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Thoughtseize & fail to find

Dec. 16, 2016 02:44:36 AM

Jan Jaap Vermeire
Judge (Level 2 (International Judge Program)), Tournament Organizer

BeNeLux

Thoughtseize & fail to find

I play Thoughtseize on my opponent. He reveals two lands and two cards I don't want him to discard. Can I choose to not have him discard anything?

Dec. 16, 2016 02:10:51 PM

Nathan Long
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Foundry))

USA - Southwest

Thoughtseize & fail to find

Hi,

That is not possible. Failure to find only applies if you're searching. Thoughtseize does not involve searching, it causes the player to reveal their hand and you to choose a nonland card. If there's a nonland card in their hand, you have to choose it, even if you don't want them to discard it.

Nathan Long
Magic Rules NetRep