Sign in with Google or Discord

Hoard lets you sign in with the accounts you already have. The sign-in page has a white Continue with Google button and a blurple Continue with Discord button. Clicking one hands the sign-in off to Google or Discord, they confirm it’s really you, and Hoard takes it from there. You never type a Hoard password, and you never hand your Google or Discord password to us. What happens after you click depends on who you are, so this page walks through each case. The short version: if you already have a Hoard account with that provider connected, you go straight to your dashboard. If you’re new, the button creates your free account and signs you in on the spot.

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Where the buttons are

Both buttons sit on the sign-in page at /login, above an “or” divider and the usual email and password fields, alongside “Forgot password?” and “Use a magic link instead.” If you don’t see the buttons, that just means social sign-in isn’t switched on for that provider at the moment. The email and magic-link options are always there.

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What happens when you click

There are three outcomes, and which one you get depends on whether Hoard already knows your email and whether you’ve connected a provider before.

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You already have an account with Google or Discord connected

If you’ve signed in with that provider before, or you connected it from your settings, clicking the button signs you straight in and drops you on your dashboard. Nothing to confirm, nothing to type. This is the everyday case once you’re set up.

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You’re brand new to Hoard

If the email coming back from Google or Discord is one we’ve never seen, the button creates your free Hoard account and signs you straight in. You land on your dashboard, not on a confirmation page. Because Google or Discord already verified your email, you skip the “check your inbox and click the link” round-trip entirely. The provider gets linked to your new account at the same time, so every sign-in after this one is the single-click case above.

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Your email already has a Hoard account, but you haven’t connected that provider

If we already have an account on file for that email but you’ve never linked Google or Discord to it, we don’t quietly connect them for you. Auto-linking by email is exactly how account-takeover happens, so we route you to magic-link sign-in instead. Sign in by email there, and once you’re in, you can connect Google or Discord from your settings so it’s one-click next time. So the rule is: the first time, get into your existing account by email, then connect the provider deliberately from inside the app.

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A note on Google and verified emails

Google only proceeds when Google itself reports your email as verified. If for some reason Google hands back an address it hasn’t verified, Hoard won’t act on it; you’ll be sent to magic-link sign-in to get in by email. This keeps an unverified address from ever standing in for a real one.

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Connecting a provider from settings

Once you’re signed into your account, you can connect Google or Discord so future sign-ins are one click. Open your settings and use the connect option for the provider you want. This is the only way an account and a provider get linked, on purpose. The public buttons never mint a fresh link by themselves, an already-signed-in account has to ask for it. After it’s connected, going back to /login and clicking that provider’s button signs you straight in.

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FAQ

I clicked Continue with Google but I didn’t get into the app. Why? Most likely you already have a Hoard account on that email but haven’t connected Google to it yet, so we sent you to magic-link sign-in to get in by email first. Once you’re in, connect Google from Settings > Profile and the button signs you straight in afterward. Does Hoard see my Google or Discord password? No. This is OAuth, the standard “sign in with” handoff. You enter your password with Google or Discord on their own page, they tell us only that you signed in successfully plus your verified email, and we never see or store the password itself. Does clicking the button twice create two accounts? No. The second click finds the account the first one made and signs you in. Does the button create a free account, or do I need to pay? Free, immediately. You can sync your inventory, browse your cards, and see pricing recommendations on the free plan. Pushing prices to TCGplayer is the part that needs a paid plan. Can I still use email and password, or a magic link? Yes. The buttons are an option, not a replacement. The email and password fields and the “Use a magic link instead” link are right there on the same sign-in page.