Introducing CardMill... SCAN. SORT. DONE.

Organize your trading cards effortlessly with CardMill. An intelligent automated scanner and sorter for everyday collectors and players. Buy the machine. Scan and sort your cards. All without recurring fees.

CardMill Kickstarter launches
July 22, 2025!

A card milling machine with a gray and green exterior, equipped with a black display screen and a transparent green cover, producing metal game pieces from a strip of copper-colored cards labeled 'Magic'.

  • First 1,000 earlybird backers get their CardMill for $350!

  • All other standard backers can secure a CardMill at $400.

  • Bundled discounts for groups and those with large collections.

  • Plenty of add-ons to support your sorting and scanning journey.

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Meet CardMill

  • Designed for Players

    The CardMill is the only automated trading card game scanner and sorter on the market, priced for the everyday collector and player.

  • Automated Scanning

    The CardMill can scan and sort batches of 300 cards at a time, hands-free! It moves, scans, and sorts all on its own.

  • Fast Sorting

    Settings to sort cards alphabetically, by set/type/color and more! The CardMill auto-sorts your collection so you can find what you need when you need it.

  • Intelligent Identification

    This AI-model learns and grows with your collection. The CardMill scanner identifies cards by name, set, foil, you name it!

  • Digital Dashboard

    Scanning is just the beginning. Use CardMill's digital library to organize, filter, track price trends and add your inventory to your favorite collection tracker! 

  • Track Collection Value

    Integrated with up-to-date TCGPlayer pricing, you'll always have the latest prices of your inventory at-a-glance.

Diagram of a card sorting machine with labeled components including a touch screen, internal camera and smart identification, discharge funnel, 300 card hopper, and two sliding trays for sorting and organizing cards by set, color, or type.

Multi-TCG Support!

CardMill supports your favorite TCGs, and more are on the way.

Magic: The Gathering logo with a red and orange flame-like emblem and black stylized text.
Colorful 'Pokémon' logo with yellow letters and blue outline, in a playful, stylized font.
Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game logo with bold red and black lettering.
Flesh and Blood logo with the words 'Flesh and Blood' in red and gold, set on a dark textured background resembling leather or scales with gold accents.
Logo for Disney Lorcana trading card game with stylized text and a mystical emblem
Star Wars Unlimited logo in black and white.

How it all started

People ask me, "Why build the CardMill?" Simple—because nothing like it exists for the everyday trading card collector. As a longtime Magic: The Gathering player and trader, I’ve spent countless hours manually entering cards into online tools just to track my collection, organize trades, and build decks. The process is tedious, and existing high-end scanners are expensive. As a parent, husband, and tech professional, I needed a better solution—so I built one. What started as a DIY project with Raspberry Pi and Lego soon evolved into something bigger: an affordable, efficient way for collectors to inventory their cards without the hassle.

CardMill is designed for collectors who want to catalog their collections quickly, without damaging cards or breaking the bank. Imagine always knowing exactly what’s in your collection—no more digging through boxes or realizing too late that a card is in another deck. We’re not here to replace online tracking tools; we’re here to make them easier to use by streamlining the inventory process. Whether you're trading, selling, or just organizing, CardMill gives you full visibility into your collection—so you can focus on playing, not searching.

And so, CardMill was born.
CardMill was developed in collaboration with Primal Design, a Chicago-based product development firm specializing in engineering, prototyping, and industrial design. Primal operates out of mHUB, a leading innovation center for physical product development, where the CardMill prototype was brought to life using advanced fabrication tools like metal laser cutters, and electronic engineers toolkits, and enterprise level 3D printers.

With Primal's expert guidance and the tools at mHUB’s facility, CardMill evolved from concept to working prototype — ready to change how collectors organize their cards.

FAQs

  • This is the fun part. We're launching on July 22nd at 9AM CDT. Sign up to be notified of when we go live below.

  • CardMill now supports Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lorcana, Flesh and Blood, and Star Wars Unlimited. We’re continuing to work on other TCGs, and we'll then spread out to sports cards.

  • First 1,000 earlybird backers get their CardMill for $350! All other standard backers can secure a CardMill at $400. Bundled discounts available for groups and those with large collections. And plenty of add-ons to support your sorting and scanning journey.

  • No! Unlike the competition that charges a per scan fee, or a recurring monthly fee to use the device, CardMill charges only one fee: the machine. Kickstarter backers will also enjoy a lifetime of updates and no recurring fees, as a way of saying Thank You for your support.

  • We've taken a lot of care to ensure the safety of cards processed through CardMill. We use a non-abrasive rubber to move the card from the hopper to the chamber. Then, a conveyor system glides the card into position for identification. After that, gravity will then gently place the card into the discharge tray. The tray itself is lined with a soft felt to protect the card when it's placed into position. Our goal from day 1 of CardMill has always been the protection of cards. And with a lot of tweaking, we've been able to achieve this.

  • No, not at this time. We're starting with distribution to the USA only for day 1. We hope to expand to other markets soon. Let us know below where you're at, and we'll let you know when we come to you.

  • The CardMill hopper can hold 300 cards. Enough for an entire box of your favorite trading card game. And with the optional hopper extension add-on, you can extend your processing to 800 cards.

  • Yes. The CardMill will need a constant internet connection, either via WiFi or a direct connection, to process your inventory.

  • CardMill can handle perfect-fit sleeves, but not regular sleeves at this time. 

  • CardMill can sort alphabetically (by first letter), by set, color, type. We've had a few people ask about sorting by price as well, so we’re exploring that now. But the first 4 options are confirmed for day 1. 

  • Currently, the prototype takes about 1 hour to complete the full 300 card hopper. We are planning on making changes to movement of the sled and we expect the time to cut down in half. So, we're anticipating about 30 minutes for the full sort. 

  • Yes. Once you've scanned your cards in, you can then filter through your collection, including when it was scanned in. Then, you can export into a CSV for import into tools like TCGPlayer.com, Moxfield, Deckbox, Archidekt, etc. 

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Launching July 22nd on Kickstarter

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