The Pokémon card scanner that knows the exact printing

What a card scanner should actually tell you

Four things. A scanner that shows fewer leaves the hard part to you.

Name

Which card it is — Charizard, Pikachu, Umbreon VMAX.

Set

The expansion it was printed in, such as Base Set or Paldean Fates.

Collector number

The number at the foot of the card, such as 4/102. It tells apart cards that share a name.

Printing

Which print of that card you have: a 1st Edition, a Shadowless, a holo or a reverse holo, a special foil. This is the one that moves the price.

The same Charizard 4/102 exists as a 1st Edition, a Shadowless and an Unlimited print. The artwork is the same on all three, and they sell for very different money. A result that stops at "Charizard" has not told you which of them you are holding — the guide to Base Set printings shows the marks that do.

How GrailFox scans a card

Three taps, and the photo does the reading.

1. 1

   Snap it

   Fill the frame with one card and hold the phone flat. Sleeve on or off.

2. 2

   Confirm the print

   It checks the set, the number and the printing against the catalog. If two printings fit, you pick.

3. 3

   See the price

   The market value in the condition you choose, with its source and how fresh it is.

Exact match

Charizard ex

Scarlet & Violet 151 · 199/165

$368.83

Near Mint

TCGplayer market · updated 2 hours ago

What happens when it isn't sure

Some photos cannot settle the question. Two printings can differ by nothing more than a shadow behind the art box, and a glare across the holo or a collector number in shadow can hide the one detail that decides it.

When that happens, GrailFox does not pick for you. It shows the printings the photo fits and you confirm the one in your hand. If it cannot identify the card at all, it says so and suggests what to change about the photo.

Only a scan that identifies a card counts against your scans — and when it shows you a list of candidates, it counts once you confirm one. A scan that fails costs nothing: no free scan and no credit.

“A confidently wrong card is worse than an honest ‘I don't know.’”

What it covers — and what it doesn't