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Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering cards, sets and types

🎮 GamesUNMONITORED
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The magicthegathering.io API exposes every MTG card with mana cost, rulings, set and multiverse IDs. Paginated JSON, no authentication, and generous rate limits for hobby projects. Useful for deck builders and card-price companions.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/cards?name=Opt&pageSize=1

{
  "cards": [
    {
      "name": "Ornithopter",
      "manaCost": "{0}",
      "cmc": 0,
      "type": "Artifact Creature — Thopter",
      "types": [
        "Artifact",
        "Creature"
      ],
      "subtypes": [
        "Thopter"
      ],
      "rarity": "Uncommon",
      "set": "10E"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/cards?name=Opt&pageSize=1"
const res = await fetch("https://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/cards?name=Opt&pageSize=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/cards?name=Opt&pageSize=1")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /cards?name=Opt&pageSize=1 awaits first probe
GET/cards?name=Opt&pageSize=1PROBED

Magic: The Gathering cards, sets and types

GET/cards?limit=5

Cards — documented GET route.

GET/cards?page=1

Cards — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Magic: The Gathering: common questions

Is Magic: The Gathering free to use?

Yes — Magic: The Gathering is a free games API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Magic: The Gathering need an API key?

No — Magic: The Gathering needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Magic: The Gathering from the browser?

Yes — Magic: The Gathering returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Magic: The Gathering up right now?

Magic: The Gathering is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.