TCG Swap Overview

TCG Swap TCG Swap — Feature List

Multi-game support

• Three trading card games in one platform: Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon TCG, and Yu-Gi-Oh
• 130,000+ card catalogue with per-game data models (MTG colours/mana, Pokémon stages/energy, Yu-Gi-Oh attributes/levels)
• Full English and Spanish localisation — both the interface and card data (names, set names, rules text, localised card images)

Discover & browse

• Explore feed — browse cards one at a time with full art, rules, type and live price; like, favourite, and mark HAVE/WANT
• Searchable Cards, Sets and Illustrators catalogues with deep faceted filters (type, colour, mana value, format, rarity, set, illustrator)
• Trends — platform-wide analytics of most-liked, most-wanted, most-traded cards and most-favourited illustrators, filterable by game and time window

Deck building

• Split-screen deck editor with live format validation (Standard, Commander singleton, Pokémon 60-card, etc.)
• Import/export from Moxfield, Archidekt, DeckBox, MTGGoldfish, PTCG Live, Limitless, YGOPro (CSV, text, .ydk)
• Quickstart builder — generate a legal starter deck by game, format and archetype
• Version history with save notes, diff comparison and restore
• Stats panel — mana curve, type breakdown, consistency simulations, live valuation
• Playtesting tools (opening hands, solo playmat)
• Collaborative deck building — invite up to 5 collaborators; a pull-request-style suggestion → review → cherry-pick/apply workflow with in-app messaging, group discussion and notifications

Collections

• Custom and set-linked collections with HAVE/WANT tracking and completion progress
• Collection valuation — live price estimates sourced from TCGPlayer/Cardmarket
• Camera-based binder scanning — Google Cloud Vision OCR + pg_trgm fuzzy matching; live one-card-at-a-time scan and full-page photo upload
• Bulk HAVE/WANT actions with drag-range selection, labels, and collection cloning

Trading

• Peer-to-peer trading, in person or by post
• Photo-evidence verification required from both parties before a trade progresses
• In-person flow via shop hubs (no address shared); postage flow reveals addresses only after verification
• In-app trader-to-trader chat, graduated trade-value caps, reputation tiers, and an admin-mediated dispute system

Live play & game-night tools

• Shared real-time multiplayer life counter — the whole table tracks one game live from their own phones
• Dice roller, coin flip, and saved play history
• Teams — play groups that share game history

Community & engagement

• TCG news and local events discovery
• Public player profiles with showcase, reputation and collection value
• Email and push notifications (VAPID web push + native) for trade events, collaboration activity and live-game invites