# Mana Pool Scraper - MTG Single Card Prices (`lulzasaur/manapool-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Mana Pool (manapool.com), the MTG singles marketplace comparing seller prices. Search any card and extract lowest price, total stock, seller list, set, collector number, rarity, foil/nonfoil, conditions, legalities, image, and URL via Mana Pool's JSON API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/manapool-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Mana Pool Scraper - MTG Single Card Prices

Apify Actor for scraping [Mana Pool](https://manapool.com), the Magic: The Gathering singles marketplace that compares prices across many sellers. Uses Mana Pool's JSON API for fast, structured data extraction — no browser rendering required.

### What it does

Search any Magic: The Gathering card by name and get, for every matching printing:

- **Card name** and flavor name
- **Set name**, set code, and collector number
- **Rarity**, border color, layout, color identity, promo types
- **Lowest price** (USD) across all sellers, plus raw cents
- **Total stock** available and **seller count** + list of seller usernames
- **Conditions** available (NM, LP, etc.) and **languages**
- **Finishes**: foil / nonfoil availability
- **Legal formats** (Commander, Modern, Vintage, etc.)
- **Image URL** and direct **product URL** on Mana Pool
- Scryfall ID and Mana Pool card ID for cross-referencing

### Input

```json
{
    "searchQueries": ["ragavan", "black lotus"],
    "maxListings": 50,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false }
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `searchQueries` | array | Card names to search. Matching ignores spaces and punctuation (e.g. "black lotus" matches "Black Lotus"). |
| `maxListings` | integer | Max card printings per query. `0` = unlimited. Default `50`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional proxy settings. Not required — the API responds directly. |

### Output

Each dataset item is one card printing. Example:

```json
{
    "searchQuery": "ragavan",
    "name": "Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer",
    "setName": "Modern Horizons 2",
    "setCode": "MH2",
    "collectorNumber": "138",
    "rarity": "mythic",
    "lowestPrice": 41.99,
    "lowestPriceCents": 4199,
    "currency": "USD",
    "totalQuantity": 89,
    "sellerCount": 28,
    "sellers": ["cardtitan", "spellfinder", "toamagic"],
    "conditions": ["LP", "NM"],
    "languages": ["EN"],
    "finishes": ["FO", "NF"],
    "foilAvailable": true,
    "nonfoilAvailable": true,
    "legalFormats": ["modern", "vintage", "commander"],
    "imageUrl": "https://images.manapool.com/products/mtg/cards/normal/front/a/9/a9738cda-adb1-47fb-9f4c-ecd930228c4d.jpg",
    "url": "https://manapool.com/card/mh2/138/ragavan-nimble-pilferer",
    "scryfallId": "a9738cda-adb1-47fb-9f4c-ecd930228c4d"
}
```

### Use cases

- MTG price monitoring and arbitrage (compare Mana Pool vs. TCGPlayer, Card Kingdom, etc.)
- Building a card price database or Discord/price-alert bot
- Deck-cost estimation and collection valuation
- Tracking stock and seller availability for hard-to-find printings

### Notes

Prices are pulled from Mana Pool's public browse API. The `lowestPrice` is the cheapest available copy across all listed sellers for that printing; `sellers` lists which sellers currently stock it.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

List of Magic: The Gathering card names to search on Mana Pool (e.g., 'ragavan', 'black lotus', 'sol ring'). Each query returns a separate set of matching printings. Matching ignores spaces and punctuation.

## `maxListings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of card printings to scrape per search query. Set to 0 for unlimited.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Mana Pool's JSON API responds directly without proxies, so this can usually be left disabled.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ragavan",
    "black lotus"
  ],
  "maxListings": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "ragavan",
        "black lotus"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/manapool-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": [
        "ragavan",
        "black lotus",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/manapool-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "ragavan",
    "black lotus"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/manapool-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/manapool-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Pcp4APiCDgc8KSdEK/builds/6MDJtqyhDrBNHh5HZ/openapi.json