Scanning 7000 Magic The Gathering Cards in one sitting

We use the TCG Player app for scanning cards, and really had to put it to the test. After scanning somewhere between 6000-7000 cards, we were able to separate the bulk from the valuable.

[@marshthedarsh10]

Sooner or later you'll become more familiar with Magic especially the uncommon/common cards and the ones that carry most value over $1. It comes natural when you start buying lots over the years.

[@TheRaginghalfasian]

recently i scanned about 800 cards, after about card 350 the noise was like a birthday party, that woke me up and gave me new life

[@skyler6725]

So how do you know you didn't pass up a $500 card that said it was 50 cents

[@matthewdhills]

Unlimited vs Revised. Both were base sets (so no set icon) with mostly the same cards but unlimited was ironically not in print nearly as long as Revised was so Unlimited cards are more rare. Easy for a person to notice the differences but they are minor so it trips most card scanners. TLDR first printings of cards can be worth more and scanners can't always tell if it's a reprint or first run.

[@alexmol6268]

Better do it again, to double check

[@justinmcintire1236]

Lmao I saw vigor and immediately knew a multi scan was coming

[@ripcordian]

For me, the most satisfying part of scanning bulk is this: a few weeks later when I’m researching/building a budget commander deck, some times a card I pick will show as “already in collection”. Yeaay! That’s 60 cents I don’t have to spend at Card Market!

[@sowariginal536]

Have to love that "Vigor" ... Great card. But dude, you left me wondering what that final card was and its value.

[@crokar5835]

it was essence warden. but this video is 2 years old

[@lastofusclips5291]

wow, was that a foil rhystic study? btw condition matters as well. a little bump in the corner will lower a card's value.

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

For sure

[@hermodnitter3902]

Non-foil, there was no shooting star.

[@jeremytibbetts9663]

Old frame foils stick out like a sore thumb . This was very obviously not a foil rhystic study.

[@alecsmith8341]

Thanks for helping me find the motivation to sort my massive collection I did not know that the TCG player app did that

[@lostinthewoods2201]

What software do you use for scanning?

[@rossman272]

Thanks for making a new Skylar video to bad it’s only a short video.

[@TheRoyalKing0]

What app is being used?

[@gravyjump5233]

TCGplayer

[@ElvishMayo]

Id pay money to do this. I love sorting and price checking all mu cards. Its very very soothing for me.

[@chadzombiehunter]

What did you use to scan cards?

[@alexanderharris7023]

I did that several months ago. Ended up finding 7 rhystic studies. 😂

[@stevendrake3155]

One day? Oh. You're serious. I normally need around a week and a half.

[@Christian-cb6kj]

Did you make sure the set was correct on every scan? Tcg, mana box, all of those with scan features. They don't always pick up the set difference, especially when the art has been reused multiple times. Sort by set first then scan one set at a time. Then make sure everything is correct, then move on.

[@TheJacken98]

what you use for scanning ?

[@adammonahan687]

Was it worth the time though. Or could you of gotten more throwing it on whatnot as unsearched

[@FalconXJW]

I didn’t know you could scan more than 1 at a time 😮

[@Costone90]

lol you got fleeced guy

[@mendithebeast4851]

As a magic player and seller I’d never buy that much magic without knowing a single thing about them just the amount of work to sort through thousands of penny cards for the one that’s over $1 isn’t worth it.

[@silverstrider3024]

What app is this??

[@tacticalsquirtle]

What scanner app is this

[@Bongus_Bubogus]

I feel sorry for the new people who don’t have the internal database of cards and their potential and historical prices yet (knowing whether to check if they popped off or dwindled in play value). With the internet as it is nowadays I figure it must be quicker now to learn though

[@JOSHACE111]

so just edit an auto shuffler rig and bop a scanner on it, would take no more than a few minutes. also maybe the system is registering the value abase off of how many are in circulation or something??

[@thrifty0413]

Honestly, I’d love this job. Probably… I really enjoy organizing and flipping through cards and working at my own pace.

[@capealio]

Nah you'd be fired for going too slow

[@cmckown7932]

It would have been better if you had showed that final card

[@jeezuhskriste5759]

A little late, but the final card was probably the Essence Warden scanned at the end of the video, right before looking over at the finished stacks, which registered $5 on the scanner.

[@megastegma]

Praying they add Digimon & one Piece to that list

[@CyclopsWasRight]

What do you use to scan your cards? I'm a total noob.

[@capealio]

TCG player. Delver lens works well also

[@CyclopsWasRight]

@capealio Thanks, bro. Much appreciated.

[@hollsmilano1060]

Any app that u can scan sport cards? And actually sell them?

[@thomasbarthezeme]

Hi very good video what is your app? Thanks a lot this app can use for pokemon card?

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

TCGplayer . And yes it can be used for Pokémon

[@thomasbarthezeme]

@@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice thanks you, your video is awesome, continue :)

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

Thank you! Will do

[@11danzizzle11]

Despite the ease of scanning, I somehow have still entered more cards manually through deckbox. I think I've scanned around 1500 or so cards but typed around 2700. I think I just like data entry, haha.

[@sophiacruz5041]

what scanner app are you using?

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

i have so far; scanned, and sleeved, 10,100 cards; over the course of 4 years!!! i literally finished in january

[@RCDEPENDANT]

What was the last card , that had value?

[@kempisgreat]

I could have manually skimmed that in like 1 hour max lol

[@zappadali8696]

Love playing, but I’ve had shit in boxes since I shortly after I started playing in 2012. Hell, have a Card Kingdom order from a month ago on my binders.

[@tinydecks]

Vigor is worth more then warden

[@KdogRSMC]

Am I tripping or did I see a Gaea’s cradle

[@williamtucker3649]

Pretty sure you can send them to a group who will do it for you

[@capealio]

Yeah, if you wanna lose money doing so

[@MSUHitman]

YES! You finally did a Magic video! Sorry but I have zero interest in Pokemon b/c I don’t like the video game, & I can’t get into sports cards b/c I’m over 40 & remember the 90’s.

[@dom19945]

Just make friends with an MTG player/seller/collector. We’ll sift through and pull anything over $1 from memory.

What app do you guys use for this?

[@daurgo2001]

TCG player

[@timbenzel1751]

The scanner sometimes gets confused by the border. Some cards reprinted with white borders are incredibly less valuable than their black bordered counterparts.

[@DiegoLopez-fb1zd]

What app do u use man to scan like that?

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

TCG Player. There’s a MTG version too I think

[@Gargoyle905]

How do you scan??? Is it an app?

[@capealio]

Yes, TCG player app. Delver lens works great also

[@horatiowilliams1665]

What app did you use to scan all of the cards?

[@daurgo2001]

TCG player

[@Arkskii-gf03]

What’s the app called , collecter tcg app ?

[@vulpinemachine]

TCGplayer

[@DontWorryBeCurry]

This is really funny ro me because you could have just given someone at your LGS $10 to just sift through this for 10 minutes and saved yourself an entire day

[@davidhouseman4328]

Nah, this is about not missing something. You're not going to get that from your LGS random.

[@Nathanfx2006]

Whats the app used to scan and price?

[@vulpinemachine]

TCGplayer

[@JLStroupe]

Thas alot of bulk ya be scanning 😵

[@capealio]

7000 cards worth $3000 not too bad

[@DavidGutierrez-kj8tm]

What app is that?

[@capealio]

TCG player

[@N8tiveItalian]

I had the same problem. 2000 cards but did the scanner ever scan a card wrong?

[@Wuuush]

"Full time reseller" bro just say you're unemployed lmfao

[@bocanegrageorge]

you scanned even the basic lands lmao. Probably could of saved a lot of time not scanning those. They are in every magic set.

[@skylarwattie]

Was surprised that certain ones had some value! It was more so to try and learn a bunch about MTG since these were the first cards we bought/researched

[@Jameson11ink]

@@skylarwattie some basic lands can bring $1+ ea and some foil full arts $5+

[@MSUHitman]

Also the special lands from Jump Start are worth a bit, especially the Phyrexian Swamp.

[@mendithebeast4851]

@@MSUHitman they aren’t anymore lol

[@matthewdhills]

Search Guru lands... I had 3 of them until some butt stole them... They weren't worth much when they got stolen.

[@jeremytibbetts9663]

Better to just pay someone who actually knows what they're looking at. Condition matters on alot of these cards and the scanner doesn't always recognize everything.

[@bnew6263]

What scanner did u use??

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

TCGplayer

[@DiverseCurse]

I can look through cards manually and pull out what I know might have value to get a more accurate reading. I've played, traded, and sold so much I just know.

[@capealio]

You got no life, but I still admire your skills

[@Doors067]

Its cheaper to just run them to a local card store take the 60% and keep rolling the times more importany😊

[@capealio]

45% at my lgs for cash value. 50% for store credit

[@SilenceWillNotBeTolerated]

You can scan cards ?

[@Sweetguy1821]

I scanned through my boxes of rares. Only thi g i dont like is that the app won't detect foils and often gets the wrong set it was printed in.

[@capealio]

Delver lens is better

[@derek9087]

i know this struggle. almost to level 4 on tcg player and itll really get ramped up with my fujitsu

[@Fllyebye]

What's the app name?

[@capealio]

TCG player

[@azendantforces1897]

Now sleeve em

[@Dafastso]

lol theres the under $1 blip, then the under $5 blip, then the over $10 blip, thats as far as ive gone

[@capealio]

That $10 ding is nice

[@WhiteBird13]

Just use manabox, its much more accurate

[@leejoshua5610]

How much for the bulk ???

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

Message me on Facebook or Instagram!

[@dwfinds3030]

That app hates me I try and center it and put it on a white background it won't scan. Like is it supposed to fit exactly in the white scan grid? Im trying to pull my phone back further or up closer and no luck.

[@voltcorp]

when taking pictures in other apps, do you find you have any problems with autofocus?

[@TachibanaTengoku]

Sort of, it does need to be in an exact spot to scan

[@Starbug1S1]

Needs to be a well lit area and have a completely white background. If done right, the camera can capture up to 9 cards at once.

[@mikemattingly5825]

Ive got another box for you if you dont mind. 😂

[@Aura_Light]

Says tcg player app. Uses mana box

[@DavidGutierrez-kj8tm]

Cool!

[@ChickenMcThiccken]

reason he turned 300 into 3000 is because he even scanned all the pennycards. penny cards ADD UP!!. probably could turn 10k cards into 5k value.

[@nickc5581]

What is the scanning app

[@vulpinemachine]

TCGplayer

[@diogoge]

App name ?

[@vulpinemachine]

TCGplayer

[@RKsenpaii]

Could you share the scan app please?

[@gravyjump5233]

TCGplayer

[@capealio]

He said so on the video, y'all are dense

[@RKsenpaii]

@@capealio it’s been 7 month’s and the question is already awnsered, who hurt you? 😂

[@capealio]

Tcg player dont barely scan black cards

[@talzumon101]

Why not rescan the cheap cards to make sure if they had value? Lol

[@capealio]

Cuz he knew the $300 one was wrong. Duh

[@JusZard]

Lmfao this is fun :)

[@darksiders18]

how do i scan my cards like this ?

[@vulpinemachine]

TCGplayer

[@capealio]

Delver lens works great also

[@MannyCoon]

Lucky

[@CorySzamier]

Please stop scanning basic lands.

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

Help us learn Cory… lol

[@earlgendron4603]

To be fair, they had some arena/genie program basic lands in there. Which have some value

[@DEMONICxHADES]

Bro said this one is cool, doesn’t even know the card names, fake magic fan there , who only resells and messes everything up. L bro

[@ZackMuffinMan]

Hi

[@ChaseAfterTheRightPrice]

Hi

[@jaymo9896]

Magic cards are part of witchcraft I'm not sure but doesn't the Bible say we are not to mess with magic

[@Starbug1S1]

You are correct about the Bible and magic. However, this is Magic The Gathering. It's a card game for entertainment. Just like Poker, Gin Rummy, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Spades, Uno, Cribbage, War, Blackjack, Klondike, Canasta, Skip-Bo, Pinochle, Hearts, Pokémon, Go Fish, and many many others. All can be real cardboard that can played on a flat surface or virtually on your computer, game console, or smart device. I hope this helps.

[@vulpinemachine]

I'm fairly strong in my faith and would never ever consider genuine magic or sorcery etc. This is a game and quite fun. Highly recommend it.

[@ComeJesusChrist]

You should have just put them all in the machine. The shredder! These cards and the whole franchise are demonic!