mtg-links

This dataset contains 9,879,486 URLs pointing to Magic: The Gathering (MTG) content. These links come from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. They cover major MTG community sites, strategy blogs, and official news outlets.

This dataset is the index for a project to build a complete text corpus of Magic: The Gathering strategy, lore, and history.

Content breakdown

Site	Domain	Link Count
mtgsalvation	www.mtgsalvation.com	5,960,584
mtg_wiki	mtg.fandom.com	1,302,074
mtggoldfish	www.mtggoldfish.com	800,910
mtgtop8	www.mtgtop8.com	418,340
tappedout	www.tappedout.net	292,573
gatherer	gatherer.wizards.com	258,891
edhrec_articles	edhrec.com	222,499
tcgplayer	www.tcgplayer.com	103,334
mtgazone	mtgazone.com	90,819
draftsim	draftsim.com	85,657
cardmarket_insight	www.cardmarket.com	84,241
cardkingdom	www.cardkingdom.com	63,381
17lands	www.17lands.com	52,724
commandersherald	commandersherald.com	25,637
wizards	magic.wizards.com	21,558
facetofacegames	www.facetofacegames.com	19,060
mtgcommander	mtgcommander.net	17,260
hipstersofthecoast	www.hipstersofthecoast.com	12,273
coolstuffinc	www.coolstuffinc.com	10,478
hareruyamtg	hareruyamtg.com	8,647
quietspeculation	www.quietspeculation.com	8,227
lrcast	lrcast.com	5,859
starcitygames	www.starcitygames.com	4,647
themanapool	themanapool.libsyn.com	2,495
magic_gg	magic.gg	2,417
paupermtg	paupermtg.com	2,097
eternalcentral	www.eternalcentral.com	1,871
mtgmintcard	www.mtgmintcard.com	559
aetherhub	aetherhub.com	347
channelfireball	www.channelfireball.com	27

Dataset structure

The dataset is a single CSV file, links.csv, with the following columns:

• url: The full URL found in the Internet Archive CDX index.
• site: The identifier for the source website (e.g., mtggoldfish, edhrec_articles).
• http_code: The HTTP status code returned by the Wayback Machine for that URL.

Collection method

URLs were pulled using the Internet Archive CDX API. The crawler targeted specific domains known to host Magic: The Gathering content, searching for all unique URLs indexed by the Wayback Machine.

This specific snapshot covers URLs indexed between 2025 and 2026.

To replicate the discovery process, use the provided fetch.py script:

python fetch.py discover --from-year 2025 --to-year 2026

License

The list of URLs is provided under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By). You must follow the terms of service and robots.txt of the source websites if you use these links to download content.