MTGRESOLVER

authoritative dns for magic: the gathering

About

mtgresolver is a custom authoritative DNS server.
It serves Magic: The Gathering cards as TXT records.

Each card name is a hostname.
Each rules text is returned by the zone.

Querying a Card

Query any card by its name, hyphenated, under card.mtgresolver.com.

dig TXT lightning-bolt.card.mtgresolver.com

This returns all available fields: mana cost, type, rules text, and power/toughness or loyalty where applicable.

Field Prefixes

You can request a specific field by prepending a prefix to the card name:

dig TXT mana.lightning-bolt.card.mtgresolver.com	mana cost
dig TXT type.lightning-bolt.card.mtgresolver.com	type line
dig TXT text.lightning-bolt.card.mtgresolver.com	oracle text
dig TXT pt.tarmogoyf.card.mtgresolver.com	power / toughness
dig TXT loyalty.jace-the-mind-sculptor.card.mtgresolver.com	starting loyalty

Philosophy

DNS is a naming system.
Magic has over 36000 cards.

This project treats cards as subdomains.
The authoritative source reveals their text.