How to Export Your ManaBox Collection to CSV

To export your ManaBox collection to CSV on your phone, open the Collection tab, tap the menu in the top-right corner, choose Export, select CSV, and share the file wherever you want it. The whole process takes under a minute, and the file contains every card, printing, and quantity you've logged.

That one file is the most useful thing your collection produces. It's your backup, your insurance record, and your ticket into any pricing or showcase tool that accepts a CSV — which is most of them.

Exporting on your phone (iOS and Android)

The steps are the same on both platforms. If you keep your cards split across multiple binders or folders, note that you can either export everything at once from the main Collection view or open a specific binder first and export just that one.

  • Open ManaBox and go to the Collection tab
  • Tap the menu icon in the top-right corner
  • Choose Export from the menu
  • Select CSV as the format
  • Use the share sheet to save the file — Files or Drive works well, or email it to yourself

Exporting on desktop

If you're using ManaBox on the web, it's even quicker: open your collection and click the Export button in the top-right corner. The CSV downloads straight to your computer, ready to upload wherever you need it.

Desktop export is the smoother path if you're about to import into another tool anyway — no share-sheet hop from phone to computer required.

What's inside the CSV

The export is more detailed than most people expect. Each row is one card entry, and the columns cover everything needed to identify the exact printing: card name, set code and set name, collector number, whether the copy is foil, quantity, condition, language, and any purchase price you recorded.

The most important column is the Scryfall ID. Card names are ambiguous — there are dozens of printings of popular cards — but the Scryfall ID pins down the exact printing, art, and finish. It's why tools that import ManaBox CSVs can price your specific copies instead of guessing at some average across every version of the card.

What to do with your export

Three things are worth doing with the file the moment you have it. First, keep a copy somewhere safe — a CSV in cloud storage is the cheapest collection insurance that exists, and it's the record you'd hand an insurer or estate after a disaster. Second, re-export on a schedule; an export from eight months ago doesn't reflect what you own now.

Third, put it to work. Import tools built around the ManaBox format — RareWell reads the CSV directly — turn that flat file into a priced, browsable version of your collection, so the spreadsheet becomes something you can actually share and track over time.

If the export looks wrong

A few things to check before assuming the export failed. If cards are missing, confirm whether you exported a single binder instead of the full collection — the export scopes to whatever view you ran it from. If quantities look off, check for duplicate entries of the same card logged separately as foil and nonfoil, or in different conditions; those appear as separate rows, not one combined line.

And if a spreadsheet program mangles the file when you open it, that's usually the program's import settings, not the export. The CSV itself is plain text — import it into your destination tool directly rather than round-tripping it through a spreadsheet editor, which can strip leading zeros from collector numbers or reformat fields.

Frequently asked questions

Does the ManaBox CSV include foil status and condition?
Yes. Each row records whether the copy is foil, its condition, its language, and any purchase price you entered, alongside the set code and collector number.
Can I export just one binder instead of my whole collection?
Yes. Open the specific binder or folder first, then run the same Export steps from its menu — the CSV will contain only that binder's cards.
Where does the CSV file go on iPhone?
Wherever you send it from the share sheet. Saving to the Files app or a cloud drive is easiest; you can also AirDrop it to a computer or email it to yourself.
Why does the export include a Scryfall ID column?
The Scryfall ID identifies the exact printing of each card — set, collector number, art, and finish. Import tools use it to price your actual copies rather than a generic version of the card name.