Point at a card.
Know its price in two seconds.
Cardemon identifies any Pokémon or Magic: The Gathering card with your phone camera and shows its live market value — set, printing, and all.
Pokémon (English + Japanese) and MTG supported.
The problem
A shoebox of cards is money you can't see.
Valuing a collection the old way means typing 400 card names into eBay, guessing which printing you own, and averaging sold listings by hand. Most collectors give up around card twelve — and the Jungle Snorlax that's quietly worth $80 stays in the shoebox.
How it works
Three steps, two seconds.
- 1
Point your camera
Open Cardemon and aim at any card — sleeved, slabbed, or raw. No search bars, no set-symbol squinting.
- 2
The card is identified
In under two seconds, Cardemon recognises the exact card and printing: set, collector number, holo, reverse, first edition.
- 3
See the live price
The current market price appears on screen, with price history. Scan the next card — your collection value updates as you go.
What it supports
Pokémon and Magic, properly.
Pokémon TCG
English sets from Base Set (1999) through the latest Scarlet & Violet expansions — plus Japanese sets, priced separately, because a Japanese Base Set Charizard and an English one are very different cards on the market.
Magic: The Gathering
Paper sets from Alpha and Beta through the newest Standard releases, with printing-level identification — a Revised dual land and its Unlimited twin get their own prices, as they should.
Features
Built for the way collectors actually collect.
Live market pricing
Prices from real, recent sales — not a printed guide. Refreshed continuously, so a spiking card shows as spiking.
Price history charts
See how a card has moved over weeks and months before you buy, sell, or hold.
Set completion tracking
Every scan ticks off the set checklist. See exactly which cards stand between you and a complete set.
Multi-market pricing
Switch between US, UK, Canadian, and Australian markets — what a card is worth depends on where you sell it.
Collection value
Your whole binder, totalled live. Watch what your collection is actually worth, not what you paid for it.
Offline viewing
Browse your collection with no signal — built for card shows, LGS basements, and aeroplanes.
Your collection
Watch the binder become a number.
Every scan lands in your collection with its live value attached. Set completion fills in like a checklist — 142 of 151 Base Set, and the app tells you the nine you're missing and what completing them costs today.
Why Cardemon
Built to get the card right.
Printing-level ID
Holo, reverse, first edition, shadowless — the scan identifies the exact printing, because that's what decides the price.
English + Japanese
Japanese Pokémon sets are recognised and priced on their own market, not lumped in with English printings.
Live sales data
Prices come from what cards actually sell for today — not last year's printed guide.
FAQ
Questions collectors ask
- How do I know what my Pokémon cards are worth?
- Point the Cardemon camera at the card. The app identifies the exact card and printing — set, number, holo or reverse holo — and shows its current market price pulled from live sales data. No typing, no guessing which of nine Charizards you have.
- Is there an app that scans Pokémon cards for value?
- Yes — Cardemon scans Pokémon cards with your phone camera and returns the live market price in about two seconds. It works on English and Japanese sets, from Base Set through the newest Scarlet & Violet expansions.
- Does Cardemon work on Japanese cards?
- Yes. Cardemon recognises Japanese Pokémon sets alongside English printings and prices them separately, since a Japanese and English copy of the same card often have very different market values.
- Does Cardemon scan Magic: The Gathering cards?
- Yes. Cardemon identifies Magic: The Gathering cards across paper sets from Alpha onwards, including different printings and foils, and shows the current market price for the exact version you scanned.
- Where do the prices come from?
- Prices are built from live market sales data, updated continuously, so you see what cards actually sell for today — not a stale price guide from last year. You can also switch between US, UK, Canadian, and Australian market pricing.
- Can I track how much my whole collection is worth?
- Yes. Every card you scan is saved to your collection, and Cardemon totals its live market value. As prices move, your collection value moves with them, with price history charts for individual cards.
- Does the app track set completion?
- Yes. Cardemon knows every card in every supported set, so as you scan, it shows exactly which cards you own and which you are missing — like a checklist that fills itself in.
- How much does Cardemon cost?
- Cardemon is a subscription, billed through the App Store or Google Play. One plan unlocks everything: unlimited scanning, live market prices, price history charts, US/UK/CA/AU market pricing, set completion tracking, and offline collection viewing.
- Do I need an internet connection to use it?
- Scanning and live pricing need a connection, since prices update constantly. Your collection is available to browse offline — useful at card shows where signal is bad.
The shoebox is waiting.
Scan your first card — it takes two seconds.