Deck of Cards

live Games

Create, shuffle, and draw from virtual playing card decks via deckofcardsapi.com

3 tools

0ms auth

free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

new_deck

Create and shuffle a new deck (or multiple decks) of playing cards. Returns a deck_id for subsequent draws.

Parameters

Name Type Description

count opt number Number of standard 52-card decks to combine and shuffle. Defaults to 1.

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Response

draw_cards required: deck_id

Draw one or more cards from an existing deck. Requires the deck_id returned by new_deck.

Parameters

Name Type Description

deck_id req string The deck ID returned by new_deck (e.g. "3p40paa87x90").

count opt number Number of cards to draw. Defaults to 1.

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Response

shuffle_deck required: deck_id

Shuffle (or re-shuffle) an existing deck, returning all drawn cards back into it.

Parameters

Name Type Description

deck_id req string The deck ID to shuffle (e.g. "3p40paa87x90").

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Response

Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/deckofcards/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/deckofcards/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"new_deck","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("new_deck", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("create, shuffle, and draw from virtual playing card decks via deckofcardsapi");

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MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-deckofcards": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/deckofcards/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}