MTG API (magicthegathering.io)

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Not a mockup — this is what MTG API (magicthegathering.io) actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 722 ms).

{
  "cards": [
    {
      "name": "Ancestor's Chosen",
      "manaCost": "{5}{W}{W}",
      "cmc": 7,
      "colors": [
        "W"
      ],
      "colorIdentity": [
        "W"
      ],
      "type": "Creature — Human Cleric",
      "types": [
        "Creature"
      ],
      "subtypes": [
        "Human",
        "Cleric"
      ],
      "rarity": "Uncommon",
      "set": "10E",
      "setName": "Tenth Edition",
      "text": "First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)\nWhen Ancestor's Chosen enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each card in your graveyard.",
      "artist": "Pete Venters",
      "number": "1",
      "power": "4",

💻 Copy-paste code

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// MTG API (magicthegathering.io) — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/cards?pageSize=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# MTG API (magicthegathering.io) with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/cards?pageSize=1")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# MTG API (magicthegathering.io) from your terminal
curl "https://api.magicthegathering.io/v1/cards?pageSize=1"

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