ValoTCG MCP server

Which MCP servers are ValoTCG's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

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Whose server it is

Registry namecom.valotcg/valo-iaverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under valotcg.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-11-03

Stateanswerschecked 2026-11-03
Tools16
Server calls itselfvalotcg
Server version1.0.0
Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-11-03 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 335 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet

Its tools do identify cards by scanning them with a phone; check current market prices for cards and sealed products, but not get alerts when sealed products restock.
Checked on 2 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

For "identify cards by scanning them with a phone", the likely first call is scan_card.
Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 6 of 16 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 2, the first on 2026-11-03

INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 2 so far
What an agent can do with it2 of 3 use cases
Answeredmeasuring2 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
Median first answer306 ms
Space in an agent's context≈ 3,541 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (16), which an agent carries on every turn
Tool definitionsA · 94 of 100
Typed results0 of 16 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once

Parameters without a description: in 6 of 16

What an agent can do with it

can do · identify cards by scanning them with a phone
can do · check current market prices for cards and sealed products
cannot · get alerts when sealed products restock

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers16 tools · read 2026-11-03

list_games
Games of the catalogue with their slugs, card languages and price coverage per source. 0 credit.
search_cards
Search the cards of a game by name or number, edition, language or rarity. 1 credit per page.
get_card
Full sheet of one card: edition, number, rarity, images, marketplace ids (Growth and up). 1 credit.
get_card_prices
Current prices of one card from Cardmarket, the US market and eBay sales, each in its native currency. 1 credit, +1 per include.
get_cards_batch
Current prices of up to 100 cards and sealed products (`sealed:{id}`) in one call. 1 credit per call, +1 per card and include.
get_price_history
Daily price history of one source for a card or a sealed product, bounded by the plan's history. 3 credits.
list_editions
Editions (sets) of a game, newest first, with their ids; `q` finds one by its name or set code. 1 credit per page.
search_sealed
Search the sealed products of a game (boosters, displays, ETB…) by name, edition, type or language. 1 credit per page.
get_sealed_prices
Current prices of one sealed product, each source in its native currency. 1 credit.
identify_card
Identify a card from free text (name, number, edition, language in any order, typos tolerated): up to 5 candidates, best first, with the signals that matched. 1 credit.
price_summary
The price the ValoTCG app shows for a card or a sealed product, in EUR, with its source, reliability and 7, 30 and 90-day changes. 1 credit, +1 per include.
top_movers
Largest price rises or falls of a game or an edition over 7, 30 or 90 days (cards of 10 EUR and more). 3 credits.
top_priced
Most valuable cards or sealed products of a game, by the price the ValoTCG app shows (EUR): every edition and language, or one edition, one language, one sealed product type. 3 credits.
compare_prices
Price summaries of up to 10 cards and sealed products (`sealed:{id}`) side by side. 1 credit, +1 per card and include.
edition_overview
Chase cards, sealed products with prices and price coverage of one edition. 3 credits.
scan_card
Recognise the card in a photo (Valo.Vision): up to 5 Valo.Data cards, best first; chain with price_summary for its price. 1 scan per analysed photo; a refused photo or an error costs nothing. Photos are processed in memory and never stored.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "valo-ia": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.valotcg.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http valotcg https://api.valotcg.com/mcp

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://api.valotcg.com/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.