diff --git a/worker.py b/worker.py
index 7c4d78f..09508a4 100644
--- a/worker.py
+++ b/worker.py
@@ -53,8 +53,15 @@ async def resolve_card(
     if scry_id:
         url = f"https://api.scryfall.com/cards/{quote(scry_id)}"
         r = await _scryfall_get(client, url, slug)
-        r.raise_for_status()
-        return r.json()
+        if r.status_code == 200:
+            return r.json()
+        if r.status_code != 404 or not name:
+            r.raise_for_status()
+        # Moxfield's scryfall_id can go stale (Scryfall periodically deletes/merges
+        # card ids when it corrects duplicate prints, e.g. basic lands and
+        # guildgates with many near-identical art variations). Fall back to a
+        # name lookup rather than failing the whole card.
+        db.add_log(slug, f"  scryfall_id {scry_id} is stale (404) — falling back to name lookup")
 
     if scry_url:
         parsed = parse_scry_url(scry_url)