Archive Trap

set	min	mtgo
-	A$ 1.72	0.02 tix

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Name	Archive Trap
Type	Instant — trap
Description	If an opponent searched their library this turn, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target opponent mills thirteen cards.
Flavor	Heist Shocker! Supposedly Invincible Vault Vinced!
Artist	William Tempest
Set	Breaking News #7
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Archive Trap

Archive Trap, Instant — trap, designed by Jason Felix first released in May, 2020 in the set Zendikar and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It see play in 3 formats: Modern, Vintage and Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of A$ 1.72.

A deck that focuses on disrupting the opponent's library and graveyard, such as a mill or control deck, would benefit from including Archive Trap. While Archive Trap can be a powerful card in certain matchups, there are other more versatile options like Mind Funeral or Glimpse the Unthinkable that may be better choices for consistent mill strategies. However, in specific metagames where opponents frequently search their libraries, Archive Trap could be a strong inclusion, especially as a surprise factor in sideboard games.

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10/01/09

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.

10/01/09

Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.

10/01/09

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

10/01/09

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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