Seek
| Seek | |
|---|---|
| Keyword Action | |
| Introduced | Jumpstart: Historic Horizons |
| Last used | Alchemy: Thunder Junction |
| Reminder Text | Seek (To seek a card, put one at random from your library into your hand.) |
| Statistics |
75 cards  1.3%  10.7%  18.7%  9.3%  10.7%  14.7%  4%  2.7%  1.3%  2.7%  2.7%  1.3%  4%  5.3%  4%  6.7% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| keyword:"Seek" | |
Seek is a designed-for-digital, MTG Arena-specific keyword action introduced in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons.[1][2] When an effect causes a player to take this action, the game will automatically choose a random card meeting specified criteria from the library, and put it into their hand.
Description
Seek is a digital twist on a tutor effect. Certain cards allow you to seek a card with specific criteria, randomly pulling one from your library that meets that criteria without shuffling afterward – something that couldn’t happen at the tabletop without a player manually looking through their deck. While the reminder text is phrased traditionally as an instruction for the player to carry out, in fact, the game will resolve the effect automatically, and will not show the player the cards it randomly chose from, or any other cards in the library.
The conditions for seek dictate how much on the scale of tutoring compared to drawing the action becomes - in fact, one card (Choice of Fortunes) uses seek as a way to bypass library manipulation but is otherwise the same as drawing cards. One of the most popular conditions is seeking nonland cards, which is a step up compared to drawing cards as it guarantees a castable spell.
Rules
Seek is not included as part of the Comprehensive Rules.[3] It operates according to the programmed rules of Magic: The Gathering Arena.
Example
Example
Manor Guardian 
Creature — Demon
4/3
When Manor Guardian dies, each player seeks a nonland card with mana value 2 or less.
Abilities similar to seek
Several other digital-only abilities randomly choose cards from libraries but don't use the Seek keyword or operate quite the same.
| Card | Library | Puts it... | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinesoul Spider | Owner's | Graveyard | Lands |
| Geist of Regret | Owner's | Graveyard | Instant and sorcery |
| Junkyard Scrapper | Owner's | Exile | Artifact |
| Clone Crafter | Opponent's | Duplicate into owner's hand | Creature |
| Fragment Reality | Opponent's | Under their control | Creature |
| Better Offer | Opponent's | Under your control | Creature |
| Undercity Plunder | Opponent's | Duplicate into owner's hand | Anything |
| Rahilda, Wanted Cutthroat | Opponent's | Exile | Nonland |
References
- ↑ Tom Marks (July 26, 2021). "Exclusive: MTG Arena’s Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Set Will Add Digital-Only Cards, Full Details Revealed". IGN.com.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (July 26, 2021). "What Is MTG Arena's Jumpstart: Historic Horizons?". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Matt Tabak (August 2, 2021). "The Comp Rules aren’t being updated to explicitly support the Arena-only cards at this time.". Twitter.