We’d like to clarify important points regarding cards printed through our Print-On-Demand (POD) service and the qrcode present on them.
When I scan my POD cards it says that they are already owned.
When you print a card through the print-on-demand service, we create a new QR code each time, based on your existing card. This QR code does not grant new ownership; it is considered a child card of your original card.
When you try to scan a print-on-demand card, our system tells you that the card is already owned because its parent card is indeed already in a collection.
This ensures consistency within your collection and maintains the uniqueness of each card in our system.
What happens during a deck check if I use POD printed cards?
When a deck check is made during an official tournament, we verify if your collection contains as many digital ownerships as there are cards in your deck. We do not check if the specific parent card is present in your collection, only if there are enough of the same family.
For example, if your deck contains three copies of the Aloe Vera common card, we will check if you have three different digital ownerships. There is no difference whether these three copies have been printed from a single card with POD or if you got them in boosters.
If you plan to participate in official tournaments enforced with deck checks using cards made in POD from a single ownership, you will need to purchase more digital ownerships on the marketplace.
Why did you choose to print child QR codes instead of simply using the QR code of my card?
There are two simple reasons for that:
- If we printed your original QR code, then your unique card would exist in multiples, and if someone scans it while your digital ownership has been released, you would end up losing this ownership.
- With an identical QR code, the application cannot tell if multiple cards have been scanned or if you simply scanned the same card multiple times during a deck check. That's why every printing must have a different QR code.