Archive Trap

All 3 printings of Archive Trap

Printing	Rarity	Non-foil	Foil	Cardmarket (EUR)	My collection
Breaking News otp #7· 2024BorderlessShowcaserare· Cardmarket €0.84 · €1.72 foil	rare	$1.03	$2.27	€0.84€1.72 foil	+ Add, Archive Trap, Breaking News #7
The List plst #ZEN-41· 2021rare· Cardmarket €1.91	rare	$2.30	—No foil printing	€1.91	+ Add, Archive Trap, The List #ZEN-41
Zendikar zen #41· 2009rare· Cardmarket €2.05 · €25.16 foil	rare	$1.80	$24.89	€2.05€25.16 foil	+ Add, Archive Trap, Zendikar #41

Prices are TCGplayer market prices in USD for each printing and finish, via Scryfall. They are a guide, not an appraisal.

Rulings (8)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 2009-10-01

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

6. 2009-10-01

   If the targeted opponent has fewer than thirteen cards in their library, that player puts their entire library into their graveyard.

7. 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.

8. 2009-10-01

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