For Commander, Standard, and Draft.
Life trackers forget your games the second they end. TurnZero HQ remembers them: the winners, the decks, and the Moments your table will still be talking about next week. Built for the 2–6 players at a real table, and the person who brings them together.
Four playmats, one phone in the middle. That's the whole setup.
TurnZero HQ is the social Magic: The Gathering companion app for Commander game nights of two to six players. It is a full MTG deck builder, measuring a 100-card list's lands, ramp, removal, card draw and mana curve against archetype targets while you build it, with imports from Archidekt, Moxfield and Manabox and camera scanning for physical cards. It also tracks life totals and commander damage, captures shareable game Moments tagged to the exact turn they happened, drives a live TV display for the room, runs multiple pods at once with live standings, lets friends follow every game remotely when they can't make the night, rates every deck with MMR and AI analysis, and connects your stats to AI assistants through its MCP server.
Every other MTG app stops at life totals or meta dashboards. TurnZero HQ is the social layer your Commander gathering has been missing.
The moment a game ends, a life tracker has nothing to say about it. TurnZero HQ records the winner, the decks, the kill, and how long it took, automatically, for every game.
Meta dashboards tell you what won a tournament somewhere. TurnZero HQ tells you what wins at your table: which of your decks is actually good, and whether your pod is getting sweatier.
Commander is a social game. The triple Craterhoof comeback deserves better than a group-chat message that scrolls away. Moments, recaps, and history give your gathering a home.
Any player can post a photo, a note, or the exact cards behind a huge play, tagged to the turn it happened. Friends react and comment, the app nudges you after an epic turn, and automatic win recaps blend into the same feed.
Three weeks later, "remember Friday at Dave's?" has an answer: the whole night, captured while it happened, without anyone having to type it up.
A real Commander night doesn't fit at one table, and TurnZero HQ doesn't pretend it does. One gathering runs as many pods as your group needs: balanced tables, one join code, one standings race for the whole night.
And when you're the one stuck at home, the night comes to you: every table's life totals live, turn by turn, Moments landing in the feed as they happen. React to the winning play from your couch, drop a comment on your friend's misplay, and watch the standings shift in real time.
Missing the night is bad enough. Missing the story is optional.
The table stakes are all here: life totals, commander damage, timers. This is the part that isn't anywhere else.
Point your phone at a card, or a whole stack, and it lands in your decklist, matched against the official card database. Entering a 100-card deck stops being an evening's work.
How the card scanner works →Put live life totals, standings, and table assignments on the big screen. A living-room TV for your pod, or wall signage for a store running Commander night.
Hosting a Commander night →Every game gets a written recap from a play-by-play commentator, a numbers-first analyst, a roaster, a tall-tale spinner, or a storyteller. Your night, narrated your way.
About AI Commander recaps →Rate My Deck evaluates any list against the official Commander Brackets, calling out combos, fast mana, and tutors, and hands back upgrade paths, including a budget one.
About Rate My Deck →TurnZero HQ's MCP server connects your decks and stats to Claude and other AI assistants. Ask which deck is overdue for a win, or have an AI tune your 99 from real results.
The Magic: The Gathering MCP →Each deck earns a matchmaking-style rating from real games, so "which of my decks is actually good" gets a data-backed answer, globally and within your playgroup.
What MMR means in MTG →
The Commander Cube is a deck-box-sized companion that dispenses up to 30 +1/+1 dials and holds a whole table's worth of status tokens and dice, so the physical side of game night is as organized as the digital one. You bring the decks, we've got the rest.
From a kitchen-table duel to a six-player free-for-all: the same app, the same shared history. And when the night outgrows one table, run multiple pods at once under a single gathering, without changing how you play.
Two friends and a quick game. Life totals and commander damage tracked with zero setup, and the result still counts toward both decks' histories.
The weeknight special. Pick decks in a couple of taps, drag to deal damage across the table, and let the app write the recap.
Your standing Commander night: pods, standings, Moments, and MMR that carry over week to week, so the night feels like a season, not a one-off.
Split the room into balanced pods with one tap, reshuffle between rounds, and keep one standings race across every table. Each pod tracks its own game, and the host sees them all.
A full Commander game in three and a half minutes — starting the gathering, seating the pod, tracking damage, and reading the stats at the end.
Real screens from a real Commander night.
Create a night and invite your playgroup with a join code. Guests can join without an account.
Drop players into a pod and pick decks in a couple taps. Flip on TV mode if there's a screen in the room.
Track the game, post the Moments worth remembering, and get an AI recap of the whole night.
No. TurnZero HQ tracks life totals and commander damage as well as any dedicated counter, but that's the starting point, not the product. It's a social app for your whole Commander gathering: shared game Moments with reactions and comments, a feed of the night's story, per-deck MMR ratings, AI-written recaps, and a history of every game your group has ever played together.
Moments are the highlight reel of your game night. Any player can post a photo, a note, or the exact cards involved in a big play, tagged to the turn it happened. Friends react and comment, the app nudges you after an epic turn, and automatic win recaps blend into the same feed, so the whole night's story gets captured without anyone typing it up afterwards.
Yes, and this is where TurnZero HQ feels most alive. Open the app from anywhere and every game at the gathering is live: life totals ticking down turn by turn, standings updating, Moments landing in the feed. You can react and comment on the night's highlights from your couch, so missing the night doesn't mean missing the story.
Yes. One gathering can hold as many tables as your group needs. TurnZero HQ can auto-assign balanced pods, reshuffle them between rounds, and keep one standings table for the whole night. Every pod tracks its own game simultaneously, and the host sees them all at a glance.
Yes. TV mode drives a shared display with live life totals, standings, and table assignments. Point a browser on any smart TV at it and enter your night's join code. It works on the living-room TV for a home pod just as well as on the wall of a game store running a full Commander night.
Yes. The card scanner identifies Magic cards through your camera, one card at a time or a whole stack laid out in a single shot, and adds them straight to the decklist you're building. No typing a hundred card names.
TurnZero HQ exposes your decks and stats to AI assistants through the Model Context Protocol. Connect Claude or any MCP-capable client and ask questions like "which of my decks is overdue for a win?" or have it review a decklist. The answers come from your real game history, not vibes.
Yes. Tracking games, decks, Moments, friends, and gatherings is free on iOS, Android, and the web — as are deck building and AI deck ratings. A premium subscription adds extras like AI-written night recaps, more pods per gathering, and an ad-free experience.
Two starting points, depending on where you're at.
New to the game, or new to Commander specifically? Start with the basics, in order.
Already playing regularly? These go deeper on power level, stats, and running a better night.
Download TurnZero HQ free and give your Commander nights a home, or start on the web and grab the app before you sit down to play.
