Explain The Card: MTG Rules

Scan any MTG card for an AI explanation grounded in its oracle text and rulings — plus prices, printings, and full offline rules search. Ask anything, anywhere.

MTG has thousands of cards and a rulebook to match. Explain The Card turns your iPhone camera into a rules expert — point it at any card and get a clear, plain-English answer to what it does, what every keyword means, and the gotchas that trip players up.

GROUNDED IN THE REAL RULES The AI never starts from a blank page. Before it writes a word, it's handed the card's official oracle text, its rulings, and the relevant Comprehensive Rules to work from — so you get an explanation anchored in how the game actually works, not a chatbot guessing from internet folklore.

POINT, SCAN, UNDERSTAND Hold a card up to the camera. Recognition is automatic — no shutter, no typing. You see the oracle text, type line, mana cost, rulings, and format legality instantly, then tap "Explain this card" for an explanation tuned to its complexity.

PRICE, PRINTINGS & LEGALITY See market prices for every finish the moment you scan a card, browse every printing's art before picking one to keep, and check legality across all eight constructed and casual formats — free, with no AI call.

TWO-CARD INTERACTIONS Do these two cards combo, or does one shut the other down? Scan both and ask. You get the stack interactions, replacement effects, state-based actions, and tournament edge cases reasoned out step by step.

ASK ANYTHING "Can I respond to this spell?" "Does my creature survive -2/-2?" "How do two triggers stack?" Type any rules question and get an answer tailored to your board. Ask in your language and the answer comes back in it too.

DO MORE WITH AI Explain a card, untangle a two-card combo, or ask any rules question — it's the same AI, ready whenever you need it. Settle a table dispute in seconds, prep for a tournament, or finally pin down that card you've never been sure about, and keep every answer in a searchable history right on your device.

BUILT FOR EVERY PLAYER New players get the jargon demystified. Casual players settle disputes fast. Competitive players get rules-precise answers for the trickiest interactions.

EXPLAIN LIKE I'M… Set your reading level once — New Player, Casual, or Competitive — and every explanation, interaction breakdown, and answer matches it automatically, the same way Dynamic Type controls text size everywhere. New Player spells out each step in plain language; Competitive cites Comprehensive Rules numbers for the trickiest interactions. No per-card toggle, no extra cost.

RULES, WHEREVER YOU ARE Browse the full Comprehensive Rules or search cards and rules together in the Search tab — fully offline once downloaded. Away from your phone? Ask Siri a rules question hands-free, or add a Card of the Day widget to your Home Screen.

A NOTE ON AI AND PRIVACY AI explanations are generated by Google's Agent Platform (Gemini). You are asked to opt in before anything is sent, and you can review or revoke this any time in Settings. Card scanning, oracle text, rulings, and combos do not require AI.

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