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Card 1
Picks its own category first — no card borrows another's pick.
Hi there! 👋
Got a card you're wondering about?
🫧 Juno's reminder: sleeves before the binder, always.
10 free checks to start
Full app: 10 free checks to start, 5 more on the 1st of every month. Here they count down — and restart at empty so you can watch it work.
✨ Pull of the Day
Juno's Pull of the Day
Today's card from the DEMO-ONLY pool — built for this demo, never linked to the real app or tracker. No pack opened, nothing won.
Everyone sees this same card today.
Ludicolo · Celestial Storm 38 · Rare Holo
Demo pool card 3784 of 6,000 · Official image (pokemontcg.io) · Not a scan of Sabastian's card, not a check, not a verdict.
🤝 Invite & Earn
Send a friend your invite link — you both get +10 free checks when they join, and +100 coins each when they grab their first coin pack.
🩹 Card Condition Grader
Scan front and back — it grades corners, edges, surface and centering, Mint to Damaged. Condition only — it never calls a card real or fake.
5 free condition grades to start — the grader's own pool
Free grades first — then the paid Condition Pass, inside.
🫧 Juno's Pop Trail
Follow the bubbles — every stop opens part of this demo.
What can we check?
Six kinds of treasure — tap one. Every check starts in the picker.
⭐ Your shortcuts
Games are just for fun — scores are bragging rights for this visit only, never touching free checks.
🌿 Calm & Clear Mode
Turns off the drifting and bobbing. Everything still works, just quietly.
🕯️ Plain words
Wick's idea 🕯️
Words around your check get simpler — shorter sentences, everyday words, hard words explained or left out. Only explaining words change; picker, plan and sample verdict switch.
Your verdict words never change, in either mode: Likely Genuine, Likely Counterfeit, and Inconclusive stay word-for-word. In the full app, your device remembers your choice.
Plain-Words Mode by Wick 🕯️
This is the public demo of Real or Replica by Card Cauldron TCG. The full app — real checks, real binders, your own account — opens at launch.
Check a card here — see if your card is real or fake SAMPLE
Every pick works the same way: two checkers, one signed verdict — a free check pops only when your verdict is ready.
Checking: —
First photo
Photos you pick stay on your device — this demo doesn't upload or store anything.
Full checks open at launch
That's where this demo's photo steps end — on purpose. In the full app, your photos go to two checkers (Lens 🔎 and Gauge 📏), who compare them tell by tell and sign one verdict together.
Want to see how a finished verdict looks? There's a clearly labeled sample waiting — it's an example of the receipt style, not a real check of your item, and it was not produced from your photos.
Checking: Pokémon Card · Optional extra · DEMO
The Light Test 💡
By Lens 🔎 — one more photo, only if you want it
Hold the card in front of a bright light or your phone flashlight and take the photo. Real card stock has a dark core and blocks the light — a dull glow at most. Thin fake stock glows translucent.
Line your card up against the light inside this frame
Its honest limits — by Lens 🔎
The light test reads the stock, not the art. A card can pass it and still be a reprint, or fail it and need a closer look. It's evidence, not a verdict.
Optional, always: skipping this photo never blocks your check, your verdict, or your free-check count. It is one tell among many — the checkers still judge your front and back photos.
The Light Test 💡
By Lens 🔎 — a pocket check for card stock, and one of the oldest tells in the binder.
How to do it
Hold the card in front of a bright light or your phone flashlight and take the photo. Real card stock has a dark core and blocks the light — a dull glow at most. Thin fake stock glows translucent.
In the checker, this photo is an optional extra after your front and back photos of a Pokémon card — take it when you can, skip it when you can't. A slab is sealed in its case and a plush has no card stock, so the light test belongs to loose cards.
What you're looking at
A dull glow at most: real card stock is built around a dark core layer, so bright light barely gets through. The card stays mostly dark — that is the stock doing its job.
Glowing translucent: thin stock with no dark core lets the light pour through, and the art shows through like a lampshade. That is a tell worth writing down — one tell, on its own.
Its honest limits — by Lens 🔎
The light test reads the stock, not the art. A card can pass it and still be a reprint, or fail it and need a closer look. It's evidence, not a verdict.
One tell among many
The checkers never sign a verdict on one tell — the print, the lettering, the shine, and the stock all get read together, front AND back. The light test speaks only for the stock, so it rides along as evidence beside the rest: never a standalone verdict input, and never a pass/fail gate. In a check, skipping it never blocks anything — the front and back photos are the ones a verdict needs.
The Light Test, taught by Lens 🔎
Pip's Batch Check 🦊
Line up your cards
Up to 5 cards — say, one binder page — checked in one pass. Batching saves trips, never standards: every card gets its own category pick, its own front AND back photos, its own photo-quality gate, its own identity match, and its own signed verdict on its own record. No shared verdicts, no shortcuts.
One free check pops per card, and only when that card's own verdict signs. A card whose photos bounce at the quality gate spends nothing — and the rest of the batch carries on without it.
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Card 1
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Cards 2–5
In this demo, try the batch photo steps: two photos — fronts, then backs — of all 5 cards laid out 3-and-2, just like the guide. Full batch runs open at launch, with the rest of the full checks.
Pip's Batch Check 🦊 · Photo steps · DEMO
Photo 1 of 2 — FRONTS
Lay your 5 cards in good light — 3 across the top, 2 underneath, just like the guide.
Line your 5 cards up inside the guide — 3 on top, 2 below
Photos you take here stay on your device — this demo doesn't upload or store anything.
Card Condition Grader 🩹
Its own window, its own job: scan a photo of your card — front and back — and get its condition graded: corners, edges, surface, and centering, on the standard scale from Mint down to Damaged.
Condition is not real-or-fake
This grader reads wear only — it never says whether a card is genuine. A counterfeit can be mint and a genuine card can be beat up. For real-or-fake, that's the Checker's window, and it stays separate from this one.
5 free condition grades to start
The grader's own pool — separate from the checker's free checks, and never touched by them. A grade pops one only when it completes; a photo the grader can't read pops none. This demo never uses any up.
Grade a card
Lay the card flat, keep glare off it, and fill the frame — all four corners and edges in view on both sides, because that's exactly what gets graded. Out of a sleeve if you can; sleeves hide surface wear.
Live camera on — line the card up, then tap Snap.
Line the front of your card up inside this frame
Flip it over — the back tells half the story
Take your own front and back photos here with your camera, or upload them, or use the samples. In this demo the grade below is always a sample — it is NOT read from your photos.
🩹 Condition Pass — paid
The Condition Grader's own paid option — separate from Unlimited, separate from checks.
Grading is $4.99/month: 20 Grade runs/month, estimate-only. It covers condition grading only — Real checks keep their own tiers.
Purchases aren't open in this demo, and no payment is taken anywhere on this page.
SAMPLE VERDICT — NOT A REAL CHECK
Sample case · Pokémon Card · Example wording only
Likely Genuine
Good news! The evidence supports genuine
Every verdict in the full app lands on one of three words — Likely Genuine, Likely Counterfeit, or Inconclusive — and those words never change. Photos that can't be read come back Inconclusive and spend no check.
📚 Compared against reference examples
Pretty confident — most tells point the same way
What we found: in this sample, the print, the holo pattern, and the lettering all line up with a genuine card.
What it's based on: both checkers comparing the front and the back, tell by tell.
What it can't tell you: a check is an opinion from photos — not a grade, not a certificate, never a guarantee.
Signed by both checkers:
Lens 🔎 ✍️ · Gauge 📏 ✍️
Honest note: this is a sample receipt in a demo. No photos were checked to produce it. In the full app, verdicts are evidence-based opinions from your photos — not a grading service, authentication certificate, or guarantee.
🖨️ PRINTED PAIR-SHEET LANE — MEASURED VERDICT
Measured from a scanner pair by the Printed Pair-Sheet Lane — the printed-card checker
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A measured verdict — not an example
Every verdict lands on one of three words — Likely Genuine, Likely Counterfeit, or Inconclusive — and those words never change. This one was measured from the scan pair filed with this check.
Front print read: …
Back print read: …
What this lane is:
A checker for printed pair-sheet cards, proven in a blind test on scanner pairs — 399 of 400 printed fakes caught, 3 false alarms in 120. It speaks only for that family and that capture path. A verdict is an evidence-based opinion from measurements — not a grade, not a certificate, never a guarantee.
SAMPLE RECEIPT — EXAMPLE ONLY
What the checkers saw
Every tell, from both checkers, in plain words. These are example entries showing the format — not findings about any real card.
Lens 🔎 — Checker 1
- Print & colors✓ Pass
Sample note: colors sit where a genuine print puts them.
- Holo pattern✓ Pass
Sample note: the shine breaks up the way real holofoil does.
- Lettering & fonts✓ Pass
Sample note: letter shapes and spacing look right.
- Card stock & edges? Can't tell
Sample note: feel can't be judged from a photo alone.
- Back print✓ Pass
Sample note: the back design lines up edge to edge.
- Corners & wear✓ Pass
Sample note: wear looks natural, not printed on.
Signed: Lens 🔎 ✍️
Gauge 📏 — Checker 2
- Print & colors✓ Pass
Sample note: second pair of eyes, same read as Checker 1.
- Holo pattern✓ Pass
Sample note: pattern scale matches reference examples.
- Lettering & fonts? Can't tell
Sample note: one small area is too shiny to read in the sample photo.
- Card stock & edges✓ Pass
Sample note: edge layering looks like real card stock.
- Back print✓ Pass
Sample note: no worries found on the back.
- Size & proportions✓ Pass
Sample note: everything measures the way it should.
Signed: Gauge 📏 ✍️
When a real check finds worries, they show up here as soft-peach ⚑ Flag notes with plain-words explanations — never alarm colors, never jargon.
Sample receipt from the public demo. Real receipts in the full app are written from your own photos by both checkers, and a verdict is an evidence-based opinion — not a guarantee.
My Binders
Every card you check files itself by verdict — you never file by hand. Cards you scan and say yes to the pool land below as PENDING: photos saved, still under review, no verdict claimed. Reviewed cards file into Genuine or Replica; anything undecided waits in the pocket.
🗂️ All your binders
Your scanned cards live here — see the pocket below.
🏅 Genuine Binder
Every card the checkers sign Likely Genuine lives here.
No cards filed here yet
Nothing here yet — cards the checkers sign Likely Genuine file here. Reviewed pool scans move here from the pocket below.
🍑 Replica Binder
Cards signed Likely Counterfeit — kept safe, lesson and all. Soft peach, never alarm colors.
No cards filed here yet
Nothing here yet — cards the checkers sign Likely Counterfeit file here, lesson and all.
🫧 Undecided Pocket
Inconclusive verdicts wait here — nothing files under a guess.
Your scans, under review
Session tracker loads on the games shelf.
Upgrade — Checks & Plan
Plans for the full app. Pick a tier, nothing else on this page.
Free — $0
10 Real checks to start, then 5 fresh checks every month. No SAM, no Grade. Unused checks never roll over.
$4.99/month
100 Real checks/month. SAM escalation-only. No Grade. Unused checks never roll over.
$6.99/month
300 Real checks/month, fair-use cap. SAM escalation-only. No Grade. Unused checks never roll over.
Grading — $4.99/month
20 Grade runs/month, estimate-only, SAM front+back. Grading only, no Real checks. Unused grades never roll over.
The Ultimate Package — $19.99/month
500 Real checks/month + 50 Grade runs/month. SAM escalation-only, Grade estimate-only. Not unlimited. Unused never roll over.
Social bonus: 1 free Real scan per platform, once ever, max 4. All 4 platforms = 3 free quality checks.
Purchases aren't open in this demo, and no payment is taken anywhere on this page.
Mini Games 🎮
🫧 Short bubbly games from the crew, just for fun. Best scores land on the live global leaderboard below — bragging rights for everybody.
🏆 Global Leaderboard
Live top 5 for every game — everybody's best scores, not just this visit. Finish a game and your best score posts under your profile name.
Loading the global leaderboard…
Scan gates (full app): a scan joins the database ONLY if (1) you explicitly agreed first, AND (2) the card is verified — verified as legitimately genuine, or verified as legitimately fake (a confirmed fake counts). Inconclusive / unverified scans are never filed. If you do not agree, a scan is used for that one check only and is not kept. In this demo, photos stay on your device and nothing is filed at all.
Check a card yourself, tell by tell
One frame, front then back — then mark each tell yourself, honestly, from what you can see in your own photos.
Front photo
Line the front of your card up in the frame — tap the white bubble to take the picture.
Front photo — line the card up here.
Front photo first.
Your photos stay on your device — nothing is uploaded.
No front photo yet.
No back photo yet.
Mark each tell yourself
For each tell, pick: Looks right, Looks off, or Can't tell. This is your own judgement from your photos — the page does not judge the card for you.
Your summary
Mark at least one tell above to see a summary.
Reminder, every time: this summary is only about the tells you marked. It is NOT a real card check and does NOT say this card is real or fake authoritatively. If anything looks suspicious, get a second opinion before buying, selling, or grading it. Real checks open in the full app at launch.
Photos and marks live only in this page visit. Reloading clears them. Nothing is uploaded or stored.
Settings & Profile
Demo only: your profile settings save on this device only (local storage). No real account. The one exception is Pool sharing below — only when it is ON do your scans leave this device.
Profile
Saved on this device.
Pool sharing
Asked once, remembered on this device — you are not asked again at every scan. ON sends your scans to the pending pool (see the pool privacy page). OFF keeps every scan on this device only. Change it any time, right here.
Login — local demo only
This is NOT a real account login. It only remembers a name so the top bubble shows who is signed in. No password, no server, nothing leaves this device, nothing is saved to an account.
Your avatar — pick yours (FREE)
All 12 bases are FREE. Hair, hats, clothes and accessories are bought with coins in Rewards — bases and skin tones are never sold.
Companion — pick a creature buddy
Your avatar is the person you picked above. These illustrated original creatures (Mallow/Ember-style) are companions — pick one as your buddy and customise it: colour by tinting the illustration AND/OR by choosing a pre-coloured variant, plus an accessory and a background colour. If you have not picked a person yet, your companion shows in the top bubble meanwhile. Never official Pokémon art, never real card photos.
Background animation
Pick a different live scrolling animation for the background behind the app. It saves on this device only, and Calm & Clear / reduced-motion still stops it.
🏆 Global Leaderboard — Mini Games
This board is for everybody who plays, not just this visit. Global scores are live now on the SSD backend at api.cardcauldrontcg.com. Post a score from any game's end screen, by name only, and it shows here for everybody. No fake names or scores are shown here.
🏆 Total leaderboard — all games combined
Most points out of all games combined, at the top. Each player's total is the sum of their best score in each game — not an average.
Loading total scores…
Guess the Price does not post scores, so it is not in this total.
Global board — live
Pick a game from the dropdown, then its top scores load live from the backend.
Play a game, and when you finish, post your score from the end screen — it will appear here, by display name only.
Your scores this visit
Play a game and your best score for this visit will show here.
🌐 Check out my website
These links leave the demo and open the real Card Cauldron TCG website and social pages in a new tab.
Website pages
Follow the shop
💬 Feedback & Ideas
Tell us what broke, what confused you, or what you want next. No account, no tracking — only what you type here is sent.
For now, feedback comes to us by email or Discord, until the backend is done. Sending opens your email app with this feedback addressed to the shop. If your email app does not open, use Copy below and paste it to us on Discord instead.
Saved on this device, and ready to send.
Feedback you sent from this device
None yet on this device.
💬 Feedback & Chat Room
Chat with other people here, and leave feedback as a chat message — everybody in the demo can read it. Your name and message show to everybody, nothing else. Do not share private info (no address, phone, passwords, or payment details). Be kind — rude messages can be removed.
Loading chat…
Chat saves on the backend when it is turned on. Until then, sending shows an honest offline note — it does not pretend your message went to other people.
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Your avatar
Your coins: 🪙 0 total · 0 earned · 0 purchased
Tap a look to preview it on you — buying and wearing happen right here.
🎁 Rewards
Your coins
🪙 0
Leaderboard scores are different — those ARE saved on the backend for everybody to see. Coins are not, yet.
📅 Daily check-in
Come back each day and check in for +10 coins. Check in two days in a row and your streak grows.
Streak: 0 days
🛍️ Reward Shop — all 27, spend your coins here
Bases are FREE, skin tones are FREE. Everything below costs coins, device-local only, never money, never buys a check, grade, verdict, or tier.
🪙 How coins work
Your coins live on this device only, for now. They are never real money. When real sign-in lands, your coins move to your account — until then, nobody else's device can see your coins, and we cannot see theirs either.
How you earn coins right now
🎮 Games pay coins — the first clear of a level pays most: Bubble Beat 50 · Cauldron Words 25 · Cauldron Match 30 · Cauldron Cannon 30 · Mystery Bubble 20 · Match Audit 20 · Pop Path 25 (a full run) · Rapid Fire 15 (a full run, +1 a stage past the first) · Cardboard Stack 10 (+2 a rung crossed). Replays pay a smaller amount, and each game pays up to 150 coins a day.
📅 Daily check-in — +10 coins
🃏 Scan a card (front + back) — +10 coins per scan, max 50 a day from scans
👤 Avatar bases & looks
Avatar bases are picked free in Profile / Settings, and avatar looks/accessories live in the shop below.
🤝 Invite & Earn
🎉 You came in on an invite
A friend's invite is saved on this device. Sign in with your own name and the bonus lands — +10 free checks for you, +10 for them.
Your invite link
Send this link to a friend. When they join with it, you both get +10 free checks. When they grab their first coin pack, you both get +100 coins.
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Sign in with your name and your code appears here.
Your invites so far
Sign in to see your invite count.
How it works
1. Send your link to a friend.
2. They open it and sign in with their name — you both get +10 free checks, once per friend.
3. When they buy their first coin pack, you both get +100 bonus coins.
Inviting yourself doesn't count, and each friend pays out once. Bonuses land on this device, under the name you signed in with.