How to export your collection from ManaBox

ManaBox can export your collection as a CSV file, either all at once or one binder or list at a time. The file works as a backup, as a spreadsheet, or as the way to move your cards into another collection tool.

Export the whole collection

1. Open the Collection tab in ManaBox.
2. Open the menu in the top-right corner and choose Export.

The export includes every card property ManaBox stores, plus the name of the binder or list each card is in. CSV is the only file format ManaBox lists for collection exports.

Export one binder or list

1. Open the binder or list.
2. Open its menu in the top-right corner and choose Export.

This gives you a file with only that binder's or list's cards. It is the easiest way to keep your binders separate when you move to another tool.

What the file contains

ManaBox's import guide lists the columns it understands, and its export carries the same card details:

• Name: the card name.
• Set code and Set name: which set the printing comes from. Set codes follow Scryfall's set list.
• Collector number: the card's number within the set.
• Quantity: how many copies.
• Foil: whether the copy is foil.
• Language and Condition: the copy's language and grade.
• Purchase price and Purchase price currency: what you paid, if you recorded it.
• Misprint and Altered: flags for unusual copies.
• Scryfall ID: Scryfall's identifier for the exact printing.

The Scryfall ID is the most useful column for moving your collection. It points at one exact printing, so a tool that reads it doesn't need to work out the printing from the set and collector number.

Things to check before you move the file

• Binders and lists. In ManaBox, binders hold cards you own, while lists track cards you may not own, such as a wishlist or buylist. If you keep lists, check how your new tool treats them, so a wishlist doesn't turn into cards you own.
• Editing in a spreadsheet. ManaBox recommends Google Sheets for editing its CSV files. Excel needs extra setup when values contain commas, and many card names do.
• Purchase prices. These are your own records, and many tools don't import them.

Bring the file into Tomebound

1. Sign in to Tomebound, open Add Cards, and choose import.
2. Choose Upload a file and select the CSV, or choose Paste a list and paste its contents. Tomebound recognizes ManaBox's headers automatically.
3. Review the import. Before the review opens, Tomebound looks up every row on Scryfall and sorts the rows into add, merge quantity, and needs attention.
4. For cards you already own, choose Add to existing quantity or Leave existing alone, and change that choice for individual rows if you need to.
5. Choose where the cards go. Locations from file keeps your binders and decks, or pick one place for everything: no location, an existing container, or a new container.
6. Confirm. The receipt shows what was added and merged, lists any warnings, and has an Undo import button that reverses the whole import in one step.

Tomebound reads the name, set, collector number, Scryfall ID, quantity, foil, condition, and language columns. Because the file includes each card's Scryfall ID, each row lands on its exact printing.

Your binders and decks come with you. Each binder becomes a container and each ManaBox deck becomes a deck, named exactly as in ManaBox. A name that matches one you already have, ignoring case and accents, joins it instead. The review lists every location the import will use and marks the new ones. List rows, such as a wishlist, are skipped unless you tick Include lists as owned cards. Undo import also removes any containers and decks the import created, as long as nothing else has been added to them since.

A few values change on the way in:

• ManaBox and Tomebound use different condition scales. Tomebound maps common labels, and any condition it doesn't recognize becomes near mint, with a warning in the review. Check the warnings before you confirm.
• An unrecognized language becomes English, with a warning.
• Rows marked Misprint or Altered import as regular copies, with a warning.
• Purchase prices are ignored. Tomebound shows Scryfall market prices instead.

Rows that Scryfall can't match are flagged in the review. They still import by name only, without card details, and the receipt lists each one by row and card name so you can fix it. Re-importing the same file with Leave existing alone changes nothing.

To go back the other way, export from Tomebound as ManaBox CSV.

The import help covers every supported format and field.

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Hey, it's Benson. I made Tomebound. I drafted this guide with AI, then checked every step against the app myself. Tomebound is a passion project, and most of my time goes into making the tool great. If you collect Magic cards, I'd love for you to give it a try.