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CardPool is a card pool generator for trading card games, published by Piers Sinclair and originally built for the 25 Format community. The software serves players, format designers, and event organizers who need to assemble eligible card pools for custom or community-defined formats, a task that would otherwise require manually cross-referencing card databases and ban or errata information. As a card pool generator, CardPool fits within the category of trading card game utilities and deck- or format-building tools, with a specific focus on the 25 Format community from which it originated. The software works by fetching card data from YGOProDeck, providing an up-to-date foundation of card information drawn from an established external source. It then enriches that data with errata history pulled from Yugipedia, ensuring that changes to card text over time are taken into account when determining pool eligibility. On top of this enriched dataset, CardPool applies configurable word-count rules, allowing users to tailor the filtering criteria to the requirements of their chosen format rather than relying on fixed, hard-coded settings. Once the rules have been applied, the resulting eligible card pools can be exported to Excel or CSV files, making the output easy to review, share, archive, or integrate into spreadsheets and other organizational workflows. Typical use cases include generating a compliant card pool for a 25 Format event, preparing draft or sealed-style environments built around word-count restrictions, and maintaining reusable exports that document which cards qualify under a given ruleset. Because the rule configuration is adjustable, the tool can also support other trading card game communities experimenting with similar text-based eligibility constraints. The current release of CardPool is version 1.2.3, and the project has one listed version in total. Community discussion and support are available through the project's Discord server at discord.gg/wDXgNHukb, where users can connect with the publisher and other members of the community surrounding the tool.
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