Searching and Finding

Any time an effect would specify that a player would search for or activate a card from a zone, or that a player would materialize a card from the material deck, if no card is a legal choice or no card is found, the effect resolves normally but without a change in the game state.

Effects that specify to search for or find a card with certain characteristics (cost, name, element, etc.) in private zone, that player has the option to not choose a card, even if there is a legal choice. This can be considered an optional "failure to find." If there is a legal choice among revealed cards or legal choices among public cards, players do not have the option to decline choosing the legal card, i.e., they cannot opt for a failure to find.

If an effect specifies that a player would find or search for a card without defined characteristics (simply stated as "a card"), a card must be chosen if there is at least one legal choice. Players cannot fail to find a card in this case.