What does that card do again? How much is it worth? Is it legal in Commander? MTG Card Finder answers all three: type any Magic: The Gathering card name and get its art, rules text, current market price and the formats where it is legal.
The data comes live from Scryfall, the community database that tracks every Magic card ever printed — including the newest sets, usually within hours of release.
How to use it
Type a card name — exact spelling is not required, the fuzzy search forgives typos — and press Find card. You get the card image, mana cost, type line, full rules text, set, rarity, USD and EUR prices, and every format where the card is legal. Switch to Full text search to search by rules text instead, for example type:dragon flying to list flying dragons.
A worked example
Search for Lightning Bolt. The tool shows the classic red instant: one red mana, “Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target”, with its current market price and a long legality list that includes Commander, Modern and Legacy. That one lookup settles deck-building arguments, trade values and “can I play this?” questions in seconds.
When it helps
Deck builders check text and legality while brewing. Traders check prices before a deal. New players learn what a card actually does without digging through a rulebook. Collectors identify a printing by set and rarity. And returning players catch up on sets they missed.
Honest limits
Prices are market snapshots that move daily — treat them as a guide, not a quote, and check a marketplace before buying or selling. Card text is shown in English, the language of the official Oracle text. Double-faced cards show their front face image; the back face text is in the full card record on Scryfall.
Reading a card like a player
A Magic card has four parts that matter. The mana cost, top right, is what you pay: symbols like {R} mean one red mana, numbers mean generic mana of any color. The type line tells you what it is — creature, instant, land — and the subtype, like Dragon or Elf, matters for decks built around a tribe. The rules text, the Oracle text, is the authoritative wording: what is printed on an old card can differ, and tournament play always uses the Oracle version. Finally, power and toughness (on creatures, bottom right) tell you how hard it hits and how much damage it survives.
Legality is the other half of the card. Formats are just different rule sets about which cards are allowed: Commander uses nearly everything, Standard uses only the most recent sets, Modern and Pioneer sit in between. If a card is legal in your format, you can play it; if it is banned or simply too old for that format, it stays in the binder.
FAQ
Is it free? Yes — unlimited searches, no sign-up.
Does it cover the newest sets? Yes — Scryfall adds new cards as sets release.
Why is a price sometimes blank? Some printings have no recent market listing in that currency; another printing of the same card usually does.
What does “legal in” mean? The formats (Commander, Standard, Modern, Pioneer and others) where the card may currently be played.
What is Oracle text? The official, updated wording of a card, maintained by the game’s rules team. Old printings sometimes say something slightly different; Oracle is what counts in play.
Can I search by set? Yes — use Full text search with a set code, for example set:lea for the original Alpha set, or combine it with a type, like set:neo type:creature.
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