question: if i'm saccing boreas charger and there is at least one opponent with 5 more lands than i do, do i HAVE to find 5 plains? In other words, if there are 20 plains left in my deck, can i choose to only find 1? it doesn't say "up to" which is what the usual template would be.
real situation: i'm cycling boreas charger in and out of the battlefield via ashnod's altar, Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle and some number of artifactsthat raise other artifacts. if i choose to only search for 1, then i can flood my board with lands. otherwise, I'm only going to flood my hand with lands, which doesn't really help me.
You can fail to find any of the 5 since the search is for a specific card, or in this case set of cards. So yes, if you do only wish to find 1, then you can find just 1.
701.18b If a player is searching a hidden zone for cards with a stated quality, such as a card with a
certain card type or color, that player isn’t required to find some or all of those cards even if
they’re present in that zone.
Example: Splinter says “Exile target artifact. Search its controller’s graveyard, hand,
and library for all cards with the same name as that artifact and exile them. Then that
player shuffles their library.” A player casts Splinter targeting Howling Mine (an
artifact). Howling Mine’s controller has another Howling Mine in her graveyard and
two more in her library. Splinter’s controller must find the Howling Mine in the
graveyard, but may choose to find zero, one, or two of the Howling Mines in the library.
You should be able to find any number of lands.
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question: if i'm saccing boreas charger and there is at least one opponent with 5 more lands than i do, do i HAVE to find 5 plains? In other words, if there are 20 plains left in my deck, can i choose to only find 1? it doesn't say "up to" which is what the usual template would be.
real situation: i'm cycling boreas charger in and out of the battlefield via ashnod's altar, Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle and some number of artifacts that raise other artifacts. if i choose to only search for 1, then i can flood my board with lands. otherwise, I'm only going to flood my hand with lands, which doesn't really help me.
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certain card type or color, that player isn’t required to find some or all of those cards even if
they’re present in that zone.
Example: Splinter says “Exile target artifact. Search its controller’s graveyard, hand,
and library for all cards with the same name as that artifact and exile them. Then that
player shuffles their library.” A player casts Splinter targeting Howling Mine (an
artifact). Howling Mine’s controller has another Howling Mine in her graveyard and
two more in her library. Splinter’s controller must find the Howling Mine in the
graveyard, but may choose to find zero, one, or two of the Howling Mines in the library.
You should be able to find any number of lands.
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