FAQ

Getting started

Is Silvane free? Yes. The free plan is a complete collection manager, with the limits listed on the Pro page. Silvane Pro (in the US, $3.49/mo or $29.99/yr; the app shows your store's price, in your currency) removes the limits and unlocks advanced tools. No ads either way.

Can I use Silvane in another language? Yes. Profile → Settings → Language offers System, English, Español, Deutsch, Português (Brasil), Français, Italiano and 日本語. English and Spanish come with the app; the others download the first time you pick them and then work offline. The language changes menus, buttons and messages; cards keep the language they were printed in. Your pick follows your account to your other devices, and Silvane's emails and push notifications come in the same language. See Language.

Is there a web app? Yes, on the same account. silvane.app carries your binders, lists, decks, views, watchlist and price alerts, adding and editing cards, tagging, bulk actions, the Tray, import/export, set pages and card search — plus two things the app does not have, the Deck Studio and the web playtester. It also hosts your public profile and share pages, the precon and Secret Lair catalogs, and this manual.

What needs the app: scanning, the Ledger, Loans, Rules, Top movers, the Booster Guide, backups, Recently deleted, creating a view, reordering, selecting several folders, binders, lists, decks or views at once, the Theme colors and App icon, Import from another app, subscribing to Pro and deleting your account. The full split is in Getting started.

There is no desktop build. On a Mac with Apple silicon the iPad app runs in an ordinary window — see Silvane on a tablet.

How do I move my collection from another app? In the app, Profile → Import from another app brings a whole ManaBox collection (its CSV, plus each deck's text export) or a Moxfield account's public decks and collection (by username), or a Dragon Shield collection (its CSV, each folder as a binder, plus its deck exports), each binder, list and deck in a place of its own — see Coming from another app. The welcome's Coming from another app opens the same importers. CSV and text exports from any app (ManaBox, Moxfield, Archidekt, Arena, TCGplayer, MTGO, plain text, and Helvault in the app) go into one binder or deck at a time through Import, as do deck URLs; Moxfield binder and collection URLs go straight into a binder. Big imports run in the background.

My cards are in Spanish / Japanese / German — does Silvane handle that? Fully. Foreign copies show their printed name everywhere ("Cultivar (Cultivate)"), card detail shows rules text in the card's language, and you can search by any name. See Card languages.

Sync & data

I started as a guest. Do I keep my cards when I sign in? Yes. Save account (email and password) keeps the same account; Continue with Google, Continue with Apple or Log in to an account you already have moves everything the guest added into that account. See Guests.

How does sync work? Local-first: the app works fully offline and syncs automatically when online. Sign in on any device and your collection is there. See Account & sync.

I deleted something by accident. Check Profile → Data & Backups → Recently deleted — deletions are recoverable for 30 days. You'll need to be signed in and online to see and restore them. See Recently deleted.

Can I get my data out? Always. Export any collection or deck in standard formats, or export your entire account as a portable .silvane file.

Prices

Where do prices come from? Why do they differ from my store? Silvane tracks five sources — TCGplayer, Star City Games, Card Kingdom, Mana Pool and Cardmarket — and shows the one you pick (see Price sources). They're daily estimates for tracking, not quotes. Always confirm with a store before buying or selling.

When do prices update? Daily. Your collection's value today is live — it follows every card you add or remove — and each earlier day of the chart is a nightly snapshot, per source. See Collection value.

Can I see prices in my own currency? Yes, in 50 currencies. In the app, Profile → Settings → Currency; on the web, the Prices control in the header, under Currency. Market prices convert at the latest rate. Sales and purchases keep the currency they were written in, and price alerts stay in their market's currency with yours beside them. See Display currency.

What does "unique" count? Positions: one printing, in one condition, language and finish. See Cards, unique and unpriced.

I switched my price source and my collection total changed. Which one is right? Both. Each source measures something different — a market's sold-for average, a store's retail ask, a European trend price — so they honestly disagree. Retail asks in particular run well above market prices. Your cards didn't change; the question did. See Price sources.

What does "N unpriced" mean on my binder's web page? That many cards have no price in the active source, so the total excludes them. Silvane never borrows a price from another source to fill the gap — switch sources and those cards usually have a price elsewhere. See Unpriced cards.

Subscriptions

How do I cancel Silvane Pro? In your App Store or Google Play subscription settings (not inside the app). Pro stays active until the end of the paid period. See Silvane Pro.

How do refunds work? Billing runs through Apple/Google, so refunds follow their policies — request them from the store.

What happens to my cards if Pro ends? Nothing is deleted. Free limits apply again; everything you have stays visible and editable. On iPhone and iPad, a mana app icon goes back to Classic.

I have Pro but a new device doesn't show it. Pro follows your Silvane account, not the device, so signing in with the same account is the first thing to check. If it still does not appear, open the Pro screen and tap Restore purchases, which re-links the store subscription. That fallback needs the device signed in to the App Store or Google Play account that bought it.

Why does one card show up twice in my binder? Because a binder lists one tile per finish. A printing you hold as a normal and a foil is two tiles, each with its own count and price. See One tile per finish.

Why doesn't my deck's value match what a friend sees? Because proxies are priced apart for you and counted for a visitor. See Deck value.

The Deck Studio button isn't there. The Studio needs a browser window at least 1024 px wide. See Silvane on the web.

Contact

How do I report a bug or suggest something? In the app: Profile → About → Send Feedback. It lands directly with the team.

Questions this manual doesn't answer? Write to support@silvane.app.