Scryfall Scraper API
Let's be clear: the Scryfall API is free, excellent, and should be your first stop for Magic card data. This page is for the overflow – when its 10 requests-per-second rate limit, bulk-data update cycle, or API-shaped output doesn't fit the job. Our scraper API covers exactly those gaps.
* This scraper is now a part of the Web Scraping API.
125M+
IPs worldwide
99.99%
success rate
200
requests per second
100+
ready-made templates
Free
starter plan
Be ahead of the Scryfall scraping game

What is Scryfall scraper API?
Scryfall runs one of the best free APIs in the hobby space, so a scraper only earns its place at the edges. Those edges are real:
- Sustained jobs that outgrow the 10 req/s courtesy limit
- Page-level data the API doesn't mirror, like rendered rulings layouts
- Point-in-time captures between bulk-data refreshes
- Pipelines that want HTML or Markdown instead of API JSON
The honest recommendation stays: exhaust the official Scryfall API and its bulk files first. When a research job, ML dataset build, or market tracker needs more than the courtesy limits allow, the scraper picks up from there at whatever pace you schedule – politely.

Collect Scryfall data
Working alongside a free API means being a good citizen twice over. Pacing is the whole design: the Web Scraping API fetches Scryfall's public pages at a rate you control, while datacenter proxies hold per-IP request rates modest instead of hammering from one address. Card pages are static-friendly, which keeps requests cheap and quick, and Markdown output hands rulings and oracle text to an LLM pipeline as ready-made blocks.
Built-in scraper
JavaScript rendering
Easy API integration
195+ geo-locations, including country-, state-, and city-level targeting
No CAPTCHAs or IP blocks
Scrape Scryfall with Python, Node.js, or cURL
Our Scryfall Scraper API supports all popular programming languages for smooth integration with your business tools.
Get more from the Scryfall scraper API
Scrape Scryfall using an API that handles JavaScript rendering and proxy integration for you, so you get the data you need without blocks or CAPTCHAs.
100% success rate
You pay per delivered card or search page – rate-limited responses recycle without billing.
Advanced anti-bot bypass
Scryfall's protections are light and reasonable – distributed pacing respects them while jobs still finish.
Real-time or on-demand results
Fetch one card's current printing data instantly, or capture a full set's pages between bulk updates.
125M+ proxy pool
Card data is geography-free – geo-targeting stays available but idle for this target.
JavaScript rendering
Most card pages serve fully server-side – rendering switches on only for the interactive corners.
Easy integration
Search-syntax URLs from the site work verbatim as scraper inputs – your q= strings carry over.
What does Web Scraping API cost?
Choose a plan based on your scraping volume. All plans include the same powerful features – you only pay for what you use. Start with the free plan to test before committing.
Plan prices
+VAT / Billed monthly
Rate limit
All prices shown are per 1K req.
Plan price
$0
+VAT / Billed monthly
Request type
Price per 1k req.
2K req.
$0.50
1K req.
$0.75
1K req.
$1.00
667 req.
$1.50
Rate limit
10 req/s
Plan price
$19
+VAT / Billed monthly
Request type
Price per 1k req.
38K req.
$0.50
25K req.
$0.75
19K req.
$1.00
12K req.
$1.50
Rate limit
10 req/s
Plan price
$49
+VAT / Billed monthly
Request type
Price per 1k req.
163K req.
$0.30
75K req.
$0.65
54K req.
$0.90
39K req.
$1.25
Rate limit
25 req/s
Plan price
$99
+VAT / Billed monthly
Request type
Price per 1k req.
707K req.
$0.14
165K req.
$0.60
116K req.
$0.85
82K req.
$1.20
Rate limit
50 req/s
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Request type
Price per 1k req.
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Custom
Custom
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Rate limit
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For low-security sites and simple access
For accessing guarded or sensitive pages
With each plan, you access:
99.99% success rate
Results in HTML, JSON, CSV, XHR or PNG
MCP server
JavaScript rendering
AI integrations
100+ pre-built templates
Supports search, pagination, and filtering
LLM-ready markdown format
24/7 tech support
14-day money-back
SSL Secure Payment
Your information is protected by 256-bit SSL
Why the scraping community chooses Decodo
135K+ developers, SEOs, and data teams rely on Decodo to collect public web data at scale – including from Scryfall. Whether you're shipping a side project or running production pipelines, our infrastructure is built to keep your Scryfall scraper running while you focus on what to do with the data.
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Other APIs
125M+ residential, mobile, datacenter, and ISP proxies
Manage proxy rotation yourself
Limited proxy pools
Advanced browser fingerprinting
Build CAPTCHA solvers
Frequent CAPTCHA blocks
Only pay for successful requests
Handle retries manually
Pay for failed requests
100+ ready-made scraping templates
Maintenance overhead
Complex documentation
Data in JSON, CSV, HTML, and Markdown formats
Days to implement
Limited output formats
Why the scraping community chooses Decodo
135K+ developers, SEOs, and data teams rely on Decodo to collect public web data at scale – including from Scryfall. Ship a side project or run production pipelines – our infrastructure keeps your Scryfall scraper running while you focus on what to do with the data.
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Frequently asked questions
Is it legal to scrape Scryfall?
Law isn't the only thing worth weighing. Community projects like Scryfall run on limited resources, and courtesy costs less than a dispute. Keep requests modest and credit the source. See ethical scraping practices for more.
How does the Scryfall scraper API bypass blocks and CAPTCHAs?
This is the rare target where the right answer is restraint. Scryfall applies simple rate limits rather than commercial bot detection, and the scraper's job is distributing load – multiple modest-rate exits instead of one hot IP – with automatic retries on the occasional 429. Sustainable access is the feature.
What output formats does the Scryfall scraper API support?
Card and search pages return in any of HTML, parsed JSON, or Markdown – that last one surprisingly good for rules text destined for LLM applications. If you're post-processing card data in Python anyway, our primer on the Python requests workflow shows the receiving end of the pipeline.
Can I geo-target Scryfall requests to a specific country or city?
You can, though card data doesn't vary by country, so geo-targeting mostly stays parked here. The 195+ geo-locations matter for one thing: spreading request origins so no single region's exits carry the whole job's rate.
How fast is the Scryfall scraper API and can it handle large-scale jobs?
Fast enough that the constraint flips – the design question is how slow to go out of respect for a community resource. Scheduled runs at modest rates capture full sets overnight, concurrency stays available for deadline crunches, and the pipeline holds any pace you pick.
Can I try the Scryfall scraper API for free?
Yes, and the free starter plan is honestly the right size for this target – up to 2K requests, activated with no credit card, covers most one-off set captures entirely. Scale only if a recurring job demands it.
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