TCG Collector is one of the most complete sites for tracking a Pokémon card collection set by set, with variants and regional versions. If you also want it on TCGJoin, with its value in euros from Cardmarket, the set-by-set album and the phone scanner, the way in is the CSV TCG Collector exports.
What you need
- Your TCG Collector account with the collection. According to its Premium page, exporting collection data is a paid feature.
- A TCGJoin account (the free one is fine).
- A browser: the export is done on tcgcollector.com.
Get the file out of TCG Collector
- On tcgcollector.com open your collection.
- Use Export → CSV.
- Download the file: that is the one you will upload to TCGJoin.
TCG Collector tracks lots of variants (reverse, holo, stamped promos, regional versions). The importer matches every row to the catalogue card by set and number, and if the file carries columns it does not understand yet, the review tells you before anything is imported.
Upload it to TCGJoin
With the file at hand, open your collection and tap “Import”. The same wizard lives in Profile › Settings › “Import my collection”. It takes four steps:
- Source: pick “TCG Collector”.
- File: upload it as is (CSV, TSV, TXT or JSON, up to 20 MB). No need to open or tidy it first.
- Review: every row lands in a group. Found (matched with no doubt by set and number), unsure (several printings share that name: pick one or accept the suggestion), not found, and skipped (proxies, quantity 0 or a game outside your plan).
- Import: choose whether to add to what you already have or keep the file quantity, and hit the button.
If something looks off, the import can be undone for 7 days, from the final screen or from Profile › Settings. It removes exactly the copies it added and leaves what you already owned untouched.
What comes across and what does not
From the TCG Collector CSV the importer uses what identifies the card, how many you own and the language. Reverse and holo variants are not told apart yet. The rest stays in the file for now:
- Comes across: the exact card (set and number when the file has them), the quantity and the language of each copy.
- Not yet: condition (NM, LP…), foil and purchase price. Copies arrive as non-foil; keep the original file if you care about those details.
- Common plan: one active game. If the file mixes games, cards from the others are skipped and the review tells you which. Importing is free on every plan.
- Nothing you already had is overwritten: by default quantities are added.
If something is not found
“Not found” rows are the ones that do not match the catalogue with the data in the file: they tend to be stamped promos, regional variants or sets whose code does not match ours. In the review, tap “Download the not found rows (CSV)” to keep the list. Then run them through the Pokémon card scanner: point the camera and they go into the collection one by one, with their exact printing. If it is your first time, the guide on how to scan cards with your phone covers it in two minutes.
If a whole column is the problem (the review flags the columns it did not understand), tell us from the suggestions box in the help bubble and we will add it.
With the collection in, your collection gives you its value and what you are missing from each of the Pokémon sets. Everything Pokémon is in the Pokémon hub, and the rest of the supported apps are on Import collection.