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We have shown that the magnetic greenhouse effect is an effective wave trapping mechanism, thanks to the symmetry breaking enforced by any plausible geometry of a (strong enough) magnetic field within the core. For perfect wave trapping, purely dipole modes only exist in the envelope, with part of their energy leaking into the core as running magneto-gravity waves. If some wave energy does escape the core, it may leave a signature in the form of mixed magneto-gravity acoustic modes which could be used to constrain the internal magnetic field geometry.  %Hence, mixed modes in the usual sense do not exist in stars with suppressed dipole modes.  In principle, it is possible that another symmetry breaking mechanism could suppress dipole mode amplitudes. The only other plausible candidate is rapid core rotation. In order for rotation to strongly modify the incoming waves such that they will be trapped in the core, the core must rotate at a frequency comparable to $\nu_{\rm max}$, roughly two orders of magnitude faster than the values commonly observed in the cores of these stars \citep{Beck_2011,Mosser_2012}. \citep{Beck_2011,Mosser_2012,deheuvels_2014}.  The suppressed pulsator KIC 8561221 (\cite{Garcia_2014}) does not exhibit rapid envelope rotation and disfavors the rotation scenario. %but we argue this is an unlikely explanation for most suppressed pulsators (see details in the supplementary material). Moreover the magnetic greenhouse effect makes a clear prediction: that for stars with frequency of maximum power similar to the critical magneto gravity frequency $\nu_{\rm c}$, dipole modes with $\nu >\nu_{\rm c}$ will be unaffected, while those with $\nu <\nu_{\rm c}$ should show suppression. KIC 8561221 displays this exact behavior, supporting the magnetic greenhouse mechanism.