Urzatools: Making Deck Visuals That Don't Suck
Look, we've all posted a deck list and immediately regretted how boring it looks. Plain text on Twitter? Yawn. A grainy screenshot from Arena? Better, but not by much. If you're trying to share a deck—whether it's for content, tournament coverage, or just showing your friends your latest brew—you want it to actually look good.
That's why I built the deck visual creator. It's not revolutionary, it just does what it's supposed to: make your deck lists look clean and shareable in about 30 seconds.
What It Actually Does
You paste in your deck list, pick a template, customize the text, and download a PNG. That's it. But the details matter, so here's what you can control:
Templates: Right now there's one solid template that works for most situations. It's clean and readable, which is honestly the whole point. More templates are coming soon—I'm working on layouts for different use cases.
Text Customization: Every piece of text is editable. Deck name, your name, tournament info, event dates, whatever notes you want. You type it, it shows up. Real-time preview so you're not clicking "generate" over and over wondering what changed.
Your Logo: If you have a logo or channel branding, you can upload it. PNG, JPG, whatever you have. It shows up in a consistent spot that doesn't mess up the layout.
Card Art Backgrounds: This is the part that actually makes these look good. Pick any Magic card and use its art as the background. Playing Ragavan? Use the Ragavan art. Running Counterspell.deck? Slap a counterspell in the background. It immediately tells people what the deck is about.
The card art gets automatically processed so your text stays readable. I spent way too much time getting the overlay opacity right so the art shows through but doesn't make everything impossible to read.
High-Res Export: Downloads as a PNG. It's high enough resolution that it looks good on Twitter, YouTube thumbnails, Discord, wherever. Doesn't get all pixelated when platforms compress it.
Why I Made This
My friends and I run an MTG Instagram account @mtgaranjuez and kept running into the same problem: deck lists look boring. I tried making graphics in Photoshop, but it took forever and I'd have to rebuild the template for every deck. I tried other tools, but they were either too limited or f*cking ugly.
So I made this for myself, and figured other people probably have the same problem.
What It's Good For
If you make content: Consistent branding across your YouTube thumbnails, Twitter posts, Instagram stories. You upload your logo once and it's there every time.
If you organize tournaments: Make your events look more professional. Top 8 graphics, winner announcements, deck breakdowns. Takes 30 seconds instead of 20 minutes in Photoshop.
If you play competitively: Keep a visual record of your tournament decks. Way easier to look back at "what was I playing at that GP?" when you have dated graphics instead of text files.
If you just play with friends: Make your homebrew look cooler than it probably is. Sometimes presentation sells a deck before you even shuffle up.
The Limitations (Being Honest)
It's not infinitely customizable. You can't move elements around or change fonts or mess with the layout. That's intentional—I wanted it to be fast and consistent, not a full design tool. If you need pixel-perfect control, you still want Photoshop or Figma.
There's only one template right now. I'm working on more, but if you have a specific idea for a layout you'd like to see, let me know.
How to Use It
Go to /deck-visuals. It's pretty self-explanatory:
- Paste your deck list (Arena or MTGO format)
- Edit the text fields
- Upload a logo if you want
- Search for a card and use its art as background
- Download the PNG
Everything updates in real-time so you see exactly what you're getting.
That's It
It's a simple tool that solves a specific problem: making deck lists look presentable without spending 20 minutes in a design program. If that's useful to you, cool. If not, that's fine too.
More templates coming soon. If you have ideas for layouts or features, shoot me a message.