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Scryfall tracks the appearance of card's bounding frame programmatically with
the `frame` and `frame_effects` columns.

## Frames

The `frame` column tracks the edition of the card frame used for the re/print in
question. The overall _Magic_ frame has gone though several major revisions in
the game's lifetime.

| Frame    | Description                                                                                                    |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`1993`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3A1993)     | The original _Magic_ card frame, starting from Limited Edition Alpha.                                          |
| [`1997`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3A1997)     | The updated classic frame starting from Mirage block                                                           |
| [`2003`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3A2003)     | The "modern" _Magic_ card frame, introduced in Eighth Edition and Mirrodin block.                              |
| [`2015`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3A2015)     | The holofoil-stamp _Magic_ card frame, introduced in Magic 2015.                                               |
| [`future`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Afuture) | The frame used on cards [from the future](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Timeshifted#Timeshifted_in_Future_Sight) |

## Frame Effects

The `frame_effects` column tracks additional frame artwork applied over a
particular frame. For example, there are both 2003 and 2015-frame cards with the
Nyx-touched effect.

| Effect                     | Description                                         |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| [`legendary`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Alegendary)                           | The cards have a legendary crown                    |
| [`miracle`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Amiracle)                               | The miracle frame effect                            |
| [`nyxtouched`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Anyxtouched)                         | The Nyx-touched frame effect                        |
| [`draft`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Adraft)                                   | The draft-matters frame effect                      |
| [`devoid`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Adevoid)                                 | The Devoid frame effect                             |
| [`tombstone`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Atombstone)                           | The Odyssey tombstone mark                          |
| [`colorshifted`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Acolorshifted)                     | A colorshifted frame                                |
| [`inverted`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Ainverted)                             | The FNM-style inverted frame                        |
| [`sunmoondfc`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Asunmoondfc)                         | The sun and moon transform marks                    |
| [`compasslanddfc`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Acompasslanddfc)                 | The compass and land transform marks                |
| [`originpwdfc`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Aoriginpwdfc)                       | The Origins and planeswalker transform marks        |
| [`mooneldrazidfc`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Amooneldrazidfc)                 | The moon and Eldrazi transform marks                |
| [`waxingandwaningmoondfc`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Awaxingandwaningmoondfc) | The waxing and waning crescent moon transform marks |
| [`showcase`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Ashowcase)                             | A custom Showcase frame                             |
| [`extendedart`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Aextendedart)                       | An extended art frame                               |
| [`companion`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Acompanion)                           | The cards have a companion frame                    |
| [`etched`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Aetched)                                 | The cards have an etched foil treatment             |
| [`snow`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Asnow)                                     | The cards have the snowy frame effect               |
| [`lesson`](https://scryfall.com/search?q=frame%3Alesson)                                 | The cards have the Lesson frame effect              |