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Card scanner

Scan any card. Get a real identity back — or an honest “not sure.”

This isn't a mockup — it's the live CardVault Identify API. Grab a free key, drop in a card photo URL, and see the same structured JSON your integration would get.

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Get a free API key

Sign up in about 10 seconds — no credit card, 1,000 free scans a month.

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Paste a card image URL

Any public photo of a Pokémon, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, One Piece, or sports card front works.

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See the scan result

Name, set, number, year, rarity, and a calibrated confidence score — or an honest needsReview if we can't corroborate a match.

Stored only in this page's memory — never sent anywhere but the request below. Get a free key

A public https URL for the card's front image. Fetched server-side — no upload needed here.

Fill in an API key and image URL, then send a request to see a live response.

No key yet? Get one free — 1,000 scans a month, no credit card.

Card scanner FAQ

Is this card scanner actually free?

Yes. The free tier includes 1,000 scans a month with no credit card required — the same identify endpoint every paid plan uses.

Does the scanner work for Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, and sports cards, or just Pokémon?

All of them. Pokémon (EN + JP), Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Digimon, and more, plus baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, and entertainment sets — 400,000+ cards indexed and growing.

What happens if the scanner can't identify my card?

You get an honest needsReview:true with likely alternates instead of a confidently wrong guess — see the docs for the full response shape.

Building an integration instead of a one-off scan? Read the full API docs.

Browse the full card database →