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Your data.

Pages 1–2

Build a history you can actually use.

Arena remembers more than it knows how to explain. Mage Coach gathers your completed games, decks, and notes into a history you can actually return to.

Local-first, under your control

Your Mage Coach history stays on your computer unless you deliberately export and share something. Nothing uploads automatically, and your Windows storage and syncing choices still apply.

A history worth returning to

  • Completed games: Come back to a match after the dust settles and memory starts polishing the highlights.
  • Deck history: See which version of a deck was actually in your hands for each game.
  • Your perspective: Keep Player Notes beside the match that inspired them.
  • Reports and exports: Follow useful patterns and carry selected details into the next conversation.

Pages 3–4

Revisit the game, not just the result.

Game Explorer lets you walk back through a completed match and see what happened around the decisions that mattered. Because “I had it—until I didn’t” is a feeling, not a game plan.

Evidence before judgment

A loss tells you how the game ended, not whether every choice was wrong. If the available record cannot settle the question, Mage Coach says so.

Return to the moments that mattered

  • Start with the story: Read the match in order before opening the finer details.
  • Revisit the turning point: Go back to the turn or decision you still cannot stop thinking about.
  • Leave room for uncertainty: If the record cannot prove it, Mage Coach will not pretend it can.
  • Carry the lesson forward: Keep what the game taught you connected to the deck, notes, and matches that follow.

Pages 5–6

Let decks evolve. Keep their history.

A deck changes every time you learn something. Mage Coach keeps each version connected to the games it actually played, so yesterday's build does not quietly become today's.

The list that actually played

Each game stays with the deck evidence available for that match. If Mage Coach cannot be certain, it leaves the answer open instead of rewriting history.

Decks, collections, and possibilities

  • Follow deck revisions: See how a list changes without losing the games that taught you to change it.
  • Write Player Notes: Capture what you were trying, worrying about, or planning for next turn.
  • Snapshot your collection: Tell Mage Coach what you enjoy playing, and it will recommend decks you can build from the cards in your collection.
  • Deck Works: Describe the deck you want, import a decklist for inspiration, or improve one of your saved decks.

Pages 7–8

See what keeps happening.

One game can feel like bad luck. Ten games may have something to say. Mage Coach helps you spot what is changing and return to the matches behind the pattern.

Your history deserves a safety net

Backups and recovery tools protect the last working version if something cannot be completed safely.

Patterns, takeaways, and second chances

  • Follow the trends: Notice patterns by deck, then return to the games underneath them.
  • Take selected details with you: Create a report or package, review it, and share only what belongs.
  • Back up and restore: Protect your games, decks, notes, settings, reports, and exports.
  • Clean up without surprises: See what a cleanup will affect before anything disappears.

Your AI.

Pages 9–10

Give your AI something solid.

Mage Coach gathers the games and notes you choose into useful context for the compatible AI you prefer. That gives the conversation a better starting point than the traditional post-game briefing known as “I’m pretty sure that’s what happened.”

You decide what gets shared

Nothing is sent automatically. You choose the games and notes, create the package, and decide whether—and where—to share it.

Give your coach the right starting point

  • Choose the games: Include the matches you actually want to talk about.
  • Add your side of the story: Bring along Player Notes when your intention or recollection matters.
  • Keep the labels clear: Let facts, calculations, notes, interpretations, and unknowns remain what they are.
  • Question authority: AI recommendations are not gospel. That’s why it’s a conversation, not a commandment.

Pages 11–12

Choose what joins the conversation.

Pick the completed games, deck history, Player Notes, and coaching topics that matter this time. Mage Coach keeps the conversation focused instead of inviting your entire gaming history to pull up a chair.

Take a look before you share

Mage Coach shows you what is about to go into the package, so you can fix a mismatched note, add missing context, or leave something out.

Bring the useful parts

  • Pick the matches: Choose the completed games you want reviewed.
  • Add your notes: Include your reasoning or recollection while keeping it clearly labeled as yours.
  • Bring the right deck: Connect each game with the deck version available for that match.
  • Check before creating: Review the scope, warnings, and included material before making the package.

Pages 13–14

Know what the answer knows.

Mage Coach marks what came from Arena, what was calculated, what you remembered, what the AI inferred, and what the available record cannot settle. Confidence is charming. Evidence is better.

Unknown is an honest answer

When the record cannot establish a card, action, cause, or outcome, Mage Coach leaves it Unknown instead of dressing up a guess and sending it to dinner.

Know where each claim came from

  • Recorded or worked out: See what Arena recorded and what Mage Coach calculated from reliable information.
  • Useful guide, not proof: Treat a pattern or rule of thumb as guidance, not a verdict on your decision.
  • Your note: Keep your intention or recollection visible without turning it into a confirmed fact.
  • AI interpretation or Unknown: See what the coach inferred—and what the available record simply cannot answer.

Pages 15–16

Make the answer earn your trust.

Useful coaching should be able to point back to the game, the card text, or the assumption behind an idea. If the answer cannot survive a polite follow-up question, it may have just been enjoying the sound of its own voice.

Card text wins arguments

Known rules text and relevant abilities belong in the conversation. If reliable card information is not available, the answer should leave room for doubt.

Ask one more question

  • Go back through the moment: Compare the advice with the actions and choices that were actually available.
  • Read the card: Confirm the abilities, restrictions, and interactions behind the recommendation.
  • Poke at the assumptions: Ask what the coach knows, what it inferred, and what missing information could change the answer.
  • Keep what helps: Accept, adjust, or reject the advice after comparing it with the evidence.

Your choice.

Pages 17–18

You still make the calls.

Mage Coach helps you sort through what happened after the match. It can offer context, questions, and another point of view, but the decisions—during the game and after it—are yours.

The post-game debrief, not the headset

The conversation begins after the match is over, with no turn timer ticking and no advice arriving during play.

You stay in charge

  • Pick the match: Open the completed games and deck history that matter to you.
  • Choose the context: Decide which notes and evidence belong in the conversation.
  • Decide what leaves: Nothing goes anywhere unless you deliberately export or share it.
  • Make up your own mind: Accept, question, or reject the advice after checking the evidence.

Pages 19–20

Share on your terms.

Mage Coach creates the package on your computer and uploads nothing automatically. You choose what belongs, look it over, and decide whether it goes anywhere at all.

Local-first, with honest boundaries

Your Windows storage choices still matter. If you save Mage Coach information in a folder synced by OneDrive or another service, that service's settings apply too.

Look before it leaves

  • Choose the conversation: Select the games and context that actually belong.
  • Decide about your notes: Include, leave out, edit, or remove the Player Notes you wrote.
  • Check the package: See what is inside before sharing anything beyond your computer.
  • Pick the destination: Mage Coach makes the package; you decide what—if anything—receives it.

Pages 21–22

Your history stays yours.

Your games, deck versions, Player Notes, reports, settings, and exports belong to you. Mage Coach gives you straightforward ways to store them, protect them, and bring them back if something goes sideways.

No surprise cleanup

Before anything is permanently removed, Mage Coach shows you what will be affected, protects connected Player Notes, and asks for confirmation.

Store it, protect it, bring it back

  • Pick the location: Keep Mage Coach information in the Windows folder that suits your backup and syncing choices.
  • Keep the story together: Leave Player Notes with their games and deck versions with the matches they played.
  • Make a backup: Create a recoverable copy and restore your Mage Coach history when you need it.
  • Clean up carefully: Review what is using space and see what a cleanup will affect before agreeing to it.

Pages 23–24

Invite AI. Keep your veto.

Mage Coach remains useful for direct review even when no AI is involved. When you do consult one, you may question it, ignore it, or accept the occasional indignity of discovering it has a point.

AI is a guest, not the owner

The compatible AI stays separate from Mage Coach. You provide the context, begin the conversation, and decide what—if anything—comes with you into the next match.

The last word is yours

  • Review without AI: Use Game Explorer, deck history, reports, and Player Notes on their own.
  • Invite AI when it helps: Start a compatible coaching conversation when it suits the way you learn.
  • Push back: Return to the evidence, question assumptions, and reject advice that does not hold up.
  • The match is over. Let the conversation begin.

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