Search syntax

Every operator the language reads, with a worked example you can run. What each one does to a particular key is in that key's row further down.

Keys and values are case-insensitive, and so are or, and and not.

Bare words match the card name (each word, anywhere, case-insensitive): polar. !"Polar Bears" is the exact name. Cards whose rules text contains your words appear in a separate group below the name matches, so a bare word never silently mixes the two; use r: to search rules text on purpose.

Every key takes two operators, and the difference is the same one everywhere. : ignores where a value begins and ends; = respects it.

It is one idea, applied to whatever the key holds. A number is a single value, so m=3 is that value. The elements are a set, so e=water+fire is that set and no third. Rules text is a sequence of words, so r= is a whole word or a whole phrase. On the keys whose values come from a fixed list, a value has no inside to look at, so t:minion and t=minion ask the same question.

The whole-word reading applies to every key whose value is free text - n, r, a, tl, ft - by any of their spellings, so rules=draw is r=draw. A word ends wherever a character is not a letter or a number, so punctuation and line breaks divide words: r=step finds “step,” at the end of a sentence, and r=force finds “force-move”. A quoted phrase does not mind how much space sits between its words, so it still matches across the line break a rules box prints.

== and !== are accepted as other ways to write = and !=, so a doubled key lands on the operator you meant. And r=polar finds a word inside the text, which is not what !"Polar Bears" does: that is still the entire name and nothing else.

These filter cards.

All printing keys and printing flags in a query must be satisfied by one and the same printing of a card. t:minion s:alpha f:foil means minions with a printing that is both Alpha and foil; or between printing terms is judged printing by printing. Negating a printing term asks for a printing that lacks it: -is:foil is "has a non-foil printing".

Every numeric key — thr, air, earth, fire, water, m, pow, atk, def, l — and the date key date take : or = (equals), <, <=, >, >=, !=. A numeric key can compare to another: atk>def, m>=thr. thr is the four element thresholds added up, the total a deck has to reach; the element keys ask for one element each, so water>=2 fire:1 is two Water and one Fire. Dates accept YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD and compare as ranges: date<2024 is before 2024, date:2024-05 is within that month.

Any key whose values are names, rather than free text, accepts several at once: e:water+fire needs both, e:water,fire takes either. It works the same for the rest, so t:minion,site and sub:beast+spirit read as you would expect. No spaces around the separator, and don't mix + with , in one value: put the alternatives in parentheses instead. A printing key still has to be satisfied by a single printing, so f:foil,rainbow finds cards printed either way while f:foil+rainbow asks one printing to be both and finds nothing. != negates the whole list: e!=water,fire is neither of them. Elements also take = for the exact set: e=water+fire is the cards that are those two and nothing more.

Nothing is guessed. An unknown key, a value that is not one of the ones a key accepts (e:wateer, m:banana), a prefix too short to tell two values apart (rar:e — Exceptional or Elite?), an unusable operator or a half-finished value list is reported above the results, and the terms that were understood still run — so e:w + f tells you a value list takes no spaces rather than quietly searching for a card named “+”. Mixing + and , in one value is refused for the same reason: (e:water+fire or e:air) says which grouping you meant.

Terms are ANDed; or alternates; parentheses group: t:minion (e:water or e:air) -k:genesis. and is accepted and never required. Quote values with spaces: r:"draw a spell".

Saying not

Three spellings, one meaning — use whichever reads best to you. - in front of a term is the short one and the easiest to type: is:multi-element -t:site -e:air is the multi-element cards that are neither Sites nor Air. not is the same thing in words: not t:site. != is the same thing on the key, and reads best beside the other comparisons: t!=site, m!=3. They give identical results — - negates the whole term, which is exactly what != means.

A phone keyboard may offer ≠ where you want !=; the search does not read it, and will say so rather than looking for a card of that name.

unique: cardsprintsart — one row per card (the default, shown with the printing that matched or the default printing), every matching printing, or one per distinct artwork. sort: namecostthresholdpoweratkdeflifesetdateraritytype and order:asc|desc (name ascending by default; dates newest first). Everything lives in the URL, so a search is shareable. A query that is exactly an id (C000230, P000937) or an official slug jumps straight to its page.