How Silvane prices cards in other languages
A card in another language shows its store's own price when there is one, else that store's price for the English printing, marked. What it means for you.
A card printed in German, Japanese or Spanish is its own printing, and most stores have no price for it. This guide covers what Silvane shows for those cards in the app, on the web and through your AI, and what that means for your collection.
The short answer
For a card printed in another language, each store shows:
- Its own price for that printing, when it has one.
- Otherwise, its price for the English printing: same store, same set, number and finish. Silvane marks it as the English card's price.
Cardmarket has one price per printing for every language, so its price is never marked. Silvane never fills a gap with another store's price: each number comes from the store you picked.
The rule has applied on Silvane's servers since November 4, so every version of the app shows these prices. The boxes that name the marked stores come with app 0.9.20 and web 1.5.9.
Why stores rarely price other languages
Stores list most cards in English, and few of them price the same card printed in German, Japanese or Spanish. For most printings in other languages, TCGplayer, Card Kingdom, Star City Games and Mana Pool have no price of their own. Without the rule, those cards would show no price and add nothing to your collection value.
What you see on a card
Open a card printed in another language and look under its store prices. A box names the stores that show the English card's price.
Written by
Adrian GomezFounder of Silvane
Adrian spent twenty years building software for companies around the world, and still, his favorite day of the week is Thursday, because Thursday is Commander night. Silvane started as the collection tracker he built for his own cards, one Thursday at a time. He writes about the market with the same data that powers the app.
