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Scryfall

Comprehensive Magic: The Gathering card database

🎮 GamesHEALTHYchecked 7h ago
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A deep Magic: The Gathering API with every card, set, ruling and high-resolution scan. The /cards/random endpoint hands back a full card object; fuzzy name search and Scryfall-syntax queries are also available. Keyless, though the maintainers ask for a small delay between requests.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 70 · healthy
Uptime history
94.2%90 days
95.0%30 days
470P50 · ms
2767P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 73 ms, slowest 1716 ms, most recent 73 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.scryfall.com/cards/random

{
  "object": "card",
  "id": "46db3811-db1d-4f69-8143-a93f64d0297b",
  "name": "Impact Tremors",
  "released_at": "2023-04-21",
  "layout": "normal",
  "highres_image": true
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.scryfall.com/cards/random"
const res = await fetch("https://api.scryfall.com/cards/random");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.scryfall.com/cards/random")
print(res.json())

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Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /cards/random470 mschecked 7h ago
GET/cards/randomPROBED

Comprehensive Magic: The Gathering card database

GET/list

Paginated list of resources.

GET/cards

Cards — documented GET route.

GET/cards/1

Cards details by ID (example: 1).

GET/cards?limit=10

Cards — documented GET route.

GET/cards/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

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

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Scryfall: common questions

Is Scryfall free to use?

Yes — Scryfall is a free games API. Free tier: Free, no API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Scryfall need an API key?

No — Scryfall needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (~10 requests/second; docs ask for 50-100 ms between requests).

Can I call Scryfall from the browser?

Not directly — Scryfall doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Scryfall up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Scryfall is healthy with 94.2% uptime over 90 days and a 470 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.