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Can you use an ability that searches your deck for a card that isn't there?
The specific card I am looking at is Jade Pearl Inn searching for a holding that isn't in my deck. For clarity I know the interrupt is optional and not required for Jade Pearl Inn to come into play. I am curious as to whether the ability can still be triggered.
Can you use an ability that searches your deck for a card that isn't there?
The specific card I am looking at is Jade Pearl Inn searching for a holding that isn't in my deck. For clarity I know the interrupt is optional and not required for Jade Pearl Inn to come into play. I am curious as to whether the ability can still be triggered.
Yes.
See Glossary, Search: The player may choose to have a search fail; he or she need not retrieve a suitable card even if found.
and also Good Faith Rule: A player is not assumed to know the face-down contents of his or her decks, for purposes of the Good Faith Rule.