INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

semantic_card_search

Vector search over card TEXT, for describing an effect that cannot be written as a filter: "cards that make a token when I attack", "punish opponents for drawing", "does what Rhystic Study does but cheaper".

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mtgbench.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for semantic_card_search and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

A tool name, description or schema mentions credentials.

Parent server

mtgbench.com

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mtg-mcp]
url = "https://mtgbench.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mtg-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mtgbench.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: mtg-mcp
Remote MCP URL: https://mtgbench.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mtg-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mtgbench.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "mtg-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mtgbench.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "mtg-mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mtgbench.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

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