Release Notes

August 2026

The big one, as promised — 92 tickets deployed in a single month. View Newsletter

Highlight: Scan From Your Phone

Open gestic.org on your phone and tap Scan: a scanner designed for a phone from the first pixel. Full-screen camera with a card-sized guide frame, auto-scan that captures when a card is held steady, server-side straightening and cropping, an instant match reveal, and a scanned-cards sheet where quantity, condition and finish are editable right on each row. Same recognition brains as the desktop scanner, nothing to install — Android or iPhone, Chrome or Firefox.

Price History Everywhere
Every card page now carries a daily price chart, with regular and foil as separate lines and up to a year of history. Lists and decks chart their total value over time in the stats header, and a nightly rollup records each list's value going forward — so a whole collection builds a value history you can watch.
Chaos Sorting, Round Two
The storage location format is now configurable: build it from scanner, box, row, batch and card, numbers or letters, with your own auto-increment rules and a starting point that carries on from boxes you already have. The storage field now travels with list export and import, and any list can be filtered by the start of a location — a whole box, one row, or an exact slot.
Search, Filters & Folders
The home search now speaks Scryfall syntax against your own cards. Filters gained a price minimum and maximum, and while any filter is active the header shows how many cards matched and what they are worth together; a Scryfall query counts as a filter, and filtered exports respect it. Lists can now be grouped into foldable folders.
Deck Tools
Commander decks estimate their bracket on the official 1–5 scale from what is actually in the deck, and a new Budget alternatives panel suggests cheaper printings or functional stand-ins for your most expensive slots.
Gestic in Public
Every card and every set has a public page you can link to anyone, and you can claim a profile of your own at gestic.org/u/your-nickname — decks with commander art and bracket badges, pinned lists, an avatar from any card art, all controlled from the new profile editor (see /u/demo). The home page now shows live site totals.
Your Own API
Create personal API keys from the configuration page (create, list, revoke, test), with a self-documenting API at gestic.org/api/v1. Key management and identity are live today; inventory endpoints come next.
Name Your Price
Offering lists are no longer market-price-only: set an asking price per copy, and that is what buyers see.
Subscriptions
Gestic now has Essential, Advanced and Elite plans with proper checkout and a manage/cancel portal, replacing the old donation link. Nothing you use today is taken away, and nobody's collection is capped.
Under the Hood
The database moved to a new server: answers are about ten times faster, with four times the storage headroom — which the price history charts above are already putting to use.
Papercuts & More
The scanner can highlight cards above a price you set, the scan confirmation can open in its own window, Quick Review gained a back-to-top button, a corrected scan keeps its scan position instead of being filed at the end, transient server errors no longer silently drop a scanned card, batch sizes save properly, the stack view got slimmer badges and header stats, double-faced cards behave in Add by Name, and the public pages got dramatically lighter on mobile.

July 2026

Too much — so much for a quiet summer: the month we said would be off turned into more than 160 changes. View Newsletter

Highlight: Deck Play Tester

Every deck has its own playable board, right inside Gestic — open a deck, hit Play Test, and goldfish it with no export, no second account, nothing to install. Proper opening hand with London mulligan, free dragging between all zones with a self-sorting battlefield, counters, a searchable Scryfall token catalog, emblems, dice and trackers with a running action log. Commander decks are recognised automatically, and any share link opens straight into a play test.

Automations
Build a rule once and Gestic keeps a list up to date for you: inputs (any mix of tags and lists) pass through filters into a destination list — normal, Looking For or Offering. Create as many as you like; each records its last run and refreshes in one click.
Chaos Sorting
The bulk-intake method where you stop sorting: drop each card into the first free space and Gestic records where it went. Name your scanner, tick Use chaos sorting, and every card carries a SCANNER-BUCKET-INDEX storage location you can look up or correct from the card edit window. ADF (sheet-feed) scanners only.
Lists, Decks & More
Sort and pin your lists on the home page with foldable groups, Commander decks use their commander's art as the page background, decks can auto-generate a name, description and tags, a toolbox tool highlights cards you already own elsewhere, Cardmarket joined the export formats, the currency selector now offers every currency we can source a rate for, selections stay in sync across table, grid and stacked views — and a great deal of invisible deployment-pipeline work is why so much shipped so quickly.

June 2026

Break — a stability and polish month. (Back in September.) View Newsletter

Highlight: New Export Formats

The Export tool now lets you pick an exact destination—Custom, Moxfield, Manabox, TCGPlayer, ManaPool, or Arena—and Gestic builds the right structure automatically. Custom still gives you full control over separators and fields. Exports can also create a new list or copy to the clipboard.

Scanner Reliability Pass
Deleted scans no longer reappear, failed-scan pictures display properly, the AI set "magnifier" no longer wipes your set selection, hover previews are reliable again, condition/set updates show immediately, foil/finish no longer reverts on its own, and language flags now match the scanned card.
Scanner Keyboard Shortcuts
New configurable shortcuts to duplicate, delete, or toggle foil on the last entry—turn off any you don't use from the configuration page. Also fixed pressing Space in the review modal accidentally triggering a new capture.
Smarter Scanner Logic
Reworked scanning logic to reduce the number of rejected scans for a smoother experience.
Papercut Fixes & More
Add by Set is snappier for multiple copies and hides its version arrow when not needed; list resizing is back; changing a deck's type no longer reloads the whole list; "Looking For" store lines no longer split oddly on narrow screens; Inbox reply threads jump back to the top; the Create List flow behaves properly; fixed a card that refused to add; removed the temporary Gemini-assisted scan option; and refreshed the Discord invite link.

May 2026

Done! Back to full speed. View Newsletter

Highlight: Community Offers

Now fully connecting local players. Register your location (approximate or full address) on the Configuration page to see nearby offers and let other users find your "Offering" lists. Prices are negotiable, and Gestic is never a middleman—we simply put buyer and seller in touch.

New AI Model
Our long-awaited new scanner model is live! It replaces five previous models at once, cutting server calls and memory usage for a faster, more accurate, higher-capacity scanner.
Smarter Scanner Logic
Reworked scanning logic to reduce the number of rejected scans for a smoother experience.
Better Picture Matching (SIFT)
Replaced Perceptual Hash with a Scale-Invariant Feature Transform algorithm, dramatically improving accuracy when distinguishing versions from cell phone camera photos.
List Comments
Add comments directly to your lists—perfect for tracking cards to add or remove, noting a deck's source, or leaving yourself notes.
Faster Generate
The "Generate" option on the home page is now at least 10x faster for large sets.
Search Fix & More
Fixed search not locating cards with multiple versions in a list. Also fixed Korean entries written in Chinese, pagination not preserving display preference, improved commander selection, updated inbox behavior, and more.

March/April 2026

Late (but worth the wait!). View Newsletter

Highlight: Community Offers

Looking For cards now match against other users' Offering lists, creating a peer-to-peer trade graph that connects collectors with each other and with local stores.

New Edit Modal
Cards can now be edited from a mobile-friendly gear menu with simpler version, finish, and condition controls.
Value Tracking
Track Bought and Bought On values directly inside the new edit modal.
Direct Messaging
Community Offers open a direct message so users can arrange trades or purchases themselves.
Deck Tools
Added game changer highlighting, format legality checks, and commander designation support.

February 2026

Challenges and resilience. View Newsletter

Highlight: Resilience

Despite a human error deleting machine learning models, our resilient architecture kept the website fully functional. Models are being retrained to double scanner speed next month.

Fair Value Estimation
Get the fair value of any list in a few clicks. Configure bulk thresholds and currencies in the toolbox (gear icon).
Add by Set Improvements
Improved button flow, clearer missing card indicators, and a new card resizing slider.
Export Enhancements
Apply filters before exporting. New "Export as List" option and full compatibility with SpellWeave.
Account Management
Users can now permanently delete their own accounts and all associated data via the configuration.

January 30th 2026

Focus on workflow improvements. View Newsletter

Scanner Text-to-Speech
Added option to read detected card names out loud in their native accent. Ideal for auto-trigger scanning.
Pricing in Scanner
Scan results now display card prices directly above the detected card, helping you decide on sleeving instantly.

Highlight: Add by Set

New visual way to add cards. Select a set and list to see visual placeholders for every card. Perfect for older sets without collector numbers.

January 1st 2026

Celebrating our two-year anniversary. View Newsletter

Infrastructure Overhaul
Replacing 100Mbps network with 2.5Gbps system—a 25x increase in bandwidth to reduce latency.
Multi-Cloud Strategy
Enhanced redundancy with rapid failover capabilities to Google Cloud and daily off-site backups.
Stability & Quality
Cleared every known bug and deployed a daily automated testing system to ensure platform reliability.

November 29th 2025

Major configuration and scanner updates. View Newsletter

New Configuration Page
Manage referrals, reset passwords, filter preferred stores, and set your local currency.
Scanner AI Icons
Added AI icons in "Review Scans" to quickly re-run recognition models on individual fields.

Highlight: Preferred Local Stores

Streamline your "Looking For" lists by selecting only the local game stores you want to track.

October 20th 2025

Reached 1,000 active users! View Newsletter

Pagination & Caching
Full server-side pagination for all lists, drastically reducing network traffic and rendering time.
Custom OCR Solution
Launched our own custom OCR for card numbers, achieving near-perfect accuracy for high-quality images.
"The List" Support
The scanner now automatically identifies cards from "The List" with high accuracy.

Highlight: "All Sets" Option

Tag a card as "All Sets" in your want list to automatically find all available prints across your selected stores.

October 2nd 2025

New navigation and analysis tools. View Newsletter

Global Search
New search action to find any card across all your lists, featuring fuzzy matching and list highlighting.
Grid View Headers
Grid view now displays headers based on your current ordering (Set, Color, etc.).
Analytics Deep-Dive
Dive into specific sets from the analytics page to see detailed missing card lists and prices.

September 1st 2025

New features and improvements. View Newsletter

August 1st 2025

Scanner improvements and list management. View Newsletter

AI Auto Crop
The scanner can now automatically crop the card image for you, improving recognition on phone cameras.
Sticky Scan Settings
Configure "sticky" language or set defaults to speed up bulk scanning sessions.

Highlight: List Operations

Perform set operations between lists—like comparing a deck to your collection to generate a missing cards list.

July 1st 2025

Summer updates. View Newsletter

June 1st 2025

Spring collection updates. View Newsletter

July 17th 2025

Quick summary of recent major updates.

Auto Trigger Scanner
Added webcam auto-trigger and external document scanner support for high-efficiency scanning.
Non-English Support
Added over 20,000 non-English cards missing from major databases.
Responsive Design
Updated nearly all HTML pages for a better experience on small devices.

January 1st 2024

Project Day 0: The birth of Gestic.

  • Initial database implementation with all existing cards.
  • Secure authentication framework for account management.
  • Bulk card entry system using collector numbers.
  • Foundational web architecture.

"What started as a solo mission to manage a personal collection has grown into a community of thousands."