What your whole collection is worth — not card by card

Valuing one card takes five minutes. Knowing what five hundred are worth takes something else: an inventory whose prices update themselves.

Why "I’ll check them one by one" fails

With five cards, any method works. With five hundred, the bottleneck is identifying each one (set, number, variant) before you can even look up a price — and by the time you finish, the early prices have moved. The only sustainable way is automatic identification with the price attached: that’s scanning.

In TCGJoin every scanned card comes in at its reference price, and the collection’s total value computes and updates itself. You see which cards hold the value, what’s bulk, and what deserves a detailed appraisal.

What knowing the total lets you decide

Insure: a valued, inventoried collection is a possible claim; a listless box is not.

Sell in order: start with the 5% of cards holding 80% of the value.

Complete or let go: each set shows what finishing it would cost; sometimes selling as-is wins.

Inherit or split without arguments: there’s a list with numbers, not memories.

Multi-game, because real collections are

Pokémon on one side, Magic on another, One Piece in its own box: each game keeps its collection and value separately, inside one account. Each total answers the question that matters: if this walked out the door today, what are we talking about?

Frequently asked questions

Is the total "what I’d get paid"?

It’s the sum of market reference prices, assuming good condition. A real sale depends on condition, channel, and urgency. Treat it as an honest order of magnitude, not an offer.

Does it update itself?

Yes — reference prices refresh periodically and the total moves with them. Nothing to re-value by hand.

How long does a big collection take to enter?

Scanning in same-set batches, a mid-sized collection goes in over an afternoon. Start with the cards that look valuable: the first hour captures most of the value.

Does it account for condition?

You record condition per card; references assume near mint. For expensive cards, adjust downward for condition, as in any appraisal.

Is this free?

Yes: scanner, collection, and reference prices are in the free plan, no card required.