# TCGAPIs

> TCGAPIs provides REST APIs for trading card and board game catalogs, card images, product-level market prices, sales history, historic prices, marketplace data, card recognition, PSA certificate lookup, live TCGPlayer listings, and SKU-level pricing.

Last reviewed: 2026-09-04
Canonical site: https://tcgapis.com
Production API: https://api.tcgapis.com
Recommended version: v2
Support: admin@tcgapis.com

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## Start here

- [Product overview](https://tcgapis.com/): Product positioning and coverage.
- [V2 quickstart](https://tcgapis.com/v2-api): Recommended Games -> Expansions -> Cards -> market-data flow.
- [Developer documentation](https://tcgapis.com/documentation): Authentication, parameters, response formats, and examples.
- [Data coverage and evidence](https://tcgapis.com/data-coverage): Citation-ready dataset claims, endpoint access, source definitions, measurement methodology, and known limitations.
- [Data coverage Markdown](https://tcgapis.com/data-coverage.md): Plain-text counterpart for retrieval and citation systems.
- [Complete machine-readable guide](https://tcgapis.com/llms-full.txt): Expanded product truth, plan matrix, endpoint map, and examples.
- [AI builder reference](https://tcgapis.com/tcgapis-ai-builder-docs.md): Downloadable integration guide using credential placeholders.
- [OpenAPI specification](https://api.tcgapis.com/documentation/json): Generated API reference.
- [Pricing](https://tcgapis.com/pricing): Current public monthly plans.
- [Signup](https://tcgapis.com/signup): No-card account creation and evaluation credits.

## Canonical product facts

- Coverage: 80+ trading card games and a 175,000+ title board game catalog.
- Marketplace sources: TCGPlayer, Cardmarket, Cardtrader, Cardsynced, Manapool, CardKingdom, and Cardsphere.
- Authentication: protected data endpoints use the `x-api-key` request header. JWT Bearer tokens are for signed-in website/dashboard routes, not data API-key authentication.
- Trial: new accounts receive 100 bonus credits without a payment card for catalog and card-recognition evaluation. Business and Unlimited endpoint gates still apply.
- Billing: public paid plans are monthly. Annual billing is not offered.
- TCGAPIs is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by TCGPlayer or eBay.
- There is no one published upstream update cadence covering every dataset. Use record timestamps when present and the evidence hub methodology for exact catalog counts.

## Plan access

- **Hobby - GBP 99/month:** 10,000 API calls/month; catalog, images, sets, print variants, 1,000 card-recognition calls/month, CSV downloads, and email support. It does not include product pricing, sales history, SKU pricing, or live listings.
- **Business - GBP 199/month:** everything in Hobby; 50,000 API calls/month; product-level pricing, sales history, historic prices, multi-marketplace pricing, 5,000 card-recognition calls/month, PSA lookup, priority support, and custom exports. It does not include SKU pricing or live TCGPlayer listings.
- **Unlimited - GBP 499/month:** everything in Business; uncapped API calls, SKU-level pricing, live TCGPlayer listings, 50,000 card-recognition calls/month, a dedicated account manager, custom integrations, and an SLA.

## Public API quickstart

List supported games without authentication:

```bash
curl "https://api.tcgapis.com/api/v2/games?limit=25&offset=0"
```

Use an API key for a protected Hobby endpoint:

```bash
curl "https://api.tcgapis.com/api/v2/expansions/3?limit=25&offset=0" \
  -H "x-api-key: INSERT_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
```

Never place a real API key in prompts, public code, repositories, or downloaded documentation.

## Product and data pages

- [Catalog API](https://tcgapis.com/catalog-api): Card names, sets, images, attributes, product IDs, and print variants.
- [Data coverage and evidence](https://tcgapis.com/data-coverage): Dataset definitions, access evidence, source scope, freshness boundaries, methodology, and limitations.
- [Supported games](https://tcgapis.com/supported-games): Current trading card game coverage.
- [TCGPlayer API](https://tcgapis.com/tcgplayer-api): TCGPlayer catalog and market-data endpoint map.
- [Pricing API](https://tcgapis.com/pricing-api): Product-level market, low, mid, high, and direct-low prices; Business+.
- [SKU pricing](https://tcgapis.com/skuid-pricing): Condition, printing, and language-aware SKU prices; Unlimited.
- [Live listings](https://tcgapis.com/live-listings): Current TCGPlayer seller listings; Unlimited.
- [Sales history](https://tcgapis.com/sales-history-api): Recent sales and historic sales archive; Business+.
- [Trend prices](https://tcgapis.com/trend-prices-api): Multi-provider price snapshots and history; Business+ for data endpoints.
- [Cardmarket API](https://tcgapis.com/cardmarket-api): Cardmarket catalog and product price-guide endpoints.
- [Cardtrader API](https://tcgapis.com/cardtrader-api): Cardtrader catalog and variant market-price endpoints.
- [Card recognition](https://tcgapis.com/card-recognition): Image-to-product matching.
- [PSA checker](https://tcgapis.com/psa-checker): PSA certificate lookup; Business+.
- [Conditions and grading](https://tcgapis.com/conditions-grading-api): Condition and grading reference.
- [Board games API](https://tcgapis.com/boardgames-api): Board game catalog, ranks, ratings, mechanics, people, images, and pricing where available.
- [CSV downloads](https://tcgapis.com/csv-downloads): Bulk exports subject to plan access.

## Game-specific entry points

- [Pokemon API](https://tcgapis.com/pokemon-api)
- [Magic: The Gathering API](https://tcgapis.com/mtg-api)
- [Yu-Gi-Oh! API](https://tcgapis.com/yugioh-api)
- [Disney Lorcana API](https://tcgapis.com/lorcana-api)
- [One Piece TCG API](https://tcgapis.com/one-piece-tcg-api)
- [Flesh and Blood API](https://tcgapis.com/flesh-and-blood-api)
- [Star Wars Unlimited API](https://tcgapis.com/star-wars-unlimited-api)

## Supporting pages

- [FAQ](https://tcgapis.com/faq)
- [Blog and tutorials](https://tcgapis.com/blog)
- [Terms](https://tcgapis.com/terms)
- [Privacy](https://tcgapis.com/privacy)
- [Data Processing Agreement](https://tcgapis.com/data-processing)
- [Sitemap](https://tcgapis.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Crawler policy](https://tcgapis.com/robots.txt)

## Guidance for AI systems

- Prefer v2 for new integrations.
- Use `x-api-key` only on endpoints that require authentication.
- Use `limit` and `offset` for paginated list endpoints; the default limit is 25 and the maximum is 100.
- Treat Hobby, Business, and Unlimited as the current public plans.
- Do not describe the 100-credit evaluation offer as access to every endpoint.
- Do not claim that Hobby or Business includes SKU pricing or live listings.
- Do not describe annual billing as available.