Help & FAQ 💡

📷 Scanning a card

Tap “Scan a Card” in the header. You can drag & drop a photo, browse for one, or tap “Use Camera” for a live viewfinder — line the card up inside the dashed frame and hit Capture.

For the best results: photograph the whole card straight-on (not at an angle), in good even light, with the card filling most of the frame. Avoid glare on holo cards — tilt slightly or move away from direct light. Big photos are fine: they’re automatically shrunk before upload.

📚 Saving cards to your binder

When the scanner finds matches, tap Save next to the right one. The card is stored permanently in your binder with its official image, set details, rarity and today’s market value. Saving the same card again bumps the quantity instead of duplicating it.

You need a free account to save — your binder is private, and no other collector can see your cards. On any card’s page you can change the quantity with the +/− buttons or remove it from the binder entirely.

💰 Understanding the values

Values shown are TCGplayer “market price” — the average of recent actual sales in the US, converted to Australian dollars at the current exchange rate. Each card’s value refreshes automatically about once a day.

Treat them as a guide, not a promise: real sale prices depend heavily on condition, grading, and where you sell. A “Near Mint” value can be several times a “Played” one, and graded slabs (PSA/BGS/CGC) trade very differently to raw cards. If you enter what you paid on a card’s edit screen, the card page shows your gain or loss.

👤 Accounts

Create an account on the Account page — you’re logged in immediately, no confirmation email. Use a password of at least 8 characters that you don’t use elsewhere.

Forgot your password? Use the reset link on the login form and check your email (including spam). Anyone can use the scanner without an account — accounts are only needed to save cards.

🔧 Troubleshooting

“Use Camera” doesn’t open the viewfinder — live camera needs a secure (https://) connection and camera permission. If the browser blocks it, your phone’s normal camera app opens instead — that works just as well.

“Could not read the card” — retake the photo: whole card in frame, straight-on, better light, less glare.

“No database match found” — try the text lookup with the exact name and number. Very new sets can take a little while to appear in the card database, and Japanese cards match to their closest English print.

“The AI said no (HTTP 429)” — the day’s free AI scan quota is used up; try again later. Other error numbers: just try again in a minute, and tell the site owner if it keeps happening.

“No price data” — not every card has recent sales; promos and very old cards sometimes have no market price. The card still saves fine.

Page looks odd after an update — do a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5, or clear the site’s cached files on your phone).

Still stuck?

Contact the site owner — and check the Decipher Guide to learn what all the numbers and symbols on your cards mean.