Getting the Most Out of Search — Name, Number, Set, and Illustrator

Search in Simple Poke Scan is more than a field for card names. It understands several kinds of search terms — and you can even combine them to pinpoint one exact card.

What you can search for

The search field accepts several types of information:

• Card name — e.g. Charizard or Meowth. Shows every card with that name, across all sets.
• Collector number — the card's number within its set, e.g. 106.
• Set — the name of an expansion, e.g. Obsidian Flames. Shows every card in that set.
• Illustrator — the name of the card artist. Shows every card drawn by that person.

This lets you browse the entire card database — whether you're after one specific card or just exploring.

Combining search terms

Here's the real trick: these terms can be combined. Type a card name together with a collector number and the search narrows the result down to that single card.

For example, typing meowth 106 doesn't show every Meowth — it shows exactly the Meowth with collector number 106, because the card name and collector number are evaluated together.

The same principle works with other combinations. Typing komiya gengar, for instance, combines an illustrator and a card name to show every Gengar card illustrated by Komiya. You can just as easily combine card name plus set, or illustrator plus set.

Important: search only covers the selected language

Search always shows cards in the language currently selected in search. If you search in English, only English cards appear; a card that only exists in a German-only set won't show up.

So if an expected result is missing, the first thing to check is the language search is set to.

Turning a search result into a collection

A whole search result — an entire set, for example — can be transferred straight into a collection and used as a checklist. For the step-by-step, see Search, Discover, and Build Collections.