Mindlock Orb
Shards of Alara (ALA) #51 · Rare · Artifact
Mana cost: {3}{U}
Players can't search libraries.
Rogue mechanists once rummaged through the wastes of the Tidehollow, constructing unauthorized golems to threaten the hegemony of the sphinxes. The orbs put a stop to that.
Illustrated by rk post · Released October 3, 2008
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.66 USD · €0.24 EUR
- Foil: $4.15 USD · €0.99 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.02 USD (2.9%) to $0.66 USD; low $0.65 USD, high $0.70 USD.
Printings
- The List #ALA-51 (PLST) · Rare · 2023 · $0.50 USD
- Shards of Alara #51 (this printing) · Rare · 2008 · $0.66 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — If an effect says "Search your library . . . then shuffle your library," you shuffle you libraries even though you can't search.
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — Effects that instruct you to reveal or look at cards from the top of you library will still work. Only effects that use the word "search" are affected.
- 2008-10-01 · wotc — If an effect says "You may search your library . . . If you do, shuffle your library" or "You may search your library . . . then shuffle your library," you can't choose to search, so you won't shuffle.