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Guides, tutorials, and news about building with TCG pricing data.
Card API Endpoint Reference: What Each One Returns (2026)
What pokemontcg.io/v2/cards, Scryfall bulk data, MTGJSON AtomicCards, lorcana-api and PriceCharting actually return — payload fields, price coverage and freshness, all checked live.
Disney Lorcana API: Card Data vs Prices (2026)
lorcana-api.com is free and open source but returns no prices. Here is what each Disney Lorcana API covers — card data, market prices, per-condition and history — with working code.
Which One Piece API? OPTCG API, API TCG & Live Prices
Which One Piece Card Game API should you use? OPTCG API, API TCG, Bandai's official list, and TCG API compared on card data, images, and real market prices — with working code.
Resolve TCGPlayer IDs to Card Prices in Bulk (2026)
Turn a CSV of TCGPlayer product IDs into card data and prices in one request — single lookup, batch resolve up to 1,000 IDs, and name matching for rows where the ID is missing.
Which Yu-Gi-Oh! API? YGOPRODeck vs TCG API (2026)
Which Yu-Gi-Oh! API should you use? YGOPRODeck, the Konami database, and TCG API compared on card data, images, and real market prices — with working code.
Build a TCG Collection Tracker with React and TCG API
Tutorial: build a card collection tracker app with React that shows up-to-date values for your Pokemon, Magic, and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards using TCG API.
Pokemon Card Price API with Full Price History (Free Tier)
PriceCharting's API excludes price history; PokemonWizard has no public API. Get Pokemon card price history and per-condition prices free — 100 requests/day.
Which MTG API? Scryfall vs MTGJSON vs Daily Prices (2026)
Scryfall has no price history; MTGJSON ships bulk snapshots. What each Magic: The Gathering API actually covers — card data, images, and daily pricing.
How to Build a Discord Card Price Bot in 2026
Step-by-step guide to building a Discord bot that looks up daily-updated trading card prices using TCG API. Works with Pokemon, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and 50+ more games.
How to Get Bulk Card Price Data for Your App
Learn how to efficiently fetch thousands of card prices using TCG API's bulk endpoints. Build price databases, inventory tools, and collection trackers.
Build a Pokemon Price Tracker in 15 Minutes
Step-by-step tutorial to build a Pokemon card price tracker using TCG API and JavaScript. Track prices, monitor changes, and find deals.
10 Trading Card Game APIs Compared (2026)
A comprehensive comparison of every TCG pricing API available to developers in 2026 — coverage, pricing, features, and real-world limitations.
Migrating Off the TCGPlayer API: A Working Code Walkthrough
Port your TCGPlayer API integration to TCG API endpoint by endpoint — request mapping, response shape changes, and the four errors that bite most people during the switch.