card, but they still count toward the same name-based copy limit. The selected printing tells Nexus-Atlas which version to display and track; it does not turn an alternate-art copy into a new card for construction purposes.

The chosen champion has its own place in the workspace. If your list includes additional copies, check both the champion slot and the rest of the list so you understand the total being counted.

Work through the construction checks

The workspace points out problems such as domain mismatches, copy limits, an incomplete main deck, or an oversized sideboard. Use those messages as a checklist. Your cards stay in the list so you can decide what to change.

This is particularly helpful when you switch Legends. A card that fit the previous choice may no longer fit the new one. Read the updated warnings and review the affected cards before carrying on with the rest of the deck.

It is fine to keep an experimental list with warnings while you are working. Before treating it as ready to play, go back through the checks and confirm any official rules questions with the current Riftbound rules.

Use suggestions to get unstuck

If you have the beginning of a deck but need more cards, completion suggestions can give you a starting point. The tool keeps your existing choices and looks for additions that fit the Legend and the themes it can identify in your list.

Read those additions one at a time. Check the curve, the balance of card types, and whether you have enough cards that help with your plan. If a suggestion shares a keyword but does not do what you need, replace it. You are still making the deck-building decisions.

Save a copy you can take with you

Your saved decks live in this browser on this device. They will not automatically appear on another computer, and clearing site data can remove them. Export important lists before changing devices or clearing your browser.

You can also send a quantity-and-name list to TCGplayer. Check the resulting matches there before buying, especially if you care about a particular artwork or treatment. The export gets the list across; the marketplace is where you confirm the actual items, sellers, and prices.