Does Archidekt Have a Card Scanner?

Archidekt is one of the most popular deck-building sites for Magic: The Gathering, and it also lets you keep a collection so you can see which cards in a deck you already own. What it does not appear to offer is a camera scanner that reads your physical cards, which is why so many players ask how to get a binder or a box of cards into it without typing each card by hand.

The workflow most players use is simple. Scan your cards with a scanner app, check that each card was matched to the right printing and that foils are marked, export the list as a CSV, and import that file into your Archidekt collection. Because Archidekt tracks specific printings, getting the set and collector number right at the scanning stage saves you from fixing cards afterwards.

Lotus Scan exports the card name, set code, collector number, quantity and condition, which gives Archidekt what it needs to match the exact printing. Other scanners work too, but some export formats need light cleanup before the import accepts them.

Before you import a large collection, test with a small batch of 20 to 30 cards. Confirm that the printings and quantities came through correctly, then import the rest. If you scan whole decks instead of a full collection, scan one deck at a time so each export matches a single deck list.

If you would rather have scanning and deck building in one app, a few collection apps combine both, but they come with their own trade-offs on backgrounds, accuracy and free limits. The comparison linked below shows how they stack up.