diff --git a/proto/anki/decks.proto b/proto/anki/decks.proto
index 97c4dfb7d..3a38f3a8b 100644
--- a/proto/anki/decks.proto
+++ b/proto/anki/decks.proto
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import "anki/generic.proto";
 import "anki/collection.proto";
 
 service DecksService {
+  rpc NewDeck(generic.Empty) returns (Deck);
+  rpc AddDeck(Deck) returns (collection.OpChangesWithId);
   rpc AddDeckLegacy(generic.Json) returns (collection.OpChangesWithId);
   rpc AddOrUpdateDeckLegacy(AddOrUpdateDeckLegacyRequest) returns (DeckId);
   rpc DeckTree(DeckTreeRequest) returns (DeckTreeNode);
diff --git a/pylib/anki/decks.py b/pylib/anki/decks.py
index 6c540ae5a..a1bb8283c 100644
--- a/pylib/anki/decks.py
+++ b/pylib/anki/decks.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ FilteredDeckConfig = decks_pb2.Deck.Filtered
 DeckCollapseScope = decks_pb2.SetDeckCollapsedRequest.Scope
 DeckConfigsForUpdate = deckconfig_pb2.DeckConfigsForUpdate
 UpdateDeckConfigs = deckconfig_pb2.UpdateDeckConfigsRequest
+Deck = decks_pb2.Deck
 
 # type aliases until we can move away from dicts
 DeckDict = dict[str, Any]
@@ -104,9 +105,9 @@ class DeckManager(DeprecatedNamesMixin):
         if id := self.col.decks.id_for_name(name):
             return OpChangesWithId(id=id)
         else:
-            deck = self.col.decks.new_deck_legacy(filtered=False)
-            deck["name"] = name
-            return self.add_deck_legacy(deck)
+            deck = self.col.decks.new_deck()
+            deck.name = name
+            return self.add_deck(deck)
 
     def add_deck_legacy(self, deck: DeckDict) -> OpChangesWithId:
         "Add a deck created with new_deck_legacy(). Must have id of 0."
@@ -161,6 +162,13 @@ class DeckManager(DeprecatedNamesMixin):
     def get_all_legacy(self) -> list[DeckDict]:
         return list(from_json_bytes(self.col._backend.get_all_decks_legacy()).values())
 
+    def new_deck(self) -> Deck:
+        "Return a new normal deck. It must be added with .add_deck() after a name assigned."
+        return self.col._backend.new_deck()
+
+    def add_deck(self, deck: Deck) -> OpChangesWithId:
+        return self.col._backend.add_deck(message=deck)
+
     def new_deck_legacy(self, filtered: bool) -> DeckDict:
         deck = from_json_bytes(self.col._backend.new_deck_legacy(filtered))
         if deck["dyn"]:
diff --git a/rslib/src/backend/decks.rs b/rslib/src/backend/decks.rs
index 63cf04743..be2a5cafb 100644
--- a/rslib/src/backend/decks.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/backend/decks.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 impl DecksService for Backend {
+    fn new_deck(&self, _input: pb::Empty) -> Result<pb::Deck> {
+        Ok(Deck::new_normal().into())
+    }
+
+    fn add_deck(&self, deck: pb::Deck) -> Result<pb::OpChangesWithId> {
+        let mut deck: Deck = deck.try_into()?;
+        self.with_col(|col| Ok(col.add_deck(&mut deck)?.map(|_| deck.id.0).into()))
+    }
+
     fn add_deck_legacy(&self, input: pb::Json) -> Result<pb::OpChangesWithId> {
         let schema11: DeckSchema11 = serde_json::from_slice(&input.json)?;
         let mut deck: Deck = schema11.into();