MTGTop8 Scraper - Magic Tournament & Decklist Archive

Scrape MTGTop8 — the canonical 20-year Magic: The Gathering tournament archive — for events, decklists, archetypes, and meta-share metrics across Standard, Modern, Legacy, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, and Limited formats.

What you get

Each record contains:

• Event metadata: event ID, name, date (ISO 8601), format, organizer, location, and player count
• Deck metadata: deck ID, archetype label, player name, placement
• Card lists: full mainboard and sideboard as comma-separated strings (4 Lightning Bolt, 4 Counterspell, ...)
• Counts: mainboard card count and sideboard card count
• Estimated value: MTGTop8's estimated deck price in USD

Five modes

Mode	Input	Output
format_events	Format code + meta window	List of events for that format
event	List of event URLs	All deck records from each event
deck	List of deck URLs	Full deck record with mainboard + sideboard
top_cards	Format code + meta window	Most-played cards by percentage
archetype	Format code + meta window	Archetype rollup with deck count + meta-share %

Usage

Fetch recent Standard events

{
  "mode": "format_events",
  "format": "ST",
  "metaWindow": 2,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Fetch all decks from a specific event

{
  "mode": "event",
  "eventUrls": ["https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=84830&f=ST"],
  "includeSideboard": true,
  "maxItems": 0
}

Fetch a single deck with full card list

{
  "mode": "deck",
  "deckUrls": ["https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=84830&d=844544&f=ST"],
  "includeSideboard": true
}

Get most-played cards for Modern

{
  "mode": "top_cards",
  "format": "MO",
  "metaWindow": 2
}

Get archetype meta-share for Legacy

{
  "mode": "archetype",
  "format": "LE",
  "metaWindow": 2
}

Supported formats

Code	Format
ST	Standard
MO	Modern
LE	Legacy
PI	Pioneer
VI	Vintage
PAU	Pauper
EDH	Commander (Duel Commander)
LI	Limited
PE	Peasant
BL	Block

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	format_events	Scraping mode (see Five Modes above)
format	string	ST	Format code
metaWindow	integer	3	Look-back window in months
eventUrls	array	—	Event URLs for event mode
deckUrls	array	—	Deck URLs for deck mode
includeSideboard	boolean	true	Whether to include sideboard cards
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum records to return (0 = unlimited)

Output schema

{
  "event_id": "84830",
  "event_url": "https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=84830&f=ST",
  "event_name": "Magic Spotlight: Secrets - London",
  "event_organizer": "Fanfinity",
  "event_date": "2026-05-09",
  "event_format": "ST",
  "event_format_label": "Standard",
  "event_player_count": 604,
  "deck_id": "844544",
  "deck_url": "https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=84830&d=844544&f=ST",
  "deck_archetype": "Azorius Aggro",
  "deck_player": "Koen De Vos",
  "deck_placement": 1,
  "mainboard": "2 Abandoned Air Temple, 4 Floodfarm Verge, 4 Hallowed Fountain, ...",
  "sideboard": "3 Clarion Conqueror, 1 Disdainful Stroke, ...",
  "mainboard_count": 60,
  "sideboard_count": 15,
  "estimated_price_usd": 509
}

Notes

• Dates are normalized to ISO 8601 (MTGTop8 uses dd/mm/yy format internally).
• Card lists are serialized as comma-separated strings for compatibility with downstream tools.
• The metaWindow parameter maps to MTGTop8's built-in time filters (Last 5 Days, Last 2 Weeks, Last 2 Months).
• No authentication required; MTGTop8 is a public site with no rate limiting observed.