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Aven Mindcensor

Card Name

Aven Mindcensor

Mana Cost

2

Type

Creature – Bird Wizard

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Flash (You may play this spell any time you could play an instant.)FlyingIf an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(3/19/2021)
Each search works exactly the same as normal except that the opponent doing the searching sees only the top four cards of that library. They can't look at the other cards in that library at all. Cards not in the top four cards of the library can't be found in the search, even if they're identifiable in some manner.
(3/19/2021)
For effects that check whether a player searched a library or may search a library, searching the top four cards of that library counts as searching that library.
(3/19/2021)
If an effect uses the word "search" once but allows an opponent to search for multiple cards, the top four cards remain the same throughout the entire search. Finding one card won't cause the fifth card to become included in the search.
(3/19/2021)
After the search is complete, the entire library is shuffled.