Avengers
Hero typal, Equipment, and +1/+1 counters. Play Heroes, give them vigilance and haste for combat, and stack counters on both the team and Captain America.
Phone Play
Phone play works. A larger screen is still recommended.
The landscape phone layout is supported, but card text and controls are easier on a tablet or computer.
Continuing here? Turn your phone sideways when the board opens, then use Fullscreen or Add to Home Screen to make more room.
Solo Playtest
Playtest any Commander (EDH) deck
No account. No setup. Paste a Moxfield or Archidekt link and goldfish in your browser.
No deck handy? Jump in
Fantastic Four
Noncreature spells and triggered-ability copying. Cast noncreature spells before combat to turn on the team, then use Mister Fantastic to copy key triggered abilities.
Wakanda
Artifacts and Vibranium tokens. Create indestructible artifact mana with T'Challa, then grow him whenever you cast large artifact spells.
Latveria
Villains, connive, and life-drain. Discard lands to drain opponents, give Villains menace, and connive through the deck with Doom.
Lorehold
Spirit typal with graveyard recursion. Move cards out of your graveyard to make Spirit tokens, then let Excava reanimate low-cost permanents as flying Spirits.
Witherbloom
Sacrifice, life gain, and counters. Sacrifice creatures for cards and life, grow a threat with +1/+1 counters, and let death triggers snowball across the board.
New · Sparring
Most playtesters just goldfish. This one fights back.
Turn on Sparring and phantom opponents counter your spells, remove your threats, and cast board wipes, at a cadence measured from thousands of real Commander games. It trains the one skill goldfishing cannot teach: playing around interaction. Import the same Moxfield or Archidekt deck you would test anywhere else, then practice the plays that actually lose games.
How it works
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Paste a link
Drop in any public Moxfield or Archidekt Commander deck.
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We import it
Playgroup pulls the cards, resolves prints, and shuffles your library.
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Goldfish away
Draw, mulligan, cast, move cards between zones, and undo. A solo sandbox, no opponents needed.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to playtest a deck?
No. Paste a Moxfield or Archidekt deck link on Playgroup and you drop straight into a solo playtest in your browser. Create a free account later if you want to keep your decks and games.
Which deck sites can I import from?
Moxfield and Archidekt. Paste a public deck link from either and Playgroup imports the cards and shuffles up a fresh game. Plain decklist paste needs a free account for now.
Is solo playtesting free?
Yes. Playtesting any Commander (EDH) deck is completely free, with or without an account.
Does the playtester fight back, or is it just goldfishing?
Both, your choice. By default it is a solo goldfish with no opponents. Turn on Sparring from the board and phantom opponents will counter your spells, remove your threats, and cast board wipes, at a cadence measured from thousands of real Commander games. It trains the one skill goldfishing cannot: playing around interaction.
Can I play multiplayer, not just solo?
Yes, with a free account. Solo playtest is the no-account goldfish mode. Create a free account and you can host or join multiplayer Commander games on Playgroup Live, 2 to 6 players per pod, with voice chat.
What can I do in a solo playtest?
Draw your opening hand, mulligan, cast and move cards between zones, tap, add counters, roll dice, and undo. It is a solo goldfish sandbox, no opponents needed.
Does my playtest deck get saved?
If you playtest without an account, nothing is saved and the session is cleared automatically. Create a free account at any time to keep the deck you imported and the games you played.
Can I share a one-click playtest link?
Yes. Every imported deck has a shareable Playtest on Playgroup.gg link. Anyone who opens it jumps straight into a solo playtest of that deck, no account required.