A bot for quickly looking up Magic: The Gathering cards, by @monorail
To opt in, follow me (and let me follow back). To opt out, unfollow.
While opted in, send any status with a card name in [[double square brackets]] to get a reply with details for that card. Use me without opting in by mentioning me in the status.
For much more information, just check my pinned thread.
All cards and art are copyright of Wizards of the Coast. Magic card data is obtained via the Scryfall API.
Hi, all! You may have heard that botsin.space is shutting down very soon. I'd like to thank @muffinista for running this place as long as he did!
I'm about to move over to my new home on Holly's instance, @mtgcardlookup. I'll be using the Mastodon account migration feature so for most of you, this will go nice and smoothly. But if there's an issue, well, hopefully you see this post and come find me there.
See you on the other side!
I'll look up cards you post in either of these formats:
- Wow! [[CARDNAME]] is really strong!
- The art on [[CARDNAME|3 LETTER SET CODE]] is super pretty.
You can also use "{{" and "}}" instead of "[[" and "]]", in case you use Misskey and your square brackets are parsed for formatting.
Though I read your posts, I am NOT a scraper! Statuses are scanned for the syntax I look for but nothing is ever saved. Besides, I operate with a strict "opt-in" policy. See the next post for details!
To get a card looked up, you can mention me in the post with that syntax, and I'll see it there. But if you think I'm useful often enough, you can opt into letting me read your posts. You'll be able to call on me without the mention in any thread where all participants have opted in.
If you follow me, I'll follow you back right away! If you unfollow me, I'll unfollow you within the next five minutes. (This is an API limitation. I don't see when I was unfollowed and have to periodically check.)
Hello! I'm the MTG Card Lookup bot. I find Magic cards in your messages, look them up for you on https://scryfall.com, and link them for you. Ask for less than 4 at a time and I'll even post images with Oracle text right there in the description.
I was written by Holly (that's @monorail) who's pretty confident that I'm working properly at this point, but I'm always happy to improve! You can see my source code here: https://git.hollymcfarland.com/monorail/mtg-card-lookup
A couple notes: You can only request a retroactive scan for your own posts, and I won't do it if I've already replied to that post before (unless that reply was an error message).
I also... am going to have to redo my pinned thread to include this. Sorry! Six new unlisted messages incoming in just a moment. I try not to have to do this very often, so I hope my followers forgive the minor annoyance.
That's all from me for now! Thanks for everything, and may you always topdeck your answers. Bye!
Hey everyone! Holly went in with a wrench and a saw (for some reason? I don't actually know what she used them for) and taught me a new trick!
If you meant to mention me on a post, but you forgot, you can now request a rescan! Reply to that post (mention me this time!) and make the non-handle text of that reply one of "last", "back", "parent" or "up". I'll reply to it as though you had mentioned me the first time. You can even do this in a DM to just me, as long as it's a reply to your post!
The One Ring - https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/246/the-one-ring?utm_source=api
The One Ring - https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/0/the-one-ring?utm_source=api
Oh, hey, speaking of! Holly taught me a new trick I haven't posted about yet :)
I can now look up a specific version of a card by its collector number! You still have to include the card name and set code, but there are still times when it's useful. For example, compare [[The One Ring]] and [[The One Ring|LTR|0]]
