Search Guide

Use search to find commander decks by commander, color identity, cards, tags, oracle text, printings, dates, and built-in filters.

You can keep it simple and type something like atraxa, or build a more specific search like cm:atraxa card:"Sol Ring" is:legal.

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Type a commander name to search commanders: atraxa
Put filters next to each other to narrow results: atraxa tag:blink
Use OR when either option should match: cm:atraxa OR cm:voja
Put - in front to exclude something: -tag:budget
Use parentheses when you want to group part of the query: (cm:atraxa OR cm:voja) is:legal
Sort the results with order: and dir:: order:name dir:asc

Search Basics

Bare words search commander names. atraxa works like commander:atraxa.
Putting clauses next to each other means AND.
AND and OR are case-insensitive, but they must be separate words.
Negation uses -, not NOT.
Use double quotes for values with spaces, such as card:"Sol Ring".
Field names are case-insensitive.
Parentheses control order of operations.
Search order is: parentheses, then negation, then AND, then OR.
Unknown fields and unknown card names return an error instead of being silently ignored.

Commander vs Deck Filters

Every field matches at one of two levels, and the field cards below are tagged with which one:

Commander filters match a property of the commander itself — its name, color identity, oracle text, and the sets it appears in. They decide which commanders show up.
Deck filters look inside the individual decks built for a commander — the cards they run, their tags, and when they were last updated. A commander matches when at least one of its decks matches, and results reflect how many of its decks qualify.

You can freely combine both. cm:atraxa card:"Sol Ring" keeps commanders named Atraxa (a commander filter) whose decks actually run Sol Ring (a deck filter).

Supported Fields

commandercmcmdrCommander

Search by commander name.

Operators: : contains text · = exact name
Examples: cm:atraxacommander=“Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice”

ciCommander

Filter by color identity.

Operators: : or <= subset · >= superset · = exact match
Examples: ci:wuci>=wuci=wubrg

oracleoCommander

Match the commander’s rules text (and name).

Operators: : contains text · /regex/ regular expression
Examples: o:flyingoracle:“draw a card”o:/deals? damage/

setsCommander

Match the set a commander was printed in.

Operators: : printed in set · = only from set
Examples: set:mh3s:cmmset=lea

releasedrelCommander

Filter by a commander’s set release date.

Operators: : = > >= < <= against a yyyy-MM-dd date
Examples: released>=2024-01-01rel<2015-01-01

isCommander

Apply a built-in filter.

Operators: :
Examples: is:legalis:partneris:new

cardccnDeck

Find decks that contain a card.

Operators: : · = · !=
Examples: card:“Sol Ring”-card:“Mana Crypt”

tagtDeck

Match a deck tag.

Operators: : · =
Examples: tag:blink-tag:budget

updatedupDeck

Filter decks by when they were last updated.

Operators: : = > >= < <= against a yyyy-MM-dd date
Examples: updated>=2025-01-01up<2024-06-01

includeModifier

Widen results to nonstandard commanders.

Operators: :
Examples: include:extras

orderModifier

Sort the results by a field.

Operators: :
Examples: order:nameorder:releasedorder:color

dirModifier

Choose ascending or descending order.

Operators: :
Examples: dir:ascdir:desc

Search by Commander

Commander filter.

Bare text searches commander names with a case-insensitive contains match.
commander: works the same way.
commander= does a case-insensitive exact match.
commander!=... is not supported. Use -commander:... instead.
Aliases: cm, cmdr.

Examples:

atraxa
commander:"Atraxa, Praetors' Voice"
commander="Atraxa, Praetors' Voice"
-cm:atraxa

Search by Color Identity

Commander filter.

Use the letters W, U, B, R, and G.

ci:wu means the deck’s color identity is a subset of white-blue.
ci<=wu means the same thing as ci:wu.
ci>=wu means the deck includes both white and blue.
ci=wu means the deck is exactly white-blue.
Only :, <=, >=, and = are supported. A bare > or < is not.

Examples:

ci:w
ci:wu
ci>=br
ci=wubrg

Search by Oracle Text

Commander filter.

oracle: searches the commander’s combined rules text and card name.

oracle: and oracle= both do a case-insensitive contains match.
Wrap a value in /…/ to match a case-insensitive regular expression instead.
A quoted value like oracle:"/x/" stays a literal substring rather than a pattern.
Alias: o.

Examples:

o:flying
oracle:"whenever this creature attacks"
o:/draw (a|two) cards?/
-o:trample

Search by Set

Commander filter.

set: matches commanders whose card was originally printed in a given set, using Scryfall set codes.

Set codes are case-insensitive, so set:MH3 matches mh3.
set: matches when any of the commander’s cards came from that set.
set= is an exact match: the commander’s only original printing is that set. This mostly matters for single-card commanders and rarely matches partners.
An unknown set code matches nothing rather than erroring.
Alias: s.

Examples:

set:mh3
s:cmm
set=lea

Search by Release Date

Commander filter.

released: filters commanders by the release date of the set their card comes from. Dates are yyyy-MM-dd.

released: and released= mean that exact release day.
>, >=, <, and <= compare against the date.
A commander matches when any of its original sets satisfies the comparison.
Sets without a known release date never match.
Alias: rel.

Examples:

released:2023-11-17
released>=2024-01-01
rel<2015-01-01
ci:wu rel>=2022-01-01

Built-In Filters

Commander filter.

Supported is: values:

Value	Meaning
`legal`	The commander is legal in the format.
`partner`	The deck uses multiple commanders.
`new`	The commander appears in one of the ten most recently released sets.

Examples:

is:legal
is:partner
is:new
cm:tymna is:partner

Search by Card

Deck filter.

Card searches use exact card names, not partial text.
Matching is case-insensitive.
Multi-word card names must be quoted.
If a card name cannot be resolved, the query returns an error.
card: and card= match decks that run the card; card!= matches decks that do not.
Aliases: c, cn.

Examples:

card:"Sol Ring"
c:"Smothering Tithe"
cn!="Mana Crypt"
card:"Sol Ring" OR card:"Arcane Signet"

Search by Tag

Deck filter.

Tag matching is exact, not partial.
tag: and tag= behave the same way.
tag!=... is not supported. Use -tag:... instead.
Alias: t.

Examples:

tag:blink
t:sacrifice
-tag:budget

Search by Last Updated

Deck filter.

updated: filters decks by the day they were last changed. Dates are yyyy-MM-dd.

updated: and updated= mean that exact day.
>, >=, <, and <= compare against the date.
Stored dates are truncated to the day, so up>2024-01-01 means “updated on 2024-01-02 or later”.
Because it inspects individual decks, this is a deck filter — a commander matches when one of its decks qualifies.
Alias: up.

Examples:

updated>=2025-01-01
up<2024-06-01
cm:atraxa up>=2025-01-01

Including Extras

Result modifier.

By default, searches only return standard commanders. Use include:extras to widen the results to nonstandard commanders as well, such as:

Planeswalkers used as commanders.
Nonlegendary creatures used as commanders.
Illegal partner combinations.

include:extras shows these alongside the standard results. It combines with any other filters, so you can scope the extras just like a normal search.

Examples:

include:extras
ci:ur include:extras
cm:"Jodah, the Unifier" include:extras

Ordering Results

Result modifier.

Use order: to sort the results and dir: to choose the direction. Both apply to the whole search, so keep them at the top level — they only take effect outside OR, -, and parentheses.

Supported order: values:

Value	Sorts by	Aliases
`popularity`	How many decks use the commander (the default).	`pop`, `decks`
`name`	Commander name, alphabetically.
`released`	Set release date.	`release`, `date`
`color`	Color identity.	`colour`, `ci`

Supported dir: values:

Value	Meaning	Aliases
`asc`	Ascending.	`ascending`
`desc`	Descending.	`descending`

Leave order: off to sort by popularity.
Leave dir: off to use each field’s natural direction.
order: and dir: values are case-insensitive.

Examples:

order:name
order:released dir:desc
cm:atraxa order:color
is:legal order:name dir:asc

Putting It Together

Examples:

cm:atraxa is:legal
cm:atraxa ci>=wubg
card:"Sol Ring" -tag:budget
(cm:atraxa OR cm:voja) is:partner
o:flying ci:wu set:mh3
is:new released>=2024-01-01 up>=2025-01-01
ci:wu is:legal order:name dir:asc

Quoting Tips

Use double quotes for anything with spaces.
Quoted text is treated as one value.
Bare words are split on whitespace.
Escape quotes and regular expression slashes by preceding them with a backslash.

Examples:

"Sol Ring"
card:"The One Ring"
commander:"Atraxa, Praetors' Voice"
cm:"Henzie \"Toolbox\" Torre"

Common Mistakes

NOT tag:budget: use -tag:budget instead.
card:sol: card searches need an exact card name such as card:"Sol Ring".
tag:bud: tag search is exact, not partial.
commander!=atraxa: use -commander:atraxa instead.
ci>wu: use ci>=wu, ci<=wu, ci:wu, or ci=wu.
released:2024: dates must be full yyyy-MM-dd, such as released:2024-01-01.
set:"Modern Horizons 3": use the set code, such as set:mh3.
(cm:atraxa order:name): keep order: and dir: at the top level, not inside OR, -, or parentheses.