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Card Name:
Archive Trap
Mana Cost:
Converted Mana Cost:
5
Types:
Instant — Trap
Card Text:
If an opponent searched his or her library this turn, you may pay
rather than pay Archive Trap's mana cost.
Target opponent puts the top thirteen cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
Expansion:
Zendikar
Rarity:
Rare
Card Number:
41
Artist:
Jason Felix
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10/1/2009
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.
10/1/2009
Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or converted mana cost. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
10/1/2009
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
10/1/2009
Archive Trap checks only whether an opponent searched his or her library. It doesn't matter whether that player found a card during the search.
10/1/2009
A spell or ability causes a player to search his or her 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 his or her library and do something with one of those cards, that's not a search.
10/1/2009
If a search effect is affected by Aven Mindcensor's ability (which causes a player to search the top four cards of his or her library instead), that still counts as searching that library.
10/1/2009
The opponent you target doesn't have to be the opponent who searched his or her library.
10/1/2009
If the targeted opponent has fewer than thirteen cards in his or her library, that player puts his or her entire library into his or her graveyard.
