---
name: "Archive Trap"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant — Trap"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "OTP"
set_name: "Breaking News"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "William Tempest"
oracle_id: "d412b175-2365-4b2c-a8f5-3e4e9d06280d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archive-trap-otp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Archive Trap
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant — Trap
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
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.

> *Schockierender Raub! Vermeintlich unknackbares Tresorgewölbe geknackt*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Trapmaker's Snare](/printing/trapmakers-snare-zen.md) — Instant
2. [Mindbreak Trap](/printing/mindbreak-trap-mb2.md) — Instant — Trap
3. [Ravenous Trap](/printing/ravenous-trap-plst.md) — Instant — Trap
4. [Traumatize](/printing/traumatize-9ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Heed the Mists](/printing/heed-the-mists-bok.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Trapfinder's Trick](/printing/trapfinders-trick-zen.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Breaking News (OTP) #7
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** William Tempest
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`