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Reliquary vs ManaBox: a card scanner beside a collection that knows its decks

Updated November 9, 2026

Choose ManaBox to get cards into a collection fast: it is a phone app that adds a card from a camera scan and keeps decks beside the collection. Choose Reliquary to know where every copy is and which decks claim it, and to let an assistant work with that. Reliquary does not scan cards, so the two work together: scan in ManaBox, export a CSV, and import it into Reliquary, which recognises ManaBox's file by its columns and makes each binder a place.

At a glance

ReliquaryManaBox
What it isCollection manager with an MCP serverPhone app: card scanner, collection and deck builder
Where it runsWeb, and any assistant that speaks MCPiOS and Android; desktop app in development, no web app
FreeThe whole collection, 5 decks, tradingFree to download; card search is free
PaidPlus: every deck, $3.99 a month or $29 a yearManaBox PRO, $2.49 or $22.99 (US App Store)
ExportMoxfield or Deckbox CSV, decklists, the account as JSONCSV of the whole collection or of one binder or list
APIMCP server and REST API, signed in with OAuth—

Each fact is from the sources below, read on the day given. A dash: no source says.

Where they differ

ManaBox builds its collection from the camera. Reliquary builds it from a file, a pasted list or a search, and then keeps track of the physical cards.

In Reliquary every copy you own is in exactly one place: a binder, a box or a deck. A deck claims copies from what you own, and two decks never count the same copy without saying so: a shared copy is named with every deck that claims it and where it really is. A proxy is named as one wherever it shows, and left out of a value unless you ask. Card allocation across decks has the rules.

Reliquary also has an MCP server and a REST API, so an assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT reads and changes your collection under the same rules, and trade matching sets your lists against the wantlist and tradelist another player publishes. What each app costs and exports is in the table above.

Moving from ManaBox

Export the collection, or one binder, as a CSV file from ManaBox's menu, and choose it on Reliquary's Import page. Decks come over as text. The ManaBox export guide has the steps.

What players complain about

From low-star App Store and Google Play reviews read on 9 November 2026:

  • The scanner can misread a card or pick the wrong set or printing, more often with sleeved and foil cards. On Google Play the developer points to a lock-set option in the scanner's settings. App Store reviews, read 9 November 2026; Google Play, read 9 November 2026.
  • Some players lost scanned cards or folders after an update, and sync between devices came late. Partly answered: sync is out of beta for PRO subscribers, who join a queue for it, and on Google Play the developer offered to recover a wiped collection. App Store reviews, read 9 November 2026; Google Play, read 9 November 2026.
  • The free tier caps binders and decks linked to the collection, and more needs a subscription; the developer says plain deck lists have no cap. App Store reviews, read 9 November 2026; Google Play, read 9 November 2026.
  • A collection export carries the purchase price, not the current market price. App Store reviews, read 9 November 2026.

Questions

Can I keep using ManaBox to scan?

Yes. Scan in ManaBox, export the cards as a CSV file and import it into Reliquary. For a later batch, export only the new cards, for example as one binder or list.

Does Reliquary scan cards?

No. Cards come in from a CSV file, a pasted decklist, or a search by name, in any language Scryfall prints.

Do my ManaBox binders survive the move?

Yes. ManaBox's export names each card's binder or list, and Reliquary makes each one a place, so the cards stay where they were.

Does Reliquary's free plan have limits too?

Yes: the free plan keeps a limited number of decks, as the table above says. The whole collection, its prices and trading are on every plan.

Import your collectionFree, with Google or GitHub. No card.

Sources

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