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How it works

The Bulk Exchange helps Magic players trade cards in person — no money, no shipping, no middlemen. Here's everything you need to get started.

01

The idea

You list the cards you Have and the cards you Want. The app finds other players whose lists overlap with yours — and shows you how many cards you could swap in a single trade.

No prices. No bids. No shipping. You meet up, lay the cards on the table, and trade directly.

02

Wants — cards you are looking for

Your Wants list is every card you're trying to find. Add them one at a time or paste a full list at once.

1Type a card name in the search bar and press enter, or paste a batch list (one card per line, quantities like 4x Lightning Bolt are supported).
2Pick a specific printing if you care about the edition, or leave it as Any Set and the app will match any copy of that card.
3Set a quantity if you need more than one copy.

Tip: Any Set cards get matched against every printing someone has in their Bulk list. Use a specific printing only if the edition genuinely matters to you.

03

Bulk — cards you are willing to trade

Your Bulk list is the cards you're happy to give away in a trade. Think of it as your trade binder — the stuff sitting in a box that someone else might need.

1Add cards the same way as your Wants list.
2You can mark a card as Foil and set the quality (NM, LP, etc.) so traders know exactly what to expect.
3Set a quantity if you have multiple copies to offer.

Tip: The more cards you add, the better your matches will be. Even bulk rares and commons are worth listing.

04

Community — your trade scene

Your community is the scene you trade in — your local game store, a convention, a friend group. Matching is scoped to it: you only see traders who set the same community, so every match is someone you can actually meet.

1Go to Profile and set your community.
2Pick from the suggestions as you type. Choosing an existing name means everyone in that scene lines up on the same spelling and matches together.
3Share the exact community name with your group so they set the same one. Anyone who does shows up in your exchange matches.

Tip: agree on one community name in your group chat before a GP or prerelease, so everyone matches the moment they add their cards.

05

Exchange — planning a trade

When you find a promising match, open their profile and tap Possible Exchanges. This opens the Exchange page — a single merged view of every card you could swap with that person.

They HaveCards in their Bulk list that appear in your Wants list. These are cards you could ask them to give you.
They WantCards in their Wants list that appear in your Bulk list. These are cards you could offer them in return.

The exchange page shows the total number of cards on each side so you can quickly judge whether the trade is balanced before meeting up.

Click any card to see all available printings and full card details.

06

Collection — private binder tracker

Collection is a private, set-based inventory view to help you quickly check ownership while shopping.

1Open Collection from the main navigation.
2Use Binders view for set-by-set pages and missing-slot tracking, or switch to List view for quick edits.
3Use Missing only mode to focus on what you still need in a set.

Collection is personal and private. It is not used for exchanges or public matching.

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