A walkthrough of every feature in Commander Index — how it works and how to use it.
Commander Index is a tool for MTG Commander players. It brings deck scoring, game night planning, match tracking, and social features into one place so your pod can stay organized and on the same page about power levels.
The navigation bar runs across the top of every page, organized into three groups. Play: Game Night, Stats, Pods, Scorer. Community: Registry, Challenges, Features. Info: Site Policy, Tutorial, Terms of Service. Your Inbox, Settings, and profile avatar are always on the right side.
The Home page is your landing screen after signing in. The News section displays the latest update posts from the development team, with the most recent at the top. Each card shows a title, date, and preview — click any card to open a popup with the full announcement.
Below the news, the Trending section shows the most popular commanders (ranked by how many registered decks use them) and the most-viewed decks, filterable by this week or this month. Gold, silver, and bronze highlights mark the top three in each list.
The Scorer page lets you rate any registered deck across 12 categories and produce a weighted power score. A sidebar on the left lists every deck you own — click one to load it, or click + New Deck to start fresh.
Give your deck a name and choose a commander — type a name into the commander field and the app searches Scryfall in real time. If your commander has a partner or background, click + Partner to reveal a second field. Colors are calculated automatically from your commander's color identity. You can also add archetypes, private notes, a description, and an external decklist URL.
Rate your deck across 12 categories using the dropdowns: Win Condition, Consistency, Speed, Card Quality, Mana Base, Removal, Counterspells, Card Advantage, Resilience, Synergy, Stax, and Ramp. Each category has a different weight, and your total power score and tier update live as you fill them in. Scoring is optional — you can save and log wins without a score.
The Deck Registry shows every registered deck in a searchable table. At the top, a stats row displays total registered decks, total players, and the average power score. Use the search bar to filter by deck name, commander, or player — results update in real time. Dropdown filters let you narrow by tier, player, or archetype.
Each row in the table shows the player, deck name, commander, colors, score, tier, and an external decklist link. Your own decks are highlighted so they are easy to spot. Click any row to open a detail popup with commander art, the full ten-category score breakdown (click the score to expand it), description, archetypes, and links to challenge the score or open the deck in the Scorer.
Score Challenges let the community review deck scores that seem off. The page has four tabs: Open shows active challenges, Resolved shows accepted ones where scores were updated, Dismissed shows declined ones, and New Challenge is where you create one.
To start a challenge, go to the New Challenge tab. First, search for a player you have faced in a game night session — you can only challenge decks of players you have actually played against. Then pick one of their decks. If the deck already has an open challenge, you will be linked to it instead. You will see the deck's current per-category scores; adjust the ones you disagree with, write an explanation of what you observed in games, and submit.
Open challenges appear as expandable cards. Expand one to see the challenger's suggested category changes alongside the current scores, plus their reasoning. You can agree or disagree and add your own proposed score and reasoning. The deck owner receives an inbox notification and can choose to accept and update their scores, or dismiss the challenge.
The Stats page is where you log game results and analyze performance across six tabs.
The Log Match tab walks you through a step-by-step flow. Optionally select a pod to filter players, then search for the winning player, pick their winning deck, and select the decks that lost (you can pick multiple). Optionally tie the match to a Game Night session and add notes. Click Log Match Result and the result appears immediately on leaderboards and win rates. You do not need to have a deck score to log a win.
The Leaderboards tab ranks players and commanders by total wins, with achievement badges displayed next to names. The Win Rates tab shows player, deck, and commander win rates as visual bars with W-L records. Deck Performance gives a comprehensive table of every deck with wins, losses, and win rate — click a row to see that deck's matchup history.
The Matchups tab lets you search for a deck or commander to see a ranked breakdown of all opponents, displayed in leaderboard style with win rate bars. The Recent Wins tab is a chronological feed of every logged match — who won, with what deck, against whom, and any notes. Use the pod filter to scope results to a specific pod.
The Game Night Planner uses a two-column layout: a session list on the left and details on the right. Click + New Session to create one — pick a pod (optional), set a date (today or future), choose a tier cap, and add any notes. The session appears in the sidebar sorted by date.
Click a session to load its details. The header shows the title, date, tier cap badge, and notes. Below that, the Deck Lineup table lists every player who has registered a deck for the session, along with their deck's tier, score, win-loss record, and an approval badge showing whether the deck falls under the tier cap. Click + Add My Deck to register one of your own decks. The session creator can edit the date, tier cap, or notes, and can delete the session from within the edit modal.
Pods are the core organizational unit that ties everything together — Stats, Game Night, and Challenges all support pod-level filtering. Pod owners can also customize scoring category weights to tailor power rankings to their group. To create a pod, click + Create Pod, give it a name, an optional description, a default tier cap, and a banner color. Your new pod appears as a card in the grid.
Click a pod card to open its detail panel, which shows the name, member count, default tier cap, description, house rules (if set), and a full member list with avatars, roles, and join dates. Pod owners can invite players by searching usernames — the invitee receives a notification in their Inbox. Owners can also edit all pod settings (including house rules and challenge cooldown), remove members, or delete the pod entirely. Members can leave at any time.
Once you join a pod, its name appears in pod filter dropdowns across the site, letting you scope stats, sessions, and challenges to that group.
Your Inbox collects all notifications in one place. A red dot appears on the nav icon when you have unread items. Pod invitations show the inviter's name and the pod, with Accept and Decline buttons. Friend requests work the same way. Challenge notifications link directly to the relevant challenge so you can weigh in or respond.
Handled items remain visible with a faded status badge (Accepted, Declined) so you always have a history of past notifications.
Your Profile is where you customize your Commander Index identity. Click your avatar to upload and crop a profile picture. Set a unique display name, write a bio, pick your favorite MTG colors (W/U/B/R/G/C), and search for up to five favorite cards by name — they display as card images on your profile. Click Save Profile to persist changes.
Below the edit form, your profile shows three sections: Decks displays all your registered decks in a grid with name, commander, tier, score, and colors. Stats shows quick stat cards — number of decks, total wins, and your best deck by win count. Achievements displays your earned badges in a grid grouped by category (Gameplay, Deckbuilding, Social, Community), with progress bars for badges you are working toward. Badges have four tiers — Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum — and appear next to your name on leaderboards.
The Friends section shows your accepted friends with links to their profiles. On other players' profiles, you can send friend requests, and they can accept or decline from their Inbox.
Other players can view your public profile by clicking your name anywhere on the site. They see your avatar, bio, colors, favorite cards, decks, stats, badges, and friends list.
Settings lets you manage your account and customize the look of the site. Your email is displayed as a read-only field, and a Sign Out All Devices button logs you out of every active session. To change your password, enter a new one (minimum 6 characters), confirm it, and click Update Password.
The Guild Color Theme section lets you pick from 11 guild-inspired themes — Default, Azorius, Dimir, Rakdos, Gruul, Selesnya, Orzhov, Izzet, Golgari, Boros, and Simic. Each theme changes the accent colors across the entire site. Click a theme card to preview it live, then click Save Theme to make it permanent.
The Features page is a community board where anyone can suggest new features and improvements. It has three tabs: Popular shows all open suggestions sorted by upvotes, My Suggestions filters to suggestions you submitted, and New Suggestion is where you create one.
Each suggestion card shows the title, status badge, author, date, and a vote score. Click the up or down arrow to upvote or downvote — the most popular ideas rise to the top. Click the chevron to expand a suggestion and see the full description and a comment thread where anyone can discuss.