Fixing Scanner Card Name Extraction: Multi-Word Names and Type Lines

Fixing Scanner Card Name Extraction: Multi Word Names and Type Lines Our MTG card scanner uses OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to identify physical cards from photos. It works remarkably well most of the time but we discovered a tricky edge case with multi word card names that include common creature types. The Problem: Emerald Dragon When scanning the card "Emerald Dragon," users were getting inconsistent results. Sometimes the scanner would: 1. Extract just "Dragon" from the type line "Cre