Scryfall at https://api.scryfall.com is the most complete Magic card database: full search syntax, images in several sizes, and daily prices.
None. Scryfall asks for 50–100 ms between requests and a User-Agent and Accept header on each.
Full reference: https://scryfall.com/docs/api
fuzzy tolerates typos.
curl "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/named?fuzzy=lightning+bolt"{
"object": "card",
"id": "7673784e-db4b-43a1-8d55-1bb9fc1e284f",
"oracle_id": "4457ed35-7c10-48c8-9776-456485fdf070",
"multiverse_ids": [],
"resource_id": "A59396A4D646C69A1DD41F9906BE9A9CDECE83F18DC5C53501DD7BAE50511DBB",
"mtgo_id": 152037,
"arena_id": 105816,
"tcgplayer_id": 697344,
"cardmarket_id": 892161,
"name": "Lightning Bolt",
"lang": "en",
"released_at": "2026-06-26",
"uri": "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7673784e-db4b-43a1-8d55-1bb9fc1e284f",
"scryfall_uri": "https://scryfall.com/card/msc/806/lightning-bolt?utm_source=api",
"layout": "normal"
}curl "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/search?q=t%3Adragon+c%3Ar+cmc%3C%3D4"{
"object": "list",
"total_cards": 66,
"has_more": false,
"data": [
{
"object": "card",
"id": "68fd8548-50db-4243-9154-377f32408d58",
"oracle_id": "d6b56d6d-e2f6-47f5-a9d1-cd0e17f94a0d",
"multiverse_ids": [
655130
],
"mtgo_id": 124289,
"arena_id": 90535,
"tcgplayer_id": 544672,
"cardmarket_id": 764047,
"name": "Akul the Unrepentant",
"lang": "en",
"released_at": "2024-04-19",
"uri": "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/68fd8548-50db-4243-9154-377f32408d58",
"scryfall_uri": "https://scryfall.com/card/otj/189/akul-the-unrepentant?utm_source=api",
"layout": "normal",
"highres_image": true
},
{
"object": "card",
"id": "154ed1d3-e24a-48ba-8f7b-be254c08d1cc",
"oracle_id": "36875030-8094-4e2c-860d-c0820825a24e",
"multiverse_ids": [
522189
],
"mtgo_id": 90599,
"tcgplayer_id": 239803,
"cardmarket_id": 566367,
"name": "Arcbound Whelp",
"lang": "en",
"released_at": "2021-06-18",
"uri": "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/154ed1d3-e24a-48ba-8f7b-be254c08d1cc",
"scryfall_uri": "https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/113/arcbound-whelp?utm_source=api",
"layout": "normal",
"highres_image": true,
"image_status": "highres_scan"
}
]
}curl https://api.scryfall.com/cards/random{
"object": "card",
"id": "c51a437d-14dd-4024-ba9b-84f4249500f1",
"oracle_id": "a45e0854-28c7-41f5-a9fe-5b76a8070c5b",
"multiverse_ids": [],
"tcgplayer_id": 203292,
"cardmarket_id": 421761,
"name": "Ferocious Zheng",
"lang": "en",
"released_at": "2019-11-07",
"uri": "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c51a437d-14dd-4024-ba9b-84f4249500f1",
"scryfall_uri": "https://scryfall.com/card/plst/GS1-28/ferocious-zheng?utm_source=api",
"layout": "normal",
"highres_image": true,
"image_status": "highres_scan",
"image_updated_at": "2026-07-13T08:41:56Z"
}