Correct.

I can’t remember a time I had corrupted files and it was the card itself. All the last few times have actually been the reader.

Try getting a new reader always as the first step.

If it was the card, I would never use it again. A card is like $20. A group of photos is for me like over a thousand.

My favorite recovery tool is ZAR.

Google has ruined search so almost any search for memory card recovery is 100% scamware even the free tools. Which are free only to the point where they find your images and then expect payment to actually recovery anything.

Google Photo does it. I guess you can upload them and then download everything tagged to organize them.