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'''From the [[Comprehensive Rules]]''' | '''From the [[Comprehensive Rules]]''' | ||
'''217.2.''' Library | '''217.2.''' Library | ||
'''217.2a''' When a game begins, each player's deck becomes his or her library. | '''217.2a''' When a game begins, each player's deck becomes his or her library. | ||
'''217.2b''' Each library must be kept in a single face-down pile. Players can't look at or change the order of cards in a library. | '''217.2b''' Each library must be kept in a single face-down pile. Players can't look at or change the order of cards in a library. | ||
'''217.2c''' Any player may count the number of cards remaining in any player's library at any time. | '''217.2c''' Any player may count the number of cards remaining in any player's library at any time. | ||
'''217.2d''' If an effect puts two or more cards on the top or bottom of a library at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order. That library's owner doesn't reveal the order in which the cards go into his or her library. | '''217.2d''' If an effect puts two or more cards on the top or bottom of a library at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order. That library's owner doesn't reveal the order in which the cards go into his or her library. | ||
'''217.2e''' Some effects tell a player to play with the top card of his or her library revealed. If the top card of the player's library changes while a spell or ability is being played, the new top card won't be revealed until the spell or ability becomes played (see rule 409.1i). | '''217.2e''' Some effects tell a player to play with the top card of his or her library revealed. If the top card of the player's library changes while a spell or ability is being played, the new top card won't be revealed until the spell or ability becomes played (see rule 409.1i). | ||
'''217.2f''' If a spell or ability causes a card to be drawn while another spell or ability is being played, the drawn card is kept face down until that spell or ability becomes played (see rule 409.1i).}} | |||
'''217.2f''' If a spell or ability causes a card to be drawn while another spell or ability is being played, the drawn card is kept face down until that spell or ability becomes played (see rule 409.1i). | |||
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Revision as of 01:42, 22 October 2007
The library is one of the six main zones in Magic. It is the pile from which you draw cards, either the opening hand at the beginning of the game, during your draw phase, or because of an effect of a spell or ability. Cards drawn are put into a player's hand, from which they can be played. Some effects return cards to the top or bottom of your library, or cause cards to be shuffled into your library. Other effects allow you to search your library for a card; these effects can be referred to as "tutors".
Typically, whenever a player has looked through the contents of his or her library, that player shuffles the library before resuming play. This is to preserve the random order of the cards to be drawn, and allow for luck to play a part in the game. In organized play, many judge policies concern preserving the randomness of the library when a player illicitly obtains knowledge of the order of a player's library.
The library also serves as an alternative win condition by being a finite resource. Once all of the cards in a library are drawn or otherwise removed, a player will lose the game if an effect causes him or her to draw a card. While most decks try to win by reducing life points, some aim at reducing another player's library to zero cards.
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