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Arbiter of the Ideal
Card Information
Type: Creature — Sphinx
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Born of the Gods (BNG)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 31
Oracle Text
Flying Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, reveal the top card of your library. If it's an artifact, creature, or land card, you may put it onto the battlefield with a manifestation counter on it. That permanent is an enchantment in addition to its other types.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- February 1, 2014
If an inspired ability triggers during your untap step, the ability will be put on the stack at the beginning of your upkeep. If the ability creates one or more token creatures, those creatures won’t be able to attack that turn (unless they gain haste).
Source: wotc - February 1, 2014
The permanent will be an enchantment as it enters the battlefield and will cause constellation abilities of permanents you control to trigger.
Source: wotc - February 1, 2014
Inspired abilities don’t trigger when the creature enters the battlefield.
Source: wotc - February 1, 2014
If the inspired ability includes an optional cost, you decide whether to pay that cost as the ability resolves. You can do this even if the creature leaves the battlefield in response to the ability.
Source: wotc - February 1, 2014
If you choose to not put the card onto the battlefield, or if the card isn’t one of the listed types, it will remain on top of your library. (Note that revealing the card is not optional.)
Source: wotc - February 1, 2014
The manifestation counter is a memory aid only. The permanent will continue to be an enchantment in addition to its other types even if that counter is removed.
Source: wotc - February 1, 2014
Inspired abilities trigger no matter how the creature becomes untapped: by the turn-based action at the beginning of the untap step or by a spell or ability.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.