Understanding lists: For sale, To complete, and Hold

Lists let you organize cards around a goal — a set you're completing, a deck you're building, or a binder of extras you want to move. This article explains the three list types, public and private lists, and how a list reads your inventory to show your progress.

The three list types

Every list has a type, and each type changes what the list highlights — especially when you share it with others:

• For sale — highlights the products you own, so you can share them with other players for sale or trade. Perfect for showing off a stack of extras you'd like to move.

• To complete — tracks the products you're still missing. When you share a To complete list, people only see what you still need — not what you already own. Ideal for chasing a full set or the last few cards of a deck.

• Hold — the default type. It shows the full list, both owned and missing products. Great for deck lists, cube lists, or simply showcasing a collection as one page.

You can pick the type when you create the list, or change it later in the list's settings. One thing to keep in mind: a list can only contain cards from a single game, so a Magic list and a Pokémon list are always two separate lists.

Public and private lists

Lists can be Public or Private. A public list gets its own page that anyone with the link can view — that's what makes sharing possible. A private list is only visible to you. You'll find the visibility option under Advanced settings when creating a list, and you can change it anytime.

Reading a list page

Open any of your lists and you'll see three tabs:

• Show all — every product on the list

• Missing products — only the products you don't own yet (or don't own enough copies of)

• Products owned — only the products you already have

Above the list, a completion progress bar shows how close you are to finishing it, alongside a few key numbers:

• Products owned — how many of the list's products you have, out of the total (for example, 42/60)

• Value owned — the market value of the copies you own

• Total for sale — the combined price of the list's products that you currently have listed for sale

How lists track your inventory

You never have to tick off cards manually. A list constantly compares itself against your inventory: when you add a card to your inventory that's on one of your lists, the list counts it as owned. When you sell or remove it, the list marks it as missing again.

What counts as "owned" is up to you. In the list's settings, the Completion tab lets you set completion criteria — a minimum condition and a language. Inventory items that don't meet those criteria don't count toward the list. For example, if your list requires Near Mint English copies, a Moderately Played copy or a Japanese copy in your inventory won't move the progress bar.

Good to know

• Lists are a way of looking at your collection — adding a card to a list doesn't add it to your inventory, and removing it from a list doesn't remove it from your inventory.

• You can create as many lists as you like, and the same card can appear on several lists at once.

• To complete lists pair nicely with shopping: you can filter the marketplace to show only the cards your lists still need — see Complete your lists while you shop.

• Ready to build one? see Creating a list and adding cards.