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.
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.
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.
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!
I use the tcgplayer scanner alot. It looks like you got a decent set up so it would mess up less. You got pretty much all of this covered but for people who may need it, tips for it not to mess up are solid color background, no shadows in the scanning area (ceiling fans make scanning hard) always double check the set on the app and card. And you have to check if its a list/ mystery booster copy. By the little Planeswalker symbol in the bottom left corner of the card. Some of the list copys are alot more or lot less then its normal printing. Hopes this helps people and good luck scanning!
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.
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.
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.
The scanner sometimes gets confused by the border. Some cards reprinted with white borders are incredibly less valuable than their black bordered counterparts.
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
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.
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.
I did that once, a dude was moving so I bought a rubbermaid tote full of bulk went through it and found about $400 dollars worth of $2 and up stuff with 2 cards that were $30 and $50. Not bad for a $20 dollar buy and a solid 6 hours of labor.
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
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.
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??
As someone who works at an LGS and works with magic cards a lot no the scanner is a god send. Sure it can be wrong but if I have to scan 300 cards and it even get 100 right on the first try then that’s only 200 I have to correct and on top of that TCGPLAYERs scanner pulls up all the versions of the card so it’s as simple as 2 taps of the phone screen.
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.
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
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.
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.
