Scryfall Domain Vocabulary

name: Scryfall Domain Vocabulary
provider: Scryfall
providerId: scryfall
description: Magic - The Gathering domain vocabulary for the Scryfall API surface; sourced from OpenAPI tags, card fields, set types, formats, and symbology.
terms:
  - term: Cards
    description: Magic - The Gathering card printings keyed by Scryfall ID; the central resource.
  - term: Sets
    description: Magic sets, products, and supplemental releases identified by three-to-five-letter codes.
  - term: Rulings
    description: Oracle rulings, Wizards of the Coast release notes, and Scryfall notes for a card.
  - term: Symbology
    description: All card mana and text symbols (e.g. {R}, {W/U}, {T}) and their semantics.
  - term: Catalogs
    description: Convenience lists of Magic data points - card names, creature types, supertypes, etc.
  - term: Bulk Data
    description: Daily downloadable exports of the entire Scryfall card and rulings dataset.
  - term: Migrations
    description: Records of card-object merges and deletions across the Scryfall database.
  - term: Oracle Identity
    description: The oracle_id grouping all printings of the same card across reprints.
  - term: Oracle Text
    description: The current rules text for a card per the latest Oracle update.
  - term: Mana Cost
    description: The symbolic cost a player pays to cast a card (e.g. {2}{R}{R}).
  - term: Converted Mana Cost
    description: Also called mana value; the total mana cost expressed as a number.
  - term: Color Identity
    description: The set of colors that appear in a card's mana cost, rules text, color indicator, or characteristic-defining ability.
  - term: Layout
    description: How a card is physically printed - normal, split, flip, transform, modal_dfc, meld, leveler, class, saga, adventure, mutate, prototype, case, etc.
  - term: Format Legalities
    description: A card's status (legal, not_legal, restricted, banned) in each play format.
  - term: Standard
    description: Rotating constructed format containing the most recent sets.
  - term: Modern
    description: Non-rotating constructed format including all sets from Eighth Edition onward.
  - term: Legacy
    description: Eternal constructed format encompassing nearly all cards ever printed.
  - term: Vintage
    description: Eternal format permitting the most cards; uses a restricted list.
  - term: Commander
    description: Multiplayer format built around a singleton 100-card deck with a legendary commander.
  - term: Pauper
    description: Constructed format limited to cards printed at common rarity.
  - term: Pioneer
    description: Non-rotating constructed format including sets from Return to Ravnica onward.
  - term: Brawl
    description: Singleton constructed format using Standard-legal cards.
  - term: Alchemy
    description: Arena-only constructed format with digital-only rebalanced cards.
  - term: Bulk Data Type
    description: One of oracle_cards, unique_artwork, default_cards, all_cards, or rulings.
  - term: Rarity
    description: Card rarity - common, uncommon, rare, mythic, special, or bonus.
  - term: Set Type
    description: Classification of a Magic product - core, expansion, masters, commander, alchemy, etc.
  - term: Collector Number
    description: The printed number identifying a card within its set.
  - term: Multiverse ID
    description: A Wizards of the Coast Gatherer identifier for a card.
  - term: MTGO ID
    description: A Magic Online catalog identifier for a card.
  - term: Arena ID
    description: A Magic Arena identifier for a card.
  - term: TCGplayer ID
    description: TCGplayer's product identifier for a card or set.
  - term: Cardmarket ID
    description: Cardmarket's idProduct identifier for a card.
  - term: Image URIs
    description: URIs for card image renderings at small, normal, large, png, art_crop, and border_crop sizes.
  - term: Prices
    description: Current market prices in USD, EUR, and MTGO Tix for normal, foil, and etched finishes.
  - term: Finish
    description: A printing finish - foil, nonfoil, or etched.
  - term: Frame Effect
    description: A visual treatment applied to a card frame (showcase, extendedart, inverted, etc.).
  - term: Border Color
    description: The color of the card border - black, white, borderless, silver, gold.
  - term: Security Stamp
    description: A holofoil security marker introduced on modern rare and mythic printings.
  - term: Promo Type
    description: A category of promotional treatment applied to a card printing.
  - term: Keyword Ability
    description: A named card ability defined in the comprehensive rules (Flying, Trample, etc.).
  - term: Keyword Action
    description: A named action verb in Magic rules text (Scry, Surveil, Mill, etc.).
  - term: Ability Word
    description: An italicized term that flavors a triggered or activated ability without rules meaning of its own.
  - term: Watermark
    description: A faint illustration overlaid on the text box indicating guild, faction, or set affiliation.
  - term: Search Query Syntax
    description: Scryfall's fulltext query language used by the /cards/search endpoint.
  - term: User-Agent Header
    description: Required descriptive header identifying the API client on every request.
  - term: Accept Header
    description: Required header declaring the desired response media type.
  - term: Rate Limit
    description: Maximum sustained request rate; Scryfall asks for under 10 requests per second.