| Key | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _id | This is an unmutable, unique, key that every card will have. | |
| artist | "John Avon" | This is the name of the artist for the specific print of a card. Some artist names may not match due to misprints being corrected. |
| cmc | 8 | This is normally an integer of the converted mana cost of the card. In some situations, this might be a float because some cards have halfs (i.e. "Litte Girl") in their costs. Cards that do not have this field have an implied cmc of 0. |
| colorIdentity | ["U","G","B"] | This field tells you all the colors this card interacts with. For example, General Tazri has an ability that costs all 5 colors, so his color identity is all colors. |
| colors | ["Blue", "Green", "Black"] | The colors the card is. For example, General Tazri is White only. |
| flavor | "The Izzet quickly suspended their policy of lifetime guarantees." | The flavor text of the card. Will not be set if a card does not have flavor text. |
| layout | "normal" | The possible layouts a card can have. ENUM values: normal, split, flip, double-faced, token, plane, scheme, phenomenon, leveler, vanguard, meld |
| legalities | An array of what formats this card is legal, restricted, or banned in. | |
| loyalty | 3 | This card's loyalty. Will not be set if the card does not use loyalty. |
| manacost | 1{G}{G} | This is the card's mana cost. If a card does not have a mana cost, such as Ancestral Vision, this field will not be set. Note that manacost 0 is different from not having a mana cost. |
| multiverseid | 159097 | This is the card's multiverse ID which is assigned to the card via Gatherer. If a card is not on gatherer, this field will not be set. |
| name | "Phelddagrif" | This is the name of the card. |
| names | These are alternative cards that relate to the card. This is where cards like Ludevic's Test Subject will have the flip side name and split cards will have the other half's name. | |
| number | 150 | The card number in the set, as defined on the card. |
| originalText | If the oracle wording of a card was updated, this field will be set with the original text of the card. | |
| originalType | If the oracle wording of a card's type was updated, this field will be set with the original type of the card. | |
| power | 4 | This is the power of the card. Will only be set if the card has a power. |
| printings | This is an array which contains the 3 letter set code for all sets this card was printed in. | |
| rarity | "rare" | This is the rarity of the card. ENUM: common, uncommon, rare, mythic rare, special |
| releaseDate | This field is set for promo cards that are not released within sets. An exmaple of this is this version of Dragon Broodmother. | |
| rullings | This is an array of rullings found on Gatherer for the card. Will not be set if no rullings. | |
| subTypes | ["Eldrazi", "Spawn"] | This is an array of the subtypes for cards. Ex: "Legendary Artifact Creature -- Eldrazi Spawn" will yield ["Eldrazi", "Spawn"] |
| superTypes | ["Legendary"] | This is an array of the supertypes for cards. Ex: "Legendary Artifact Creature -- Eldrazi Spawn" will yield ["Legendary"]. |
| text | This is the rules text of a card. Does not contain flavor text. | |
| toughness | 4 | This is the toughness of the card. Will only be set if the card has a toughness. |
| type | "Legendary Artifact Creature -- Eldrazi Spawn" | This is the full type line of a card. |
| types | ["Artifact", "Creature"] | This is an array of types. Ex: "Legendary Artifact Creature -- Eldrazi Spawn" will yield ["Artifact", "Creature"] |
| watermark | "Golgari" | This will be set if a card has a watermark, such as Abrupt Decay |
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