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Scryfall is redefining what a card being "full-art" means in search, and adding a new term: Translucent. Since the introduction of the is:default and is:atypical designations, one issue has surfaced from their definitions: cards with translucent frames (Eldrazis) were not showing up as "default". 🧵

This was because we were including Eldrazi cards and other colorless-frame cards in our definition of "full art", which is a disqualifying tag for defaultness. To amend this, we introduced a new print tag back in April: "translucent". We've been slowly populating it since then until last month.

❔What is translucent? ❔ "is:translucent" includes any card where a major part of the frame, normally the text box, is see-through but not fully transparent. This englobes colorless cards, run-of-the-mill borderless treatments, and most planeswalkers, among others.

A card being translucent is not indicative of the card being atypical; your day-to-day Eldrazi will now correctly appear when you look for normal-looking cards. Similarly, a card may be translucent and also be atypical (because it's a promo, because it's borderless, etc.)

Some notable exclusions from is:translucent are Japan Showcase and Source Material cards; cards like these straight up don't have a text box. Nothing here is translucid or translucent.

A lot of cards that used to be under is:fullart will now instead appear under is:translucent. You may have to change how you search certain treatments or promo styles. But most importantly, Emmy is finally back to being totally normal :)