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Getting started

Use this guide when you are setting up Pegasus for the first time. The goal is to answer one practical question:

What can I build with the cards I already own, and what should I buy next?

1. Add your first cards

Start with the cards that matter most:

  • active deck cores
  • staple cards used across several decks
  • recent purchases that still need a home
  • high-value cards that you do not want to lose track of

You do not need to enter the entire collection before Pegasus becomes useful. A partial but accurate inventory is better than a large stale one.

2. Organize locations

Create a small set of physical locations that match how you actually store cards, for example:

  • binder
  • deck box
  • staples box
  • trade binder
  • inbox or unsorted

Use locations to make retrieval easy. Avoid creating so many locations that updating cards becomes a chore.

3. Create a target deck

Add or import the deck you want to build. Treat this as the target list, not necessarily the cards currently sleeved in front of you.

Target decks let Pegasus calculate:

  • which required cards you already own
  • which copies are available
  • which cards are missing
  • which cards are blocked because they are committed elsewhere

4. Check readiness

Open readiness after saving the target deck. Readiness compares the deck requirement against current inventory and allocation.

Useful outcomes:

  • fully buildable: all required copies are available
  • partially blocked: some cards are owned but committed elsewhere
  • missing cards: you need more copies before the deck is buildable

5. Run Quick Analysis

Run Quick Analysis to see whether the deck is structurally sound, not only whether it is buildable.

Focus first on:

  • Access: can the deck reach its engine?
  • Conversion: does access become payoff?
  • Protection: can the deck play through interaction?
  • Answer density: can it answer opposing boards?
  • Recovery: can it keep playing after the first exchange?

Then check simulation metrics such as starter access, dead hand rate, playable hand rate, and engine online rate.

6. Generate an acquisition plan

Use Acquisition when you want Pegasus to prioritize what to buy.

The plan is most useful after you have more than one target deck saved. Cards that unlock multiple decks, cost less, or fix scarce bottlenecks rise in priority.

7. Repeat the loop

When you test changes:

  1. Save a new deck version.
  2. Run Quick Analysis again.
  3. Compare the old and new versions.
  4. Check readiness.
  5. Update the acquisition plan only after the deck direction is stable.