I play a lot of magic online using spelltable and Moxfield’s playtester. This works fine for most magic formats but it doesn’t work at all for shared library games like Forgetful Fish and similar games.
I’m sure there are some ways to play online, but I am used to the simplicity of Moxfield’s playtester, so I wanted to see if I could make it work. Turns out - yes.
MoxMox is a browser extension that makes it possible to play shared deck games on Moxfield’s playtester.
This page has some videos of its functioalityin action:
https://theloreaxe.org/projects/moxmox/
To use MoxMox have both (all) players install the extension (chrome and Firefox supported, no account needed), open up the playtester for the deck you want to play with, and click “create…” From the MoxMox menu at the top of the page. You’ll get a link to share with your opponent. All they have to do is click it and they’ll join the game with you.
The libraries instantly sync, and you both get a starting hand of 7 cards. The libraries are in the same order and cards added or removed from the library, graveyard, or exile are replicated to the other player’s screen the same way.
You don’t even need to share screens if you don’t want to. MoxMox will allow you to share the battlefield as if you’re sitting across the table from your opponent, with their cards on the battlefield on the top half of your battlefield.
MoxMox also enhances traditional bring your own deck games by fixing a lot of the headaches of playing online using a playtester. You can view an opponent’s graveyard whenever you want. You can show your hand privately to a single opponent. You can even give one of your cards to an opponent - theft decks rejoice! Right click a card and select “Give to ” and the card will disappear from your moxfield and appear on theirs in the exact same status - all counters etc replicated.
Download the extension from the project’s releases page here, and follow install instructions.
https://github.com/natefinch/moxmox/releases
Try it out and please feel free to leave bug reports or feature requests in issues on GitHub.
Yes, I plan to extend support for Archidekt’s playtester, too, even “cross-platform”.