Languages

Scryfall archives Magic cards in 17 languages (including some unofficial languages).

Each Card object indicates its language in the lang property using an ISO-like code. When available, cards may also include their printed text in printed_name, printed_type_line, and printed_text fields.

Please note that Oracle text is always English, per game rules. Cards printed in non-English languages are a translation of the Oracle text at the time the card was printed, but these texts do not receive errata.

Our support for multiple languages in older sets is limited. We are expanding this data slowly over time.

The current languages are:

Code Printed Code Language Cards Examples

en

en

English

100,139

Example Cards

es

sp

Spanish

46,008

Example Cards

fr

fr

French

50,076

Example Cards

de

de

German

49,739

Example Cards

it

it

Italian

45,592

Example Cards

pt

pt

Portuguese

38,610

Example Cards

ja

jp

Japanese

53,090

Example Cards

ko

kr

Korean

15,314

Example Cards

ru

ru

Russian

21,569

Example Cards

zhs

cs

Simplified Chinese

40,504

Example Cards

zht

ct

Traditional Chinese

23,441

Example Cards

he

Hebrew

1

Example Cards

la

Latin

1

Example Cards

grc

Ancient Greek

3

Example Cards

ar

Arabic

1

Example Cards

sa

Sanskrit

1

Example Cards

ph

ph

Phyrexian

49

Example Cards