Scanning your cards

Point your camera at a card and Compendium identifies it for you — add one quickly, or scan a whole pile in one sitting.

On this page

Open the scanner Allow camera access Quick Scan (one card) Confirm the printing & details Add it, then scan another Bulk Scan (many cards)

Open the scanner

Go to your Library

Open the Library and tap the plus button.
Choose a scan mode

From the menu, pick Quick Scan for a single card, or Bulk Scan to add several in a row.Choose Add Cards to Library → Scan with Camera, then pick Scan Single Card for one card or Bulk Scan to add several in a row.

The camera opens automatically as soon as you start a scan — there's no extra "open camera" tap. You can also start a quick scan by holding down the app icon on your home screen and choosing Quick Scan. There's also a continuous Scan Multiple Cards video mode that reads cards as you hold them up (this may be feature-flagged).

A scanned card identified, ready to add to your collection — An identified card after scanning

Allow camera access

The first time you scan, your phone asks for permission to use the camera. Tap Allow.

If you tapped “Don’t Allow” before, turn it back on in Settings → Compendium → Camera.

If you denied access before, Compendium shows an in-app permission prompt the next time you scan — tap Allow there to grant camera access.

Quick Scan (one card)

The camera opens automatically

When you start a scan, the camera opens straight away — you don't need to tap anything to launch it.

Prefer an existing photo? Use the photo-picker option to choose one from your library instead.

Prefer an existing photo? Back out of the camera to find a From Library / Take Photo option.
Frame the card

Fill the frame with the card, then tap the white shutter button to capture.

Tap anywhere to focus. Need a redo? Tap Rescan.
Let it identify the card

You’ll see Identifying card… while Compendium reads the name and collector number.

The camera framing a card with the shutter button — Frame the card and tap the shutter

Confirm the printing & details

Once identified, you’ll see the card with its detected set, collector number, rarity and price. Adjust anything that’s off:

Fix the printing (if needed)

Tap the pencil icon next to the set info to pick the exact printing manually.
Set foil & condition

Flip the Foil toggle if it’s a foil, and choose a Condition — NM, LP, MP, HP or DMG.

Add it, then scan another

Choose where it goes

Tap Add to Library to save the card to your collection.

Tap Add to Library to save the card to your collection, or Add to Deck to put it straight into a deck.

If you start a scan from the home-screen shortcut, you'll also see an Add to Wishlist option.
Keep going or finish

You’ll see Card Added! Tap Scan Another to reopen the camera, or Done to close the scanner.

The Card Added confirmation with Scan Another and Done — “Card Added!” → scan another or finish

Bulk Scan (many cards)

Adding a whole stack? Bulk Scan lets you snap them all first, then review together.

Capture each card

Hold up a card and tap the shutter. A thumbnail drops into the strip at the bottom and the counter on Done ticks up. Repeat for every card.
Tap Done

When you’ve captured them all, tap Done to open Bulk Scan Results.
Review the list

Each card identifies in turn. Tap the pencil icon to fix any printing, or remove any card you don’t want from the list.
Add them all

Tap Add All to save the whole batch to your Library (or to the deck you started from).

The Bulk Scan Results list with Add All — Review, then **Add All**

For best results: scan in good, even lighting, lay the card flat, and fill the frame. If a card can’t be read, tap Try Again and re-shoot it.