Archive Trap (7)
OTP · Breaking News · rare
| Mana cost | |
|---|---|
| Mana value | 5.0 |
| Type | Instant — Trap |
| Rarity | rare |
| Colors | U |
| EDHREC rank | 5783 |
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.
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Price history
Latest prices
| Provider | Type | Normal | Foil | Etched | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tcgplayer | retail | $0.87 | $2.26 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| manapool | retail | $0.45 | $0.75 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardmarket | retail | $0.84 | $1.72 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardkingdom | retail | $1.79 | $2.99 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardkingdom | buylist | $0.72 | — | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardhoarder | retail | $0.69 | — | — | 2026-09-27 |
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Legality
| Format | Status |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Predh | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
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.
Other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese Simplified | 档案陷阱 |
| French | Piège aux archives |
| German | Archiv-Falle |
| Italian | Trappola d'Archivio |
| Japanese | 書庫の罠 |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Armadilha de Arquivo |
| Spanish | Trampa de archivo |