# iwantmymtg-mcp MCP Server

Query Magic: The Gathering cards, sets, and prices and manage your I Want My MTG collection.

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## Connect

Published as `iwantmymtg-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**7 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 5.

### Most discussed

### M3 remainder: schema/query dedup, as-never sweep (gated), error polish

Follow-up to **M3** (#21, closed). The M3 core shipped in PR #28: A3 client memoization, I1 spec-derived format enum, I3/I4 shared `id`/`cardId` schemas, I7 `groupBy: name` + legality-requires-format refine. These remaining consistency/polish items were deferred.

**Analysis doc:** [mcp.md](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg/blob/main/docs/codebase-analyses-2026-07/mcp.md)

- **I8 - `as never` sweep (still gated):** unblocked only once the web spec types its query params (W8/X3) and

[Read the thread](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/iwantmymtg-mcp/issues/29) · 2026-07-15 · closed · 1 comment

### Consistency sweep: shared schemas/enums, client memoization, error polish, as-never sweep (M3)

Work package **M3** from the July 2026 cross-repo analysis. Priority 3. **Cross-repo: the as-never sweep depends on web work package W8 (spec fixes).**

**Analysis doc:** [docs/CODEBASE_ANALYSIS.md](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg/blob/main/docs/codebase-analyses-2026-07/mcp.md)
**Plan:** [cross-repo-analysis-plan-2026-07.md](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg/blob/main/docs/cross-repo-analysis-plan-2026-07.md) (PR matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg#568)

Consistency sweep

[Read the thread](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/iwantmymtg-mcp/issues/21) · 2026-07-07 · closed · 1 comment

### Correctness bundle: undefined results, CSV passthrough, JSON Schema target, empty patch, parse-in-tests (M1)

Work package **M1** from the July 2026 cross-repo analysis. Priority 1 - the analysis's suggested first PR (all XS, all correctness).

**Analysis doc:** [docs/CODEBASE_ANALYSIS.md](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg/blob/main/docs/codebase-analyses-2026-07/mcp.md)
**Plan:** [cross-repo-analysis-plan-2026-07.md](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg/blob/main/docs/cross-repo-analysis-plan-2026-07.md) (PR matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg#568)

- **B1 (High):** `undefined` handle

[Read the thread](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/iwantmymtg-mcp/issues/19) · 2026-07-07 · closed · 1 comment

### Update tools for color breakdown + deck building parity

## Summary

The web app shipped two things the MCP server doesn't yet reflect: the **By Color** portfolio breakdown (10.2) and **Deck Building** (10.4). Audit and update the MCP tools for parity.

## Findings

### 1. `get_portfolio_breakdown` dimension enum is stale
In `src/tools/portfolio.ts` the tool advertises:
```
by: z.enum(["set", "rarity", "type", "format", "cost-basis"])
```
But the web/API dimensions are now **set, rarity, type, color, cost-basis**. So the MCP tool:
- offers `"format"` 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/iwantmymtg-mcp/issues/16) · 2026-06-18 · closed · 1 comment

### Expose buylist pricing + vendor optimizer via MCP tools

## Expose buylist pricing + vendor optimizer via MCP tools

Once the web API exposes buylist data and the vendor optimizer (see matthewdtowles/i-want-my-mtg **Buylist Pricing & Vendor Selling Tools** epic, 6.x), surface them through the MCP server so agents can use them.

### Likely tools (gist — refine once the web API is defined)
- Get buylist prices for a card (per vendor + best offer).
- Best buylist for a set/subset of a user's inventory, grouped by vendor.
- Vendor optimizer: given a sell-

[Read the thread](https://github.com/matthewdtowles/iwantmymtg-mcp/issues/9) · 2026-06-01 · closed · 1 comment

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