No "Tap" in Search Engine

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Post by CamraMaan » 3 years ago

This is a common problem on most (all?) MTG card database search engines, that they never let you search cards for the Tap symbol, which is unfortunate since half the game is based on tapping cards. Please be different, unique, and awesome, and make that symbol searchable in the card database! Start the trend, and be the cool kid on the block... ;)
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Post by Feyd_Ruin » 3 years ago

The tap symbol is fully searchable.
Just search for {t} in the Oracle text area.

Here's an example looking for 1cc green cards that have "{t}: Add" in their text (ie: Mana dorks)
(Hit the "Modify search" to see exactly what I typed, etc)

Symbols are generally written out in {symbol} form in the database, since they are converted to plain text.

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Post by spacemonaut » 3 years ago

Searching for the {T} symbol is standard in all the MTG search engines I'm aware of. : )

The same is the case for Scryfall: oracle:{t} finds cards with the tap symbol. In its advanced search put {t} into the Text field.

In Gatherer's advanced search put {t} into the Rules Text field:
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+[{t}]

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