Search Syntax

Q. What is this?
A. This is a methodology for performing advanced searches on SixPrizes. We currently do not have an advanced search form, which would allow you to configure search options through a user interface, but you can still construct advanced searches with our search syntax.

Q. How do I use it?
A. Type options into the search field above. Refer to the expressions and parameters below. Note: Including a second (or third, etc.) option is the equivalent of saying “A AND B (AND C, etc.)” unless noted below.

Loose Match (search terms)

Parameters

• Any text that might appear in an article’s title or body.
• Note: When sorting by relevance, priority is given to matches in titles.

Examples

• i want to be the very best (Articles that contain i, want, to, be, the, very, AND best.)

Phrase Match (“search terms”)

Parameters

• Any text that might appear in an article’s title or body, encapsulated in quotes.

Examples

• “hello SixPrizes” (Articles that contain the phrase hello SixPrizes.)
• “hello SixPrizes” “final thoughts” (Articles that contain the phrases hello SixPrizes AND final thoughts.)

Exclude Match (-search -terms)

Parameters

• Any text that might appear in an article’s title or body, preceded by a hyphen.

Examples

• -pokemon (Articles that DO NOT contain pokemon.)
• -pokemon -tcg (Articles that contain NEITHER pokemon NOR tcg.)
• -pokemon tcg (Articles that DO NOT contain pokemon and DO contain tcg.)

Tag (tag:) (#)

Parameters

• Tags, e.g.: charizard, toxtricity, hammertime, golisopod, carbink, arctozolt, blw-fco, teams, floatzel, aromatisse, lost-march, toadgarb, hs-blw, timeless, zekeels, zororoc, kangaskhan, galarian-cursola, lbs, control
• Limit: 5
• ProTip: Format tags can be rewritten as X-on (e.g., dp-on, bkt-on, upr-on, etc.) to retrieve broader results.

Examples

• #shuffling (Articles tagged shuffling.)
• #upr-on,toxtricity (Articles tagged upr-on OR toxtricity.)
• +#upr-on,toxtricity / #upr-on #toxtricity (Articles tagged upr-on AND toxtricity).
• -#upr-on,toxtricity / -#upr-on -#toxtricity (Articles tagged NEITHER upr-on NOR toxtricity.)
• #upr-on -#toxtricity (Articles tagged upr-on AND NOT toxtricity).

Author (author:) (@)

Parameters

• Usernames, e.g.: adamisclassy, airhawk06, rlaparre, charizardscar, garch, jermy101, cat5e, dylanbryan, jr_nathan, soujiroelric, brute, rokman, quaziko, pr3d4t0rx, ursus, rattatajoey, pokemonguy, leonardbatfish, johnwalterk, peterbae
• Limit: 5

Examples

• @adam (Articles written by Adam Capriola.)
• @jayhornung,roarchomp / @jayhornung @roarchcomp (Articles written by Jay Hornung OR Emery Taylor.) (Note: This is a special case where the second option indicates OR and not AND. There are no cowritten articles at this time.)
• -@ruiner (Articles NOT written by Chris Fulop.)

Date (YYYY/MM/DD)

Parameters

• YYYY: 0000–2024
• MM: 00–12
• DD: 00–31
• Limit: 5
• ProTip: 0000 and 00 are wildcards for any year, month, or day.

Examples

• 2020/04/01 (Articles published on April 1, 2020.)
• 2020/04 (Articles published in April 2020.)
• 2020 (Articles published in 2020.)
• 0000/04/01 (Articles published on April 1 of any year.)
• 0000/00/01 (Articles published on day 1 of any month or year.)
• <2020/04/01 / –2020/04/01 (Articles published BEFORE April 1, 2020, inclusive.)
• >2020/04/01 / 2020/04/01– (Articles published AFTER April 1, 2020, inclusive.)
• >2012 <2014 / 2012–2014 (Articles published AFTER 2012 AND BEFORE 2014, inclusive.)

Sort (sort:)

Parameters

• relevance, date, views, rating, replies, replies-alt, words, decklists, random
• Limit: 1
• Note: This option is removed from the search field after searching. It overrides the dropdown selection.
• Note: replies vs. replies-alt: replies sorts with priority to replies made directly on articles. replies-alt sorts with priority to replies made on our forum (which was used for article discussions from 2014 to 2019).

Examples

• sort:rating (All articles sorted by rating, default order [descending/↓].)
• sort:random (All articles sorted by random.)

Order (order:)

Parameters

• asc, desc
• Limit: 1
• Note: This option is removed from the search field after searching. It overrides the dropdown selection.

Examples

• sort:words order:desc (All articles sorted by words, descending/↓.)
• sort:rating order:asc (All articles sorted by rating, ascending/↑.)

Visibility (visibility:) (vis:)

Parameters

• locked, ★, unlocked, ☆, free
• Limit: 2
• Note: This option is removed from the search field after searching. It overrides the dropdown selection.

Examples

• vis:locked (Articles that are locked, i.e., ★.)
• vis:unlocked,free (Articles that are unlocked, i.e., ☆, or free.)