openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Pokémon TCG Cards API
  description: The Pokémon TCG API is a free, community-run REST API (created and maintained by Andrew Backes) that serves Pokémon Trading Card Game data - every card across every set, with attacks, abilities, weaknesses, resistances, format legalities, high-resolution card images, and current market prices from TCGplayer and Cardmarket. The read-only surface covers cards, sets, and the metadata vocabularies (types, subtypes, supertypes, and rarities) used to filter them. Card and set search uses a Lucene-like query syntax via the q parameter - keyword and phrase matching, AND/OR/NOT logic, wildcards, exact matching, inclusive/exclusive range searches, and dot-notation nested-field filters (for example set.id:sm1 or legalities.standard:banned). Requests work without authentication at a reduced rate limit; a free API key from the Pokémon TCG Developer Portal (https://dev.pokemontcg.io), sent in the X-Api-Key header, raises the limits substantially.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Pokémon TCG API
    url: https://pokemontcg.io
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/PokemonTCG/pokemon-tcg-data/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2
  description: Production
security:
- {}
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Cards
  description: Individual Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards with full gameplay data, images, legalities, and market prices.
paths:
  /cards:
    get:
      operationId: searchCards
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Search cards
      description: Search for one or many cards given a Lucene-like search query. Every field in the card object is searchable, including nested fields via dot notation (set.id, attacks.name, legalities.standard). Supports keyword and phrase matching, AND/OR/NOT logic, wildcards (name:char*), exact matching (!name:charizard), and range searches (hp:[150 TO *], nationalPokedexNumbers:[1 TO 151]).
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'The search query, using the Lucene-like syntax. Example: name:charizard (subtypes:mega OR subtypes:vmax)'
        schema:
          type: string
        example: name:charizard subtypes:mega
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrderBy'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Select'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of cards matching the query.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Card'
                  page:
                    type: integer
                    example: 1
                  pageSize:
                    type: integer
                    example: 250
                  count:
                    type: integer
                    description: Number of cards in this page.
                  totalCount:
                    type: integer
                    description: Total cards matching the query.
                    example: 20359
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
  /cards/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the card, for example xy1-1 or base1-4.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: xy1-1
    get:
      operationId: getCard
      tags:
      - Cards
      summary: Get a card
      description: Fetch the details of a single card by its ID (for example xy1-1).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested card.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Card'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  schemas:
    TcgplayerPrice:
      type: object
      properties:
        low:
          type: number
        mid:
          type: number
        high:
          type: number
        market:
          type: number
        directLow:
          type: number
          nullable: true
    TypeValue:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          example: Fire
        value:
          type: string
          example: ×2
    Legalities:
      type: object
      description: Format legality (legal or banned) where present.
      properties:
        standard:
          type: string
          example: Legal
        expanded:
          type: string
          example: Legal
        unlimited:
          type: string
          example: Legal
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
              example: Bad Request. Your request is either malformed, or is missing one or more required fields.
            code:
              type: integer
              example: 400
    Set:
      type: object
      description: A Pokémon Trading Card Game set (expansion).
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: base1
        name:
          type: string
          example: Base
        series:
          type: string
          example: Base
        printedTotal:
          type: integer
          description: The number printed on cards in the set.
          example: 102
        total:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of cards in the set, including secret rares.
          example: 102
        legalities:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Legalities'
        ptcgoCode:
          type: string
          description: The code used in Pokémon TCG Online / Live.
          example: BS
        releaseDate:
          type: string
          example: 1999/01/09
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          example: 2022/10/10 15:12:00
        images:
          type: object
          properties:
            symbol:
              type: string
              format: uri
            logo:
              type: string
              format: uri
    Card:
      type: object
      description: A single Pokémon Trading Card Game card.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique card identifier (set ID plus card number).
          example: xy1-1
        name:
          type: string
          example: Venusaur-EX
        supertype:
          type: string
          description: Energy, Pokémon, or Trainer.
          example: Pokémon
        subtypes:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - Basic
          - EX
        level:
          type: string
          description: Level of the card (mostly on older cards).
        hp:
          type: string
          example: '180'
        types:
          type: array
          description: Energy types of the card.
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - Grass
        evolvesFrom:
          type: string
          example: Ivysaur
        evolvesTo:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        rules:
          type: array
          description: Any rules associated with the card (EX rule, VMAX rule, Trainer rule).
          items:
            type: string
        ancientTrait:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            text:
              type: string
        abilities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              text:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
                example: Ability
        attacks:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                example: Solar Beam
              cost:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              convertedEnergyCost:
                type: integer
              damage:
                type: string
                example: '120'
              text:
                type: string
        weaknesses:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TypeValue'
        resistances:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TypeValue'
        retreatCost:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        convertedRetreatCost:
          type: integer
        set:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Set'
        number:
          type: string
          description: The number of the card within its set.
          example: '1'
        artist:
          type: string
          example: Eske Yoshinob
        rarity:
          type: string
          example: Rare Holo EX
        flavorText:
          type: string
        nationalPokedexNumbers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          example:
          - 3
        legalities:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Legalities'
        regulationMark:
          type: string
          example: D
        images:
          type: object
          properties:
            small:
              type: string
              format: uri
            large:
              type: string
              format: uri
              description: High-resolution card image.
        tcgplayer:
          type: object
          description: TCGplayer market pricing, updated daily.
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            updatedAt:
              type: string
              example: 2026/07/11
            prices:
              type: object
              description: Price variants (normal, holofoil, reverseHolofoil, 1stEdition, and others), each with low, mid, high, market, and directLow values in USD.
              additionalProperties:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TcgplayerPrice'
        cardmarket:
          type: object
          description: Cardmarket pricing in euros, updated daily.
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
            updatedAt:
              type: string
            prices:
              type: object
              description: Cardmarket price points including averageSellPrice, lowPrice, trendPrice, reverse-holo variants, and 1/7/30-day averages.
              additionalProperties:
                type: number
  parameters:
    OrderBy:
      name: orderBy
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The field(s) to order the results by, comma delimited. Prefix a field with a hyphen for descending order, for example orderBy=name,-number or orderBy=-set.releaseDate.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: name,-number
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The page of data to access.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1
        minimum: 1
    PageSize:
      name: pageSize
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The maximum number of results to return (max 250).
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 250
        maximum: 250
    Select:
      name: select
      in: query
      required: false
      description: A comma delimited list of fields to return in the response, for example select=id,name,rarity. All fields are returned by default.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: id,name,rarity
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource does not exist.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: The rate limit has been exceeded.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was unacceptable, often due to an incorrect query string parameter.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      description: Optional API key from the Pokémon TCG Developer Portal (https://dev.pokemontcg.io). Requests without a key still work but are rate limited to 1,000 requests/day (max 30/minute); a free key raises the default limit to 20,000 requests/day.