Scanner intake
Scan MTG cards to inventory
Scanning cards is not the finish line. The useful workflow is scan to accountable inventory: recognize the printing, confirm finish and condition, place the physical copy in a bin, attach cost basis, and decide whether it should be held, listed, repriced, or pulled for an order. SpellBook Capture is the desktop scanner client; SpellBook Finance is the inventory, pricing, and seller-finance layer around it.
- Step 1
Scan into a review queue
Use SpellBook Capture to watch the scanner folder and send new card images into the review workflow. The goal is not just OCR; it is a trusted card record that a seller can act on.
Open scanner review → - Step 2
Confirm the exact printing
Magic cards are financial assets only when the exact printing is known. Confirm set, collector number, finish, language, and condition before a card becomes sellable inventory.
- Step 3
Assign bin and cost basis
A card that cannot be found cannot be sold. Put the physical copy in a bin and attach acquisition cost before listing. That gives later sale math a real basis instead of a guessed profit number.
Open inventory → - Step 4
Choose a seller action
Once scanned inventory is trusted, decide what should happen next: hold, list on TCGplayer, preview eBay, sync to Shopify, adjust pricing strategy, or reserve it for a pull session.
Open TCGplayer seller tools → - Step 5
Reconcile after the sale
When a scanned card sells, close the loop. Pull by bin, ship, mark the physical copy sold, reconcile channel state, and measure realized P&L against the original cost basis.
Deep dive
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