Completing a set: step by step
How to get a whole set together with TCG-Completist: check off, find missing cards and buy them the clever way.
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How to get a whole set together with TCG-Completist: check off, find missing cards and buy them the clever way.
Having a set “complete” means owning every card with its own collector number, from #001 to the last one. That sounds like a lot, but it becomes manageable once you know which cards you are missing. That is exactly what TCG-Completist is for.
First pick the game (Magic, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana, One Piece, Star Wars: Unlimited, Riftbound, Flesh and Blood, Digimon, Gundam or Dragon Ball Super Fusion World) at the top and then the set. You will see all cards of the set as a grid, each with its number. Cards you do not own yet are greyed out, so you spot your gaps at a glance.
Click every card you already have. The progress bar at the top keeps showing how far you are (e.g. 142/207). Important: ownership is counted per language and per finish (normal or foil): a German and an English copy of the same card are two different collectibles.
Turn on the “only missing” filter. Now exactly the cards you still need remain. That is your actual shopping list.
Every missing card has a “Buy on Cardmarket” button that takes you straight to the matching product page, pre-filtered to the language you chose (and, for foil, to the foil variant). The 📋 List also gives you all missing cards as copyable text. Handy when you order several cards from one seller and save on shipping.
Two strategies work well. If you want a set “visually” full quickly, buy the many cheap commons first, often 80 % of a set is available for little money. If you have an eye on collection value, save the expensive chase cards for later and watch prices via the ⭐ wishlist with price alert.
With this order (open, check off, filter, buy) even a large set shrinks week by week until the bar reads 100 %.