Scryfall FAQs & Help
Answers to questions commonly asked about Scryfall:
What kind of cards does Scryfall index? →
Scryfall currently indexes Magic cards that someone could obtain, collect, or feasibly build with for official or casual formats.
What is Scryfall's spoiler policy? →
Scryfall tries our best to input previews within 24 hours.
Other places to find Scryfall →
Scryfall is available on Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit, and other services
Why do you use joke names for non-English preview cards? →
Why don't you just use a translation service or get someone to help?
Why are some images blurry or placeholders? →
Why haven't you updated the images?
Where do Scryfall prices come from? →
How does Scryfall decide what price to use?
How does Scryfall handle non-English card text? →
Scryfall transcribes non-English cards as printed, including all translation errors or omissions.
Will you add support for my community format? →
How does Scryfall decide to support a format?
I can't sign in to Scryfall →
What can I do if I get locked out?
I'm having trouble registering for Scryfall →
How can I start over?
Where did the deck tray or "Add to Deck" button go? →
You can bring them back by editing a deck
What do the different legalities mean? →
What is the difference between "banned" and "not legal"?
What's the deal with Pauper legality? →
How does Pauper work on Scryfall.
What’s the deal with Old School legality? →
Where does Old School information come from?
Where are the oversized cards or joke cards? →
Where are the vanguards, planes, schemes, and holiday cards, and celebration cards?
How do I print cards? →
Do you support printing proxies?
About Scryfall deck limits →
What's the maximum number of entries per deck?
Where did Saved Cards go? →
The Saved Cards feature was removed on Oct 31, 2019.
About maintenance and read-only mode →
When Scryfall performs maintenance on our database, we put the site in read-only mode. You cannot modify your account or deck information during read-only mode.
Why do some cards have content warnings? →
In Jun 2020, Wizards of the Coast made a decision to ban certain older Magic cards. These cards are presented with content warnings when browsing Scryfall.
I'm having trouble accessing the Scryfall API, or I'm blocked →
In some cases, you may receive access restriction errors when trying to use the Scryfall API or download our static files.
What is Scryfall built with? →
Scryfall is built with Ruby and Postgres, and a lot of image pipelines.