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The '''library''' is one of the six main [[zone]]s 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 [[tutor|search]] your library for a card; these effects can be referred to as "tutors". | The '''library''' is one of the six main [[zone]]s 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 [[tutor|search]] your library for a card; these effects can be referred to as "tutors". | ||
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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 [[Mill|reducing another player's library to zero cards]]. | 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 [[Mill|reducing another player's library to zero cards]]. | ||
{{ | {{CR|Innistrad|*'''401.''' Library | ||
**'''401.1.''' When a game begins, each player's [[deck]] becomes his or her library. | |||
*''' | **'''401.2.''' 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. | ||
**''' | **'''401.3.''' Any player may count the number of cards remaining in any player's library at any time. | ||
**''' | **'''401.4.''' 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. | ||
**''' | **'''401.5.''' If a spell or ability causes a card to be drawn while another spell or ability is being cast, the drawn card is kept face down until that spell or ability becomes cast (see rule 601.2h). The same is true with relation to another ability being activated. | ||
**''' | **'''401.6.''' Some effects tell a player to play with the top card of his or her library revealed, or say that a player my look at the top card of his or her library. If the top card of the player's library changes while a spell is being cast, the new top card won't be revealed and can't be looked at until the spell becomes cast (see rule 601.2h). | ||
**''' | **'''401.7.''' If an effect causes a player to play with the top card of his or her library revealed, and that particular card stops being revealed for any length of time before being revealed again, it becomes a new object. | ||
**''' | **'''401.8.''' If an effect causes a player to put a card into a library "Nth from the top," and that library has fewer than N cards in it, the player puts that card on the bottom of that library.}} | ||
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*If player puts two or more cards on the top or bottom of another player's library (as with <c>Misinformation</c>), that player may arrange them in any order (unless otherwise specified) and doesn't reveal this order to the owner of the library. | *If player puts two or more cards on the top or bottom of another player's library (as with <c>Misinformation</c>), that player may arrange them in any order (unless otherwise specified) and doesn't reveal this order to the owner of the library. | ||
[[Category:Magic rules]] | [[Category:Magic rules]] | ||
[[Category:Zones]] | [[Category:Zones]] | ||
Revision as of 00:20, 15 November 2011
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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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Rulings
- If player puts two or more cards on the top or bottom of another player's library (as with Misinformation), that player may arrange them in any order (unless otherwise specified) and doesn't reveal this order to the owner of the library.