Quick start
These six steps take a collector from inventory to an actionable missing-card list.
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Catalog the cards you already own
Add cards to HaloVault with the most precise year, set, player or subject, card number, parallel, and variation data you have. Cardboard uses those fields to match inventory to checklist requirements.
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Open Cardboard and choose a finish line
Open Cardboard goals from the vault navigation. Choose a complete set, complete player, complete rainbow, master collection, or collector-defined custom goal.
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Choose the checklist scope
Select a published checklist for a set or rainbow, optionally limit a player run to selected sources, or select several sources for a master collection. If the official catalog is not ready, start with a custom list.
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Choose how the goal may help the network
Keep it private, contribute de-identified aggregate counts, or opt into collector network matching. Non-private choices require explicit consent for that goal.
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Work the missing-card list
Open the missing requirements, mark priorities or exclusions, export a CSV, and use Find it to create a Wanted Board hunt. Report a checklist problem with Correct.
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Refresh deliberately
Use Refresh progress after inventory changes. Use Check newer version only when you want to compare with a newer checklist; existing goals stay pinned until you choose.
What each goal includes
A goal is materialized and pinned to a named checklist version, so its percentage has a reviewable definition.
| Goal | Start with | Default scope | Complete means |
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| Complete set | One published checklist | Base-card rows by default | Every included base printing is matched or deliberately excluded. |
| Complete player | A player or subject; sources optional | Matching published printings across all or selected releases | Every printing in the selected player scope is accounted for. |
| Complete rainbow | One source plus an exact card number and/or player | Eligible parallels, finishes, and variations for that card | Every listed rainbow treatment in that source version is matched. |
| Master collection | One or more published checklists | All included printings in the selected sources | Every listed base card, insert, parallel, and variation is accounted for. |
| Custom collection | A collector-entered line-by-line list | Exactly the requirements you enter | Every collector-defined requirement is matched or excluded. |
How to work a goal
Review requirements
Open the missing-card section to see the exact printing, variation, parallel, quantity, and checklist version behind every gap.
Prioritize or exclude
Mark the cards you want first. Exclude an intentional non-target without deleting the canonical checklist row.
Start a hunt
Use Find it to create a Wanted Board entry. The network can then look for the exact missing requirement.
Export the gaps
Download the missing CSV for shows, dealer messages, trade nights, or a personal spreadsheet.
Correct with evidence
Use Correct when a canonical row is wrong. Your evidence enters review instead of silently changing everyone’s goals.
Refresh on purpose
Refresh progress rematches inventory. Check newer version deliberately adopts a revised source while preserving surviving priorities and hunts.
Private when you want it; useful when you opt in
Every goal makes its own choice. HaloVault never needs to publish your exact inventory to measure collection demand.
Private only
The goal and its demand signals stay out of Cardboard intelligence and collector matching. It still matches against your private inventory.
De-identified aggregate
Shares limited counts such as goal type, checklist target, completion level, and missing printing counts. Reports appear only after at least three different tenant collectors contribute the same target.
Collector network
Shares the same limited aggregate signals and supports matching workflows. A Wanted Board hunt is still a separate collector action; choosing network does not list a card for sale or reveal an exact private collection.
Bring a checklist into the canonical catalog
Checklist coverage can scale, but publication and automated retrieval stay permission-gated.
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Find the strongest source
Prefer a manufacturer export, official product checklist, documented partner feed, or a well-evidenced community source. Record the original URL and effective date.
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Review access and reuse rights
A downloadable file is not automatically licensed for republication. Record the manufacturer policy, authorization, attribution, coverage, and allowed domains.
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Import privately and validate
Import CSV, XLSX, HTML, JSON, or a text-readable PDF. Review parsed rows, warnings, base and parallel classification, short prints, numbering, and checklist coverage.
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Publish only reviewed sources
Only sources marked authorized for reuse or public domain may enter the shared catalog. Remote retrieval also requires explicit authorized-auto status and an HTTPS allowlist.
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Version corrections instead of rewriting history
Publish a new immutable version when a checklist changes. Existing collector goals remain pinned so completion never changes silently.
A manufacturer file or public URL does not automatically authorize reuse. HaloVault may publish only a reviewed authorized or public-domain source. Automated URL retrieval additionally requires an authorized manufacturer policy, HTTPS, an allowlisted domain, and public network resolution.
Operator release checklist
- Never bypass a login, paywall, robots control, rate limit, or manufacturer access term.
- Keep source artifacts in Cardboard's private storage, outside public media, with provenance and checksums.
- Confirm set identity, year, brand, product, coverage, parser report, and reuse status before publishing.
- Use demand intelligence to prioritize licensing, catalog cleanup, and matching—not to expose individual collectors.
- Treat corrections as reviewed evidence; never silently change a published checklist or a collector's finish line.
What each plan unlocks
Start three finish lines
Up to three active or completed goals, with the first 25 missing rows visible for each goal.
Build a serious collection
Up to 100 goals with the complete missing-card list for every goal.
Operate without a goal ceiling
Unlimited Cardboard goals and full missing-card detail across the vault.
Common questions
There is no published checklist for my set.
Create a custom collection now. An operator can import the official source after coverage and reuse permission are reviewed.
My percentage did not change after adding a card.
Use Refresh progress. If it still does not match, compare the inventory year, set, player, card number, parallel, and variation with the missing requirement.
A card or parallel is missing from the checklist.
Use Correct on the requirement or submit source evidence. The contribution enters review and cannot silently modify the published catalog.
The manufacturer released a corrected checklist.
The corrected source should become a new version. Your current goal stays pinned; use Check newer version when you are ready to refresh its requirements.
What does 100% actually mean?
It means complete against the named checklist version and selected scope. It is not a promise that undisclosed, regional, error, replacement, or future cards do not exist.