SOMScars of Mirrodin

Leonin Arbiter

Leonin Arbiter from Scars of Mirrodin
Leonin Arbiter from Scars of Mirrodin

Creature — Cat Cleric   {1}{W} (CMC:2)

Players can't search libraries. Any player may pay {2} for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.

"Our people are torn by infighting. Until the two sides reconcile, our laws can carry no meaning."

14 SOM • ENShelly Wan

Legal in: Modern,Scars of Mirrodin Block,Legacy,Vintage,Commander

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1/1/2011
If an effect says "You may search your library . . . If you do, shuffle your library," and you haven't paid {2}, you can't choose to search, so you won't shuffle.
1/1/2011
If an effect says "Search your library . . . Then shuffle your library," and you haven't paid {2}, the search effect fails, but you will still have to shuffle.
1/1/2011
Since players who haven't paid {2} can't search, they won't be able to find any cards in a library. The effect applies to all players and all libraries. If a spell or ability's effect has other parts that don't depend on searching for or finding cards, they will still work normally.
1/1/2011
Effects that tell a player to reveal cards from a library or look at cards from the top of a library will still work. Only effects that use the word "search" will fail unless a player pays {2}.
1/1/2011
Paying {2} to ignore Leonin Arbiter's effect is a special action. Any player may take this special action any time he or she has priority. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
1/1/2011
Paying {2} doesn't let a player pick up a library and search it -- it just allows him or her to ignore Leonin Arbiter's effect that turn. That player can search a library only if another spell or ability instructs him or her to do so.
1/1/2011
If a player pays {2}, that enables only him or her to ignore Leonin Arbiter's effect that turn. Each other player is still affected by it.
1/1/2011
A player who has paid {2} may search any library when instructed to do so that turn, not just his or her own library.
1/1/2011
Once a player has paid {2}, he or she may search libraries that turn as many times as he or she is instructed to do so.
1/1/2011
If there are multiple Leonin Arbiters on the battlefield, a player must pay {2} for each one before being able to search libraries that turn.

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