Silent Arbiter
Commander Masters 972 • rare
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Collector number
- 972
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Market price
- $11.11
What it does
No more than one creature can attack each combat.
No more than one creature can block each combat.
Scholars say that arbiters exist on every world, created by an unknown hand to enforce justice.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Silent Arbiter was originally introduced in the 2004 set Fifth Dawn, designed to curb the effectiveness of swarming creature strategies by limiting combat to a single attacker per player. The card was reimagined for the Commander Masters set, released in 2023, which served as a premium showcase of powerful and iconic cards drawn from the history of the Magic: The Gathering Commander format.
The artwork for this specific printing maintains the intimidating, stoic aesthetic of the original concept, portraying an iron-clad construct that enforces a strict battlefield neutrality. The design by the Wizards of the Coast team aimed to provide a tactical tool for control-oriented players, and the reprint in Commander Masters was well-received for its continued utility in a format often characterized by overwhelming board presence.
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