CardForge

Press

Resources for journalists, creators, and partners covering CardForge.

Elevator pitch

CardForge is an AI-powered Pokémon TCG deck builder for competitive players. CardForge’s AI suggests cards to round out your list, autocompletes a list to 60, explains how your deck plays, ranks your worst matchups against the current tournament meta (pulled from live results), and coaches you on the games you log. Card data, deck health & statistics, the Battle Journal, and PTCGLive export stay free; Pro adds the AI tools on top. CardForge is built solo, in public, by a developer who plays the game.

Hero screenshot

CardForge deck builder interface preview

Hi-res screenshots available on request. Email support@cardforgeapp.gg.

Founder bio

Dan Ryan Chan is a solo developer based in Vancouver, BC, building CardForge as a sole-proprietorship business. He has been playing the Pokémon TCG competitively for the better part of a decade and started CardForge after one too many evenings spent fighting the in-game deck-builder’s search. CardForge has been in development since March 2026 and launched publicly on July 1, 2026. Every release gets a changelog on Discord, where an active community tests it. Dan Ryan writes the code, designs the UI, ships the AI integrations, and answers the support email at support@cardforgeapp.gg.

Brand assets

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Quick facts

  • Product: AI-powered Pokémon TCG deck builder
  • Public launch: Wednesday July 1, 2026
  • Pricing:Free for building, search, sharing, deck health & statistics, the Battle Journal, and PTCGLive export. CardForge Pro at $4.99/mo or $44.99/yr (USD, with a 3-day free trial on the annual plan) removes ads and adds AI card suggestions, AI strategy guide, AI matchup analysis, AI autocomplete, Opening-hand odds for your key cards, AI consistency recommendations, and AI coaching on your logged match results.
  • Built by: Dan Ryan Chan, solo developer, Vancouver, BC
  • Tournament data: Sourced from the public Limitless TCG API

Contact

Press inquiries, interview requests, and Pro review codes: support@cardforgeapp.gg.

CardForge is an unofficial fan project and is not affiliated with Nintendo, The Pokémon Company International, Creatures Inc., or Game Freak Inc. See our fan-content notice for details.