Tomorrow's Hourglass

Legend of the Five Rings card from Tomorrow

Card Type: Item
Force: +0
Chi: +0
Gold Cost: 7
Keywords: Unique
Card Text: Will only attach to a Ratling Personality.
Limited: Search your Dynasty deck and provinces. You must remove from the game all Ratling Personalities you find. If you removed three or more Ratlings from your deck, choose and remove a Personality in play from the game.
Focus Value: 4
Legality: Age of Enlightenment (Lotus), Race for the Throne (Samurai)
Deck: Fate
Story: 2006 World Champion - Faber Can Kraanen

Printings

Q: Tomorrow's Hourglass: (Oracle Text) Will only attach to a Ratling Personality. Limited: Search your Dynasty deck and provinces and remove from the game all Ratling Personalities you find. If you removed three or more Ratlings from your deck, choose and remove a Personality in play from the game.
How does the limited action on this card interact with the rules on "search"?
A) Can I choose to use the action but "fail" to find any Ratlings? B) can I Use the action, and "successfully" find only 3 ratlings to remove, even if I have 20 left in the searchable areas?
A: Search: "The player may choose to have a search fail; he or she need not retrieve a suitable card even if found. [ADDED 6 April 2012]"
It seems the original text on the Hourglass doesn't work properly now, in light of the new rule above. Will amend. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Brook Cunningham, "Tomorrow's Hourglass", 12 May 2013