🃏 Scryfall Magic: The Gathering Card Scraper

🚀 Collect structured Magic: The Gathering card data including names, mana costs, types, rarity, images, pricing in USD and EUR, format legalities, and set details. Covers 100,000+ unique cards across every MTG set.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you run a card shop tracking retail prices, build MTG price trackers and deck builder apps, or manage a large personal collection, getting structured card data at scale requires automation. Manual browsing and copy-pasting is not practical for catalogs with tens of thousands of cards.

The Scryfall MTG Scraper automates card data collection using the full Scryfall search syntax. Search by color, type, format, mana cost, set, or any advanced query and get back clean records with images, prices, legalities, and oracle text ready for your tools.

Target Audience	Card shop owners, price tracker developers, deck builders, collection managers
Primary Use Cases	Price tracking, inventory management, deck building, market analysis

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📋 What Does It Do

This tool collects Magic: The Gathering card data, returning structured records with comprehensive details. It delivers:

• 🃏 Card details - names, mana costs, type lines, power/toughness, loyalty, and oracle text
• 💰 Live prices - USD, USD foil, EUR, and MTGO Tix values for every printing
• 🎨 Card images - high quality card art URLs ready to embed or download
• 📜 Format legalities - Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper, Brawl
• 📊 Set info - collector numbers, release dates, artists, and set codes
• 🏆 EDHREC ranking - see how popular a card is in Commander decks

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🎬 How to Use the Scryfall MTG Scraper - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon. Follow the step-by-step instructions below to get started in under 2 minutes.

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⚙️ Input

Configure your card search with Scryfall's powerful query syntax.

Field	Type	Description
Max Items	Integer	Free users: Limited to 10 cards. Paid users: up to 1,000,000
Search Query	String	Scryfall syntax (e.g. "t:creature c:red", "name:phoenix", "pow>=5")
Set Code	String	Filter by set (e.g. "mh3", "neo", "bro")
Format	Select	Filter by format legality (Standard, Modern, Commander, etc.)
Sort Order	Select	Release Date, Name, Mana Cost, Power, EDHREC Rank, Price, etc.

Example 1 - Red creatures for Commander:

{
    "query": "t:creature c:red",
    "format": "commander",
    "order": "edhrec",
    "maxItems": 100
}

Example 2 - All cards in a specific set:

{
    "set": "mh3",
    "order": "usd",
    "maxItems": 500
}

⚠️ Free users are limited to 10 cards per run. Sign up for a paid plan to unlock up to 1,000,000 cards.

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📊 Output

🧾 Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
imageUrl	string	Normal card art URL
name	string	Card name
manaCost	string	Mana cost symbols
cmc	number	Converted mana cost
typeLine	string	Full type line
oracleText	string	Card rules text
power	string	Power value (creatures)
toughness	string	Toughness value (creatures)
colors	array	Card colors
rarity	string	common, uncommon, rare, mythic
set	string	Set code
setName	string	Full set name
priceUsd	number	Current USD price
priceEur	number	Current EUR price
legalStandard	string	Standard legality
legalModern	string	Modern legality
legalCommander	string	Commander legality
artist	string	Card illustrator
edhrecRank	integer	EDHREC popularity rank
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp of data collection

📦 Sample Output

Sample 1 - Classic spell:

{
    "imageUrl": "https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/lightning-bolt.jpg",
    "name": "Lightning Bolt",
    "manaCost": "{R}",
    "cmc": 1,
    "typeLine": "Instant",
    "oracleText": "Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.",
    "colors": ["R"],
    "rarity": "common",
    "set": "m11",
    "setName": "Magic 2011",
    "priceUsd": 1.49,
    "priceEur": 0.92,
    "legalModern": "legal",
    "legalCommander": "legal",
    "artist": "Christopher Moeller",
    "edhrecRank": 45,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 2 - Mythic creature:

{
    "imageUrl": "https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/sheoldred.jpg",
    "name": "Sheoldred, the Apocalypse",
    "manaCost": "{2}{B}{B}",
    "cmc": 4,
    "typeLine": "Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor",
    "oracleText": "Deathtouch. Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.",
    "power": "4",
    "toughness": "5",
    "colors": ["B"],
    "rarity": "mythic",
    "set": "dmu",
    "setName": "Dominaria United",
    "priceUsd": 42.50,
    "priceEur": 38.90,
    "legalStandard": "not_legal",
    "legalModern": "legal",
    "legalCommander": "legal",
    "artist": "Chris Rahn",
    "edhrecRank": 12,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Sample 3 - Planeswalker:

{
    "imageUrl": "https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/teferi.jpg",
    "name": "Teferi, Hero of Dominaria",
    "manaCost": "{3}{W}{U}",
    "cmc": 5,
    "typeLine": "Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi",
    "oracleText": "+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap up to two lands.",
    "colors": ["W", "U"],
    "rarity": "mythic",
    "set": "dom",
    "setName": "Dominaria",
    "priceUsd": 8.75,
    "priceEur": 7.20,
    "legalModern": "legal",
    "legalCommander": "legal",
    "artist": "Chris Rallis",
    "edhrecRank": 156,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose the Scryfall MTG Scraper?

Advantage	Details
🃏 100,000+ cards	Access every card ever printed in Magic: The Gathering
🔍 Full search syntax	Use Scryfall's powerful query language for precise targeting
💰 Live pricing	USD, EUR, foil, and MTGO Tix values updated daily
📜 Format legalities	All formats - Standard, Modern, Commander, and more
🎨 Card images	High-quality art URLs ready to embed
🏆 EDHREC rankings	Commander popularity data for every card
⏰ Price tracking	Schedule daily runs to build price history

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📈 How Does It Compare?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual Browsing
Bulk card extraction	Up to 1M cards	One at a time
Full search syntax	Yes	Limited web UI
Format legalities	All formats	Click each card
Prices in USD/EUR/Tix	Included	Scattered
Structured export	JSON, CSV, Excel	HTML pages
Scheduled price tracking	Daily runs	Not possible

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Tool - Search for "Scryfall Magic The Gathering Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Enter your search query, set code, or format filter
4. Run It - Click "Start" and get card data in seconds
5. Download Data - Export results as CSV, Excel, or JSON from the Dataset tab

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💼 Business Use Cases

Card Shops:

• Track retail prices across the entire catalog
• Automate inventory repricing based on market data

Price Tracker Developers:

• Build daily snapshots of card values for investor dashboards
• Feed price data into mobile apps and Discord bots

Deck Builders:

• Pull every legal card for a format to power deckbuilder apps
• Import card metadata into collection trackers

Market Researchers:

• Analyze price movements across sets, rarities, and formats
• Study EDHREC popularity trends over time

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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🔌 Automating Your MTG Data Collection

Schedule daily runs to track card prices and new set releases. Use the Apify scheduler and push data to Google Sheets, Discord webhooks, or your custom price tracking database.

🔌 Integrate Scryfall MTG Scraper with Any App

Connect your card data to thousands of apps using these integrations:

• Make - Automate card data syncs
• Zapier - Trigger price alerts
• Slack - Post new card releases to a channel
• Google Drive - Maintain card inventory spreadsheets
• Airbyte - Sync to your data warehouse
• Webhooks - Trigger workflows on completion

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🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify documentation for platform guides
• Contact us at Tally contact form

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Scryfall, Wizards of the Coast, or Magic: The Gathering. It collects only publicly available card data.