Archive Trap

set	min	mtgo
-	6.98	0.96 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	¡Asalto sorprendente! ¡Una cámara supuestamente inquebrantable resulta ser quebrantable!
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's currently being selled by the minimum price of 6.98.

Archive Trap is particularly effective in mill decks, especially those that utilize cards that force opponents to search their libraries, such as fetch lands or tutor effects. Decks built around blue control or combo strategies that can manipulate an opponent's library while also benefiting from card draw and counterspells would find this card valuable. While Archive Trap can be powerful, there are other mill cards like Glimmering Angel or Mesmeric Orb that can provide consistent milling without requiring an opponent to search their library, making them potentially more reliable. Overall, Archive Trap can see play in specific metas where opponents frequently search their libraries, but its effectiveness may vary based on the deck's overall strategy and the prevalence of search effects in the format.

Rules

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.