Deck of Many Things

The Deck of Many Things is a legendary magic item in Dungeons & Dragons — a set of cards, each with a powerful and unpredictable effect when drawn. Effects range from gaining a level or a wish spell, to losing all possessions or being imprisoned in an extradimensional space. It's one of the most famous and chaotic items in D&D.

The official D&D 5e Deck of Many Things contains 22 cards. The generator includes all 22 official cards with their full effects.

Yes. The generator lets you build a custom deck with any subset of the 22 cards — useful if your DM wants to use a smaller version or exclude certain effects from their campaign.

Choose whether to use the full 22-card deck or build a custom deck, then click to draw one or more cards. The generator tracks which cards have been drawn and prevents duplicates until the deck is reset.

Yes — the Deck of Many Things generator is completely free with no sign-up required.

Yes — this is the official D&D 5e Deck of Many Things, all 22 cards with the published effects from the 5e Dungeon Master's Guide (page 162). The generator draws cards from the same deck a 5e DM would use at the table, with each card's effect rendered exactly as written. Use it as a digital substitute for the physical card pack.

The Deck of Many Things has 22 cards (5e DMG); the Deck of Many More Things is an expanded fan/homebrew variant with additional cards layered onto the same draw mechanic. This generator covers the official 22-card deck. Use 'build a custom deck' if you want to mix in homebrew cards from a Deck of Many More Things variant your table uses.

The tool is built around the 22-card D&D Deck of Many Things, but the underlying mechanic — draw without replacement, track history, reset — works as a general card deck randomizer for any custom card list. Use the 'build a custom deck' mode to add your own card names, then draw from that pool with the same no-duplicates logic.

The Deck of Many More Things is a fan-expanded variant of the official 22-card deck, typically adding anywhere from 8 to 30 additional cards depending on the expansion source. There is no official 5e Deck of Many More Things — it lives in third-party supplements and DM homebrew. This generator covers the official 22-card 5e version.

A digital Deck of Many Things solves the three problems with the physical version: it's always shuffled, it tracks history so you never re-draw a card you've already pulled, and it's free instead of $40+. For DMs who want a physical card to hand to a player, a printable Deck of Many Things PDF is a cheaper alternative to the licensed product — quality print-at-home design with rulings included.