Search syntax
Search for cards by name or use advanced syntax operators for more precise filtering. Results update as you type (from 3 characters); Enter searches at once. Press / to jump to the search box.
Current Features
- Name search: Type any part of a card name to find matches (e.g., “sol ring”, “lightning”)
- Typo tolerance: Minor spelling mistakes are automatically corrected
- Partial matching: Matches cards that start with or contain your search term
- Suggestions: Start typing
does:,is:,f:,c:,id:,lang:,r:,s:,t:orkw:and the values that match appear under the box (fors:, a set’s code or any word of its name; types and keywords with how many cards have each, most first): pick one with a click, or the arrow keys and Enter - Set and number: Type a set code and a collector number to go straight to that printing (e.g., “ice 324”, “m21 1★”). It’s the same as s:ice cn:324, and still works when advanced search is down
Name Search Operators
Use these operators for more control over name matching:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
name:bolt |
Explicit name search (same as typing “bolt”) |
name:"lightning bolt" |
Name search with spaces (use quotes) |
!"Lightning Bolt" |
Exact name match (case-insensitive) |
-!"Sol Ring" |
Leave out that exact card, e.g., t:artifact -!"Sol Ring" |
Type Search Operators
Search by card type, subtype, or supertype:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
t:creature |
Search by card type (creature, instant, sorcery, artifact, enchantment, land, planeswalker) |
t:legendary |
Search by supertype (legendary, basic, snow) |
t:goblin |
Search by creature subtype or other subtypes (equipment, aura, saga, etc.) |
-t:land |
Exclude a type (use - prefix to negate) |
t:artifact t:creature |
Multiple types (AND logic) - finds artifact creatures |
Keyword Search Operators
Search by keyword abilities (flying, trample, deathtouch, etc.):
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
kw:flying |
Cards with the flying keyword |
keyword:trample |
Alias: kw: and keyword: work the same |
kw:"first strike" |
Multi-word keywords (use quotes) |
kw:flying kw:lifelink |
Multiple keywords (AND logic) - cards with both |
-kw:flying |
Exclude cards with flying |
Common keywords: flying, trample, deathtouch, lifelink, vigilance, reach, haste, first strike, double strike, hexproof, indestructible, menace, flash, defender, partner, cascade.
Oracle Text Search Operators
Search for specific text in a card’s oracle text (rules text):
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
o:draw |
Cards containing “draw” in oracle text |
o:"draw a card" |
Cards containing exact phrase (use quotes for multiple words) |
o:destroy o:creature |
Multiple terms (AND logic) - must contain both |
-o:sacrifice |
Exclude cards containing “sacrifice” |
o:"~ deals" |
~ matches the card’s own name (e.g., finds “Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage”) |
oracle:flying |
Alias: o: and oracle: work the same |
fo:reminder |
Full oracle search (fo: / fulloracle:) - includes reminder text |
Rarity Search Operators
Filter cards by rarity:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
r:rare |
Exact rarity match (common, uncommon, rare, mythic, special, bonus) |
r:m |
Shorthand: c=common, u=uncommon, r=rare, m=mythic, s=special, b=bonus |
r>=rare |
Rare or higher (rare, mythic) |
r<=uncommon |
Uncommon or lower (common, uncommon) |
-r:common |
Exclude commons |
r:rare r:mythic |
Multiple rarities (OR logic) - finds rares or mythics |
Set Search Operators
Filter cards by set:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
s:neo |
Search by set code (e.g., neo, khm, mh2) |
set:"Modern Horizons 2" |
Search by full set name (use quotes for spaces) |
e:cmm |
Aliases: s:, set:, e:, edition: all work the same |
-s:neo |
Exclude a set |
s:neo s:khm |
Multiple sets (OR logic) - finds cards from either set |
Joke cards (Un-cards, playtest cards and other cards not meant for regular play) are hidden unless you search is:funny or choose their set. Searching your own cards, a binder or a deck always shows them.
Collector Number Operators
Filter cards by collector number:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
cn:42 |
Exact collector number match |
cn:1a |
Art variations (e.g., 1a, 1b for alternate art) |
cn>100 |
Numbers greater than 100 (bonus/extended art) |
cn<=50 |
Numbers 50 or below (comparison operators: >, >=, <, <=) |
number:42 |
Alias: cn: and number: work the same |
Price Search Operators
Filter cards by USD price:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
usd>10 |
Cards over $10 |
usd<=1 |
Budget cards ($1 or less) |
usd>=0.50 |
Decimal values work (50 cents or more) |
usd>=1 usd<=10 |
Price range ($1 to $10) |
usd:5 |
Exact price match (approximately $5) |
Note: Cards without price data are excluded from price searches.
Power / Toughness / Loyalty Operators
Filter creatures by power/toughness or planeswalkers by loyalty:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
pow>=4 |
Power 4 or greater |
power:5 |
Exact power of 5 (power: and pow: are aliases) |
tou>5 |
Toughness greater than 5 |
toughness<=3 |
Toughness 3 or less (toughness: and tou: are aliases) |
pt>=10 |
Combined power + toughness of 10 or more |
powtou:8 |
Exact combined P/T of 8 (pt: and powtou: are aliases) |
loy>=5 |
Starting loyalty 5 or higher (planeswalkers) |
loyalty:4 |
Exact loyalty of 4 (loyalty: and loy: are aliases) |
pow=* |
Variable power (e.g., Tarmogoyf) |
pow>=4 tou>=4 |
4/4 or larger creatures (combine filters) |
Note: Non-creatures are excluded from power/toughness searches. Non-planeswalkers are excluded from loyalty searches.
Mana Value (CMC) Operators
Filter cards by mana value (converted mana cost):
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
mv:3 |
Exact mana value of 3 |
cmc>=5 |
Mana value 5 or higher (cmc: and mv: are aliases) |
mv<=2 |
Mana value 2 or less (low curve cards) |
mv>=2 mv<=4 |
Mana value range (2-4 mana) |
manavalue>7 |
High mana value (manavalue:, cmc:, mv: all work) |
mv:0 |
Zero mana value (free spells, lands) |
mv:even |
Even mana value cards (0, 2, 4, 6…) |
mv:odd |
Odd mana value cards (1, 3, 5, 7…) |
Note: Mana value is the total converted mana cost. X in mana costs counts as 0.
Mana Cost Operators
Filter cards by the symbols in their mana cost:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
mana:{G}{G} |
Cost includes at least two green symbols (m: is an alias; >= works the same) |
m:GG |
Bare symbols work too: same as m:{G}{G} |
mana={G}{G} |
Exactly {G}{G} |
m>3WU |
{3}{W}{U} and more, e.g., {4}{W}{U} or {3}{W}{U}{U} |
m<={1}{W} |
Only some of {1}{W}: {W}, {1}, {1}{W} or no cost |
m<{0} |
No mana cost at all, such as lands (m={0} is a cost of {0}) |
m:{2} |
Generic mana compares as a number, so {3}{W} matches |
m:{W/U} |
Hybrid, Phyrexian and other split symbols need braces: {2/G}, {R/P}, {W/U} (either order: {U/W} works too) |
-mana:{X} |
Leave out cards with X in their cost |
Note: A card with more than one face matches when any one face’s cost does, such as either half of Fire // Ice.
Color and Identity Operators
Filter cards by color or color identity:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
c:blue |
Cards whose colors, on any face, include blue (also: c:u) |
c=ub |
Exactly blue and black |
c:simic |
Guild names work (azorius, dimir, rakdos, gruul, selesnya, orzhov, izzet, golgari, boros, simic) |
c:esper |
Shard names work (esper, grixis, jund, naya, bant) |
c:sultai |
Wedge names work (abzan, jeskai, sultai, mardu, temur) |
c:yore-tiller |
Four-color names work (yore-tiller, glint-eye, dune-brood, ink-treader, witch-maw), as do artifice, chaos, aggression, altruism and growth, and sans-green or non-green for the four colors without one |
c>=ub |
At least UB colors (UB, Esper, Grixis, Sultai, 4-color, 5-color) |
c<=ub |
At most UB colors (colorless, mono-U, mono-B, UB) |
c:m |
Multicolor cards (2+ colors) |
c:c |
Colorless cards |
-c:red |
Exclude cards with any red |
id:simic |
Color identity fits a Simic deck: colorless, mono-G, mono-U or GU (id=simic for exactly GU) |
color:green |
Long form (color: and c: are aliases) |
Note: Color codes are W (white), U (blue), B (black), R (red), G (green). Use c:wubrg for 5-color.
Format Legality Operators
Filter cards by format legality:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
f:commander |
Legal in Commander (includes restricted cards) |
f:edh |
Alias for Commander (edh and commander work the same) |
format:modern |
Legal in Modern (f: and format: are aliases) |
legal:commander |
Explicitly legal (not restricted) in Commander |
banned:legacy |
Cards banned in Legacy |
restricted:vintage |
Cards restricted in Vintage (one copy allowed) |
f:commander f:modern |
Legal in both formats (AND logic) |
-f:standard |
Not legal in Standard |
Supported formats: commander (edh), standard, modern, pioneer, legacy, vintage, pauper, brawl, alchemy, competitivebrawl, duel, future, gladiator, historic, oathbreaker, oldschool, paupercommander, penny, predh, premodern, standardbrawl, timeless.
Language Search Operators
Filter cards by print language:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
lang:japanese |
Cards printed in Japanese |
lang:ja |
Language codes work (en, ja, ko, fr, de, it, es, pt, ru, zh, zht) |
language:french |
Alias: lang: and language: work the same |
-lang:english |
Exclude English printings |
lang:english lang:japanese |
Multiple languages (OR logic) - finds either language |
Note: Search defaults to English cards only. Use the language dropdown in Advanced Filters or the lang: operator to see other languages.
Boolean Property Operators
Filter cards by boolean properties:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
is:commander |
Commander-eligible cards |
is:legendary |
Legendary cards (same as t:legendary) |
is:reserved |
Reserved List cards |
is:reprint |
Reprinted cards (not first printing) |
is:firstprint |
First printing only (opposite of is:reprint) |
is:foil |
Cards available in foil finish |
is:nonfoil |
Cards available in non-foil finish |
is:etched |
Cards with etched foil finish available |
is:spell |
Non-land cards (creatures, instants, etc.) |
is:permanent |
Cards that stay on the battlefield (creatures, artifacts, enchantments, lands, planeswalkers, battles) |
is:historic |
Historic cards (legendary, artifact, or saga) |
is:vanilla |
Cards with no rules text |
is:partner |
Cards with any partner ability |
is:companion |
Cards with the companion ability |
is:split |
Split cards, aftermath included |
is:flip |
Flip cards |
is:transform |
Transforming double-faced cards (also: is:tdfc) |
is:mdfc |
Modal double-faced cards |
is:dfc |
Any double-faced card: transform, modal or reversible (meld cards are is:meld) |
is:meld |
Cards that meld. Meld results (such as Brisela) aren’t searchable, so search for one of the halves |
is:meldpart |
Cards that meld, same as is:meld |
is:leveler |
Level up cards |
is:hybrid |
A hybrid mana symbol in any face’s cost |
is:phyrexian |
A Phyrexian mana symbol in any face’s cost or rules text |
is:funny |
Joke cards (Un-cards, playtest cards), hidden from other searches |
not:reprint |
Negate with not: (same as -is:reprint) |
-is:foil |
Negate with - prefix (cards not available in foil) |
Tip: Combine with other operators, e.g., is:commander id=simic t:creature for Simic creature commanders.
What Cards Do
Search by the job a card does: ramp, a mana dork, a board wipe, a tutor. Each job is checked against hand-picked example cards before it makes this list.
As you type does: in card search, matching jobs appear under the field: pick one with a click, or the arrow keys and Enter.
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
does:mana-dork |
Mana dorks (also: fn:, function:, otag: and oracletag:, as on Scryfall) |
does:mana-dork c:g |
Green mana dorks |
-does:tutor |
Cards that aren’t tutors |
does:removal or does:counterspell |
Removal or counterspells |
A misspelled job finds no cards and suggests the one you meant.
Mana
| Job | What it does | Also |
|---|---|---|
does:ramp |
Ramp | mana-ramp |
does:mana-rock |
Mana rock | rock, rocks, mana-rocks |
does:mana-dork |
Mana dork | dork, dorks, mana-dorks, mana-creature |
does:land-ramp |
Land ramp | ramp-land, rampant-growth |
does:ritual |
Ritual | rituals |
does:cost-reducer |
Cost reducer | cost-reduction |
does:treasure |
Treasure maker | treasures, treasure-maker |
does:mana-doubler |
Mana doubler | mana-amplifier |
does:fixing |
Mana fixing | mana-fixing, fixer |
Cards
| Job | What it does | Also |
|---|---|---|
does:draw |
Card draw | card-draw |
does:card-advantage |
Card advantage | ca |
does:cantrip |
Cantrip | cantrips |
does:wheel |
Wheel | wheels |
does:loot |
Looting | looter, looting |
does:rummage |
Rummaging | rummaging |
does:impulse-draw |
Impulse draw | impulse |
does:scry |
Scry |
Tutors
| Job | What it does | Also |
|---|---|---|
does:tutor |
Tutor | tutors |
does:tutor-creature |
Creature tutor | creature-tutor |
does:tutor-land |
Land tutor | land-tutor |
does:tutor-artifact |
Artifact tutor | artifact-tutor |
does:tutor-enchantment |
Enchantment tutor | enchantment-tutor |
does:tutor-instant-sorcery |
Instant and sorcery tutor | spell-tutor |
Interaction
| Job | What it does | Also |
|---|---|---|
does:removal |
Removal | |
does:creature-removal |
Creature removal | kill-spell |
does:artifact-enchantment-removal |
Artifact and enchantment removal | naturalize, disenchant |
does:board-wipe |
Board wipe | wrath, wraths, sweeper, sweepers, wipe, boardwipe |
does:counterspell |
Counterspell | counter, counterspells |
does:bounce |
Bounce | |
does:edict |
Edict | edicts, forced-sacrifice |
does:graveyard-hate |
Graveyard hate | gy-hate |
does:discard |
Discard | hand-disruption |
does:theft |
Theft | steal, control-magic |
Protection
| Job | What it does | Also |
|---|---|---|
does:protection |
Protection | protect |
does:fog |
Fog | fogs |
does:hexproof-granter |
Grants hexproof | gives-hexproof |
does:indestructible-granter |
Grants indestructible | gives-indestructible |
Engines
| Job | What it does | Also |
|---|---|---|
does:sac-outlet |
Sacrifice outlet | sacrifice-outlet, sac-outlets |
does:reanimation |
Reanimation | reanimate, reanimator |
does:recursion |
Recursion | regrowth |
does:blink |
Blink | flicker |
does:token-maker |
Token maker | tokens, token-generator |
does:token-doubler |
Token doubler | token-multiplier |
does:anthem |
Anthem | anthems |
does:extra-turn |
Extra turn | extra-turns |
does:extra-combat |
Extra combat | extra-combats |
does:copy |
Copy | clone |
does:proliferate |
Proliferate | |
does:lifegain |
Life gain | life-gain, gain-life |
does:drain |
Drain | life-drain |
does:self-mill |
Self-mill | mill-self |
does:mill |
Mill | |
does:haste |
Grants haste | gives-haste |
does:evasion |
Grants evasion | unblockable |
does:goad |
Goad | |
does:tax |
Tax | taxes |
does:land-destruction |
Land destruction | ld |
Boolean Logic (OR & Grouping)
Use OR logic and parentheses to build complex queries:
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
t:creature or t:artifact |
Cards that are creatures OR artifacts (case-insensitive) |
c:red OR c:green OR c:blue |
Cards whose colors include red, green, or blue |
(t:creature or t:artifact) c:blue |
Blue creatures or blue artifacts (parentheses group OR terms) |
t:creature c:blue or r:mythic |
(Blue creatures) OR (mythic cards) - AND binds tighter than OR |
(t:instant or t:sorcery) mv<=3 c:red |
Red instants or sorceries with mana value 3 or less |
kw:flying or kw:reach |
Cards with flying or reach keywords |
(is:commander c:simic) or (t:land) |
Simic commanders or any lands |
o:draw or o:"create a token" |
Cards that draw cards or create tokens |
Note: By default, terms are combined with AND. The “or” keyword (case-insensitive) creates OR logic. AND binds more tightly than OR, so “A B or C” means “(A AND B) OR C”. Use parentheses to override: “(A or B) C” means “(A OR B) AND C”.
Using Filters
Combine your search with the filter controls to narrow results:
- Ownership: Filter by owned, tradeable, or missing cards
- Set: Limit results to a specific card set
- Advanced Filters: Expand to filter by rarity, language, binder, and color identity