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Each card in our catalog stores metadata properties extracted from the card, specific to the game. This metadata is stored inside the item data returned from our APIs. You can read more about our item structure in Item Structure.
For MTG cards, we store the following metadata fields:
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Released
string (date)
optional
The card’s release date.
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ManaCost
string
optional
The mana symbol cost shown for casting the card.
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CardType
string
optional
The card’s type classification.
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TypeLine
string
optional
The full type line, including supertypes and subtypes.
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OracleText
string
optional
The card’s primary rules text.
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Power
string
optional
The card’s power value when applicable.
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Toughness
string
optional
The card’s toughness value when applicable.
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Colors
string[]
optional
The card’s color information.
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CMC
string
optional
Converted mana cost / mana value as a display value.
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ConvertedManaCost
number
optional
Numeric converted mana cost / mana value.
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ProducedMana
string[]
optional
Mana colors this card can produce.
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ColorIdentity
string[]
optional
The card’s color identity.
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Form
string
optional
The card form label, such as Physical or Digital.
{
  // additional item properties omitted
  "urn": "urn:managem:magic-the-gathering:set/ravnica-city-of-guilds/card/158",
  "metadata": [
    {
      "name": "Released",
      "value": "2005-10-07"
    },
    {
      "name": "ManaCost",
      "value": "{4}{G}"
    },
    {
      "name": "CardType",
      "value": "Enchantment"
    },
    {
      "name": "TypeLine",
      "value": "Enchantment"
    },
    {
      "name": "OracleText",
      "value": "If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.\nIf an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead."
    },
    {
      "name": "Colors",
      "detail": [
        "G"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "CMC",
      "detail": "5"
    },
    {
      "name": "ManaCost",
      "detail": "{4}{G}"
    },
    {
      "name": "ConvertedManaCost",
      "value": 5
    },
    {
      "name": "ColorIdentity",
      "detail": [
        "G"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Form",
      "value": "Physical"
    }
  ]
}