Point. Scan. Found.
No more typing card codes.
Tap the camera in the TCGCOVE Browse search, point your phone at a card, and jump straight to the exact card and version, with its market value in AED.
Scan Result
ExampleMonkey.D.Luffy
SP Gold · FoilScan to Search finds the card, not its condition. It matches what your camera sees against the TCGCOVE card catalog. Always check the card code, set and version shown before you add, buy, sell or trade. For condition, use Smart Grade.
One Scan · Two Jobs
Find a card, or add it to your collection.
One tap on the camera in Browse search opens the card page, where you can look the card up or add it to your collection without typing a single letter.
Look it up
Holding a card at a shop, a meetup or in a trade? Scan it to open its card page in seconds.
- ✓Market value in AED
- ✓Price history for that exact version
- ✓Listings from verified UAE sellers
- ✓Watch it or set a price alert
Log it
Building your collection? Scan card after card and add each one with the right version.
- ✓Add straight to your collection
- ✓Track its value over time
- ✓Open it for trade in your Trade Binder
- ✓Track your set completion
How It Works
From camera to card page.
Tap the Camera
Open Browse and tap the gold camera button inside the search bar.
Point at the Card
Keep the whole card inside the frame, flat and in good light.
See the Match
Get the card with its code, set name and version.
Take Action
Check the price, add it to your collection, find listings or add it to your trade wants.
What the Scan Reads
It looks at the whole card.
Scan to Search compares what your camera sees with the cards in the TCGCOVE catalog, so it can tell similar cards apart.
The card art is the strongest signal. Different art means a different version, even when the name is the same.
Every result shows the card code, so you can confirm it against the code printed on your card.
The same card can be reprinted in a later set. The set name tells you exactly which printing you are holding.
Prices change a lot between versions, so the result points you to the version that matches your card.
The Exact Version Matters
Same name. Different card. Different price.
Normal
The standard printing of the card.
Alt Art
New artwork on the same card.
Manga
Manga-panel artwork, a collector favourite.
SP
Special printings such as SP Gold.
Every Result
Everything you need, one tap away.
A scan does not stop at the name. It opens the full card page.
Card Identity
Market Info
Better Scans
Three tips for a clean match.
Results depend on what the camera can see. These habits help most.
Whole Card in Frame
DoFit all four corners inside the gold frame, with the card flat on the table.
Good, Even Light
DoDaylight or a bright room works best. Dark rooms make similar cards harder to tell apart.
Glare on Foils
AvoidTilt the phone slightly if a light reflection covers the artwork of a foil card.
Built for Collectors
At home with your binder, or out at the table.
Building Your Collection
Go through your binder card by card and add each one with its exact version, without searching for codes by hand.
Shops, Meetups and Trades
Someone offers you a card? Scan it, see its market value in AED and decide on the spot.
Why Scan to Search
The fastest way to find a card in TCGCOVE.
Skip long names and card codes. Point the camera and you are there.
Results show the code, set and version, so you do not mix up a Normal with an Alt Art.
See what the card is worth in AED by default, or switch to USD in your profile.
Scanning is built into the TCGCOVE app and uses your phone camera.
Go from a scan to your collection, your Trade Binder, your watchlist or the marketplace.
Built for UAE collectors, in English and Arabic, with local sellers and AED pricing.
Questions
Before you scan.
Stop typing. Start scanning.
Join the TCGCOVE early access list and be among the first to find, track and trade your cards with Scan to Search.