Archive Trap {3}{U}{U}
Instant — Trap
If an opponent searched their library this turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target opponent mills thirteen cards.
Prints (18)
| Set | # | Rarity | Finishes | USD | Foil USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Breaking News (OTP) | 7 | rare | nonfoil, foil | $0.85 | $1.60 |
| The List (PLST) | ZEN-41 | rare | nonfoil | $2.19 | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | $1.74 | $17.95 |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
| Zendikar (ZEN) | 41 | rare | nonfoil, foil | — | — |
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 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 Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to 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.