Zendikar (zen)

#41 ⸱ Rare ⸱ English
Archive Trap

Variations

Parts

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.

 

 

 

Legalities

Not Legal
Alchemy
Explorer
Future
Oldschool
Pauper
Paupercommander
Penny
Pioneer
Premodern
Standard
Standardbrawl
Legal
Brawl
Commander
Duel
Gladiator
Historic
Legacy
Modern
Oathbreaker
Predh
Timeless
Vintage

Rulings

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

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

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.

 

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

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

 

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

The opponent you target doesn’t have to be the opponent who searched their library.

 

Market Pricing

 NormalFoil
Low$0.74
Median$2.58
High$28.84
Market$2.46
Direct Low$2.81
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Other Printings

 NormalFoil
Breaking News$0.72
The List$2.24

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