ZENDIKAR

Archive Trap

Archive Trap

Archive Trap


Instant — Trap


If an opponent searched their library this turn, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target opponent mills thirteen cards.


Illustrated by Jason Felix

· Zendikar (ZEN)


Archive Trap


#41 · Rare · English · Nonfoil/Foil


Legal Formats

Standard
Pioneer
Modern
Legacy
Vintage
Commander
Oathbreaker
Alchemy
Explorer
Historic
Timeless
Brawl
Pauper
Penny

Variants

Under Construction

Prints


Rulings


2009-10-01 : A spell or ability causes a player to search their library only if it specifically contains the word “search” in its text. For example, if a spell or ability lets a player look at the top four cards of their library and do something with one of those cards, that’s not a search.

2009-10-01 : Archive Trap checks only whether an opponent searched their library. It doesn’t matter whether that player found a card during the search.

2009-10-01 : Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn’t change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.

2009-10-01 : Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.

2009-10-01 : If a search effect is affected by Aven Mindcensor’s ability (which causes a player to search the top four cards of their library instead), that still counts as searching that library.

2009-10-01 : If the targeted opponent has fewer than thirteen cards in their library, that player puts their entire library into their graveyard.

2009-10-01 : The opponent you target doesn’t have to be the opponent who searched their library.

2009-10-01 : You may ignore a Trap’s alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.

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