How to Search for Cards You Don’t Own in MTG Arena

To search for cards you don’t own in MTG Arena, click Decks at the top of the screen, click Collection in the lower-right corner, open the filters with the slider bar icon, and select Not Collected. Your search results will then include cards that aren’t in your collection yet, so you can craft them with wildcards or plan a deck.

These steps follow Wizards of the Coast’s MTG Arena support articles Unable to find a card on your account and How to Redeem a Wildcard. They use the menu names in the current MTG Arena client.

Why MTG Arena Only Shows Cards You Own

By default, the collection and deck builder show cards you’ve collected. That keeps deck building simple, but it hides cards you might want to craft. The Collected and Not Collected toggles in Advanced Filters control which cards appear.

How to Show Cards You Don’t Own in MTG Arena

1. Open MTG Arena and sign in.
2. Click Decks in the header at the top of the window.
3. Click Collection in the lower-right corner.
4. Click the slider bar icon to open Advanced Filters.
5. Select Not Collected. Leave Collected on too if you want to see every card, or turn it off to see only cards you’re missing.
6. Click outside the filter window to return to the card list, then search for a card by name or browse the results.

Result: Cards you don’t own appear in the list, usually greyed out, so you can see what’s available to craft.

If filters are hiding cards

If you can’t see a card you know you own, Wizards suggests opening the same filter window, selecting Collected, and making sure no other filters are set. In the deck builder, also check which format the deck is set to by clicking the deck box in the top-right corner.

How to Craft a Card You Don’t Own With a Wildcard

Wizards describes a wildcard as a card you can trade for another card of the same rarity: common, uncommon, rare, or mythic rare. Once you’ve found a card with the Not Collected filter, crafting it is quick.

1. Turn on Not Collected using the steps above.
2. Search for the card you want.
3. Click the card to redeem a wildcard of the matching rarity for it.

Result: The card is added to your collection and one wildcard of that rarity is used up. To see how many wildcards you have, hover over the wildcard icon at the top of the client.

Other ways to use wildcards

• While editing a deck: If you try to add more copies of a card than you own, MTG Arena prompts you to redeem a wildcard for it.
• After importing a deck: If an imported deck has cards you don’t own, use the Craft All button next to the Done button to craft all the missing cards at once.
• Cards you already own: Click the card in your collection to craft more copies without opening the wildcard view first.

Where Wildcards Come From

According to Wizards, wildcards come in booster packs in every rarity. You also earn progress toward your Vault when you open commons and uncommons you already own four copies of. Filling the Vault gives you 3 uncommon, 2 rare, and 1 mythic wildcard.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are some cards greyed out in my collection?

Greyed-out cards are ones you don’t own. They appear when the Not Collected filter is on.

Can I use a rare wildcard on a mythic card?

No. Wizards says a wildcard can only be traded for a card of the same rarity, so a mythic rare card needs a mythic wildcard.

Why can’t I find a card I own?

Reset your filters to Collected with no other filters set, check the deck’s format, and make sure you’re signed in to the right account. Wizards notes some players accidentally sign in to another account under a different email address.

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