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August 2025 Update: Your Feedback, Shipped
It’s hard to believe it’s been five months since we launched. August was a huge month for us, and it was driven entirely by you, our community of developers. Every feature request, bug report, and brilliant idea you've shared has directly shaped our roadmap. We promised to be the most dedicated, simple, and reliable pricing API for Trading Card Games, and for us, that means listening intently and shipping constantly.
Your JustTCG API Cheat Sheet: Essential Queries to Get Started Fast
Alright, developers. You’ve signed up, generated your API key, and you’re ready to pull some lightning-fast TCG pricing data. The first step is crafting the perfect query to get exactly what you need. While our documentation is your comprehensive guide, sometimes you just want a quick, copy-pasteable example to see things in action.
Level Up Your App: JustTCG API Now Includes 90-Day Market Analytics
We’re constantly looking for ways to give you, the developer, more powerful and insightful TCG data. While real-time pricing is essential for understanding the market _right now_, short-term fluctuations can often obscure the bigger picture. To build truly powerful applications, you need to see the trend beyond the daily noise.
The Production-Ready TCG Search: Securing API Keys with Next.js Server Components
In our last tutorial, we built a fast, functional TCG search bar with vanilla JavaScript. It was a great start, but we intentionally left a critical loose end: the exposed API key. It’s time to level up.
From Zero to Search: Build a Live TCG Card Finder with the JustTCG API
Tired of clunky, bloated data APIs? Let’s build something better. In the next 10 minutes, you’ll create a lightning-fast TCG search tool with just a few lines of vanilla JavaScript, powered by the JustTCG API.
Now in the JustTCG API: Full Pokémon Japanese Data & Grand Archive TCG Pricing
Access real-time pricing for the full Pokémon OCG and the hit indie TCG, Grand Archive. Our dedicated pricing API now includes comprehensive Japanese set data, promo cards, and full support for Grand Archive. Get your free API key and start building.
Fine-Tune Your Fetches: Announcing Multi-Condition & Multi-Printing Filters
At JustTCG, we're dedicated to a simple promise: providing the most reliable, developer-friendly TCG pricing API on the market. Part of that promise means we're obsessed with removing friction and doing the heavy lifting so you don't have to.
How to Find the Most Valuable Pokémon Cards in Any Set with JustTCG & Python
Ever wonder if that booster box you’re eyeing is worth it? Or what the top chase cards are in the latest Pokémon TCG set? Whether you’re a collector, a player, or a developer building the next great TCG app, knowing a set’s most valuable cards is powerful information.
Stop Sorting, Start Building: Introducing API-Level Ordering
Our latest Quality of Life update for the JustTCG API is here. Learn how the new `orderBy` parameter lets you sort TCG data by price or price changes (24h, 7d, 30d) directly in your API call. Save time, write less code, and build faster.
Important Update: Upcoming Changes to Our API Free Tier
We're updating our API free tier to ensure platform stability. Effective July 1, 2025, the maximum `limit` for card requests will be 20 for free users. Learn more about this change and how to prepare your application to avoid any interruptions.
The Definitive TCGplayer API Alternative for Developers in 2025
If you’re a developer in the TCG space, you know the feeling. You have a killer idea for an app, a dynamic storefront, or a slick inventory tool. You start sketching out the architecture, and then you hit the first major hurdle: getting reliable, real-time pricing data. For years, the path often led to TCGplayer, but that path has become a dead end for many.
Powering Up Your TCG Project: 3 Ways to Leverage the JustTCG API
You’ve got your API key, you understand the unique features, and you know how JustTCG stacks up against alternatives. Now, let’s talk about the exciting part: What can you actually build with JustTCG?
JustTCG vs. The Alternatives: Choosing the Right TCG Pricing API
“Why did you build JustTCG? Why another TCG data source?” JustTCG wasn’t built to simply replicate what others do well. It was born from specific needs we, as developers and collectors, saw unmet — particularly the need for a reliable, commercially supported, multi-TCG pricing API focused squarely on the developer experience.
Your First Call: Integrating JustTCG Pricing Data in Minutes
So, you’ve learned about JustTCG and explored the powerful features our dedicated TCG Pricing API offers. Now it’s time to get hands-on and see just how easy it is to integrate real-time, condition-specific pricing data into your project!
Why JustTCG? Unpacking the Features of Your New TCG Pricing Powerhouse
In our last post, we introduced JustTCG — the dedicated Trading Card Game pricing API built for developers. We talked about the need for a focused, reliable solution in a market often cluttered with generic tools or limited data. Today, let’s dive deeper. What exactly makes JustTCG the right choice for your TCG project? It’s not just about what data we provide, but how we provide it. Let’s unpack the features designed to give you a competitive edge and simplify your development workflow.
Introducing JustTCG: The Simple, Reliable TCG Pricing API for Developers
Launching JustTCG! Get fast, accurate, condition-specific pricing data for MTG, Pokémon & more via our dedicated Trading Card Game API. Built for developers.