# Frames

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
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`1993` | The original Magic card frame, starting from Limited Edition Alpha.
`1997` | The updated classic frame starting from Mirage block
`2003` | The “modern” Magic card frame, introduced in Eighth Edition and Mirrodin block.
`2015` | The holofoil-stamp Magic card frame, introduced in Magic 2015.
`future` | The frame used on cards from the future

## 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` | The cards have a legendary crown
`miracle` | The miracle frame effect
`nyxtouched` | The Nyx-touched frame effect
`draft` | The draft-matters frame effect
`devoid` | The Devoid frame effect
`tombstone` | The Odyssey tombstone mark
`colorshifted` | A colorshifted frame
`inverted` | The FNM-style inverted frame
`sunmoondfc` | The sun and moon transform marks
`compasslanddfc` | The compass and land transform marks
`originpwdfc` | The Origins and planeswalker transform marks
`mooneldrazidfc` | The moon and Eldrazi transform marks
`waxingandwaningmoondfc` | The waxing and waning crescent moon transform marks
`showcase` | A custom Showcase frame
`extendedart` | An extended art frame
`companion` | The cards have a companion frame
`etched` | The cards have an etched foil treatment
`snow` | The cards have the snowy frame effect
`lesson` | The cards have the Lesson frame effect