How Spot the Set works

How rounds are made

Every close-up is cut from a scan of a card in the owner's own collection, never showing the artwork or the card's name. The answer is the card's set, known from its printed set symbol and number, checked against the owner's card records and a set catalog.

• The three other options are real sets from the same language and era.
• The first look is the set symbol up close. Zooming out shows a wider strip across the card at the symbol's height, then the strip along the card's bottom edge with its number. Naming the set without zooming earns a bonus.
• The whole card appears only after you answer.
• Each round has a 20-second clock, kept by the server.

Fair play and player figures

• Answers stay on the server until you answer. The server keeps the clock.
• Only rounds with a known answer are scored. Nothing is scored for speed or for agreeing with other players.
• Player percentages appear only once an item has at least 100 counted answers. They describe players of this game, not the public. It is not a poll.
• Each network counts at most 3 answers per item, and hosting-provider networks never count. None of this changes your own score or streak.