Newer Cards Do Not Have Images

[H0r53]

I just started using mtgsdk and I think it's great. I have two questions/concerns:

Some of the cards from the most recent set Kamigawa Neon Dynasty do not include image_url's. Example: "The Wandering Emperor"

• Will these images become available in the future?
• Will mtgsdk support cards from future sets after they are released? I imagine an API is made to a database in the backend, so ideally I won't have to update mtgsdk each time a new set releases.

Thanks!

[d-seibert121]

I've looked into this, and only versions of cards that appear on Gatherer have images. In particular, Wandering Emperor has 6 printings that can be found with this sdk, and only 3 of them appear on Gatherer. So if your use-case requires images, make sure you don't just take, say, the first possible printing for each card, but search for one that has an image.

[sakshamgaikwad-tech]

Hi! MTGSDK is just a wrapper around the MagicTheGathering API, so fields like "imageUrl" depend entirely on what the backend provides.

If a card (like The Wandering Emperor) is missing an image, it usually means the image isn’t available yet in the upstream data and may appear later once updated.

For future sets, you typically won’t need to update MTGSDK — as long as the API adds new cards, they should automatically be accessible through the SDK.