4. Search text

Basic examples

llanowar elves	yields cards that have either llanowar OR elves in any field
"llanowar elves"	in contrast yelds cards that contain both words in exactly same order in some field
name:"llanowar elves"	restricts the search to name field only
llanowar AND elves	requires both words to be present without restricting the order of words nor requiring them to appear in the same field

Intellisense

Hit Ctrl + Space within search input to get a list of suggested values. The hint shows possible field names and known values for the field you specified

Caveats

name: shivan dragon	will not search cards with name shivan dragon because the query is equivalent to name: shivan OR *:dragon where * means any field. Each unquoted word is a separate term joined to others by OR unless you write AND between them. Correct queries would be name: "shivan dragon" or name:(shivan OR dragon)
angel	will not match words like angelic. Use wildcards * and ? to search by partial word, e.g. angel*
	Search is case-INsensitive. However boolean operators AND OR NOT must be written uppercase.

Search by keyword ability

keywords: "deal damage"

Filter buttons above search input do the same but provide far less keywords. Values containing whitespace must be quoted.

Search similar cards

like: displace	Search cards similar to a given another card. Cards are compared by Text and GeneratedMana fields. Colon must be followed by a card name
like: "thalia's lieutenant"	Name containing whitespace must be quoted "
like: "predator ooze" ~0.75	To reduce or increase count of cards in search result change similarity in slop modifier, e.g. ~0.8. Default is 0.6.
Instead of typing the query manually, click the button on top-right corner of card image. The query will be added to search input. Search result is ordered to show most similar cards first unless it is sorted by some card fields

More syntax details

Query language used in search text is Lucene.

feature	example	comment
Boolean operators and nesting	((angel OR demon) AND legendary)
Search in a specific field	Name:Ooze
Searh in any field	disk
Search the entire phrase	"Llanowar elves"	using quotes
Default operator is OR	Type:(Rogue Rat)	matches any card of types Rogue OR Rat
* means 0 or more characters	Subtype:(*ngel OR dem* OR human)	control whether you search by word's prefix, suffix or you need exact word
? means any one character	su????*	searches a word starting with su that has at least 6 characters
Search by regular expression	nameen:/[ab]nge.{1,2}|demon/	forward slashes / delimit regular expression
Search by approximate spelling	neviniral~	returns NevinYrral's Disk and other cards mentioning Nevinyrral in text
Desired minimum similarity	neviniral~0.2 neviniral~0.9	default similarity is 0.5 min is 0, max is 1
Proximity search	"Mana color"~2	searches for text where words mana and color have 2 or less words between them
	"dealt damage"~2.5	Use fractional modifier to allow reverse words order in matched text.
Range search	powerNum:[1 TO 4]	correctly filters number fields. No power 11 cards will appear between 1 and 4
	PricingMid:{100 TO *}	searches cards with price strictly > than 100$
	Cmc:{0 TO 2]	curly brace { makes non- inclusive boundary. square ] brace makes it inclusive: 0 < ManaCost <= 2
Range search with text	Name:[a TO ced]	any word which lies between 'a' and 'ced' in alphanumerical order
Term boosting	Angel^3 OR Demon	booster ^3 affects search result sort order. It multiplies relevance for angel matches by 3

Complex phrase query

In addition to basic Lucene query syntax, complex phrases are allowed:

text: "/counters?/ (on OR from) it"	First word in a phrase is defined by a regular expression subquery, second by a boolean subquery. Third word it is defined like in regular phrase.
text: "/counters?/ (on OR from) it"~2	Modifier ~2 allows up to 2 words between phrase terms.
text: "/deal(s|t)?/ damage"~0.5	Use fractional modifier to allow reverse order of words in matched text.

Search input keyboard shortcuts

result	action
show intellisense	Ctrl+SPACE or Down
select value from intellisense	Up/Down arrows to choose, ENTER to select
hide intellisense	ESC
apply modified query	ENTER or wait 1 second
Intellisense on field name	Ctrl+SPACE when caret is to the left of :
	Ctrl+SPACE when search text is empty
Intellisense on value	Type something, press Ctrl+SPACE
Intellisense on specific field's value	Type field name, type :, hit Ctrl+SPACE
Cycle field value alphabetically without intellisense menu	Move cursor to the field value to be cycled Alt+ Down to replace with next value Alt+ Up to replace with previous value
Erase one word	Ctrl+Backspace
Undo	Ctrl+Z or Alt+Left
Redo	Ctrl+Y or Alt+Right