MTG Salvation

My opponent cracks a fetch.

I respond by vialing in leonin arbiter. Once it enters the battlefield they kill it. Do they still have to pay 2 before they search?

My understanding is that arbiters ability is a special action so can't be responded to. Thererfore they would have to either pay 2 or ignore it before killing the arbiter.

Which is correct?

Thanks. So in that situation with scales out it enters as a 4/4?

I have two lands in play and a hardened scales

I play a llanowar reborn into a walking ballista

Ballista enters as a 2/2 and then I move the graft counter onto it making it a 4/4.

Is this correct?

I'll definitely be getting a karns bastion. Also toying with the idea of the new Karn in the main

Karn, the Great Creator 4 Legendary Planeswalker - Karn Rare

Activated abilities of artifacts your opponent's control cannot be activated.

+1 >> Until your next turn, up to one target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness equal to its converted mana cost.

-2 >> You may reveal an artifact card you own from outside the game or in exile, reveal that card, and put it into your hand.

<<5>>



interesting to see what other proliferate cards will be released.

throne of geth
hangarback walker
steel overseer
I have all 3 of these in play

I tap throne to sac the walker and create a bunch of thropters,

Before the proliferate ability resolves can I tap overseer then proliferate and make a the thropters 3/3s?

Or is this play wrong?

I have Arcbound ravenger and a bunch of artifacts in play.

I understand I can say an artifact to put a counter on ravenger, and I can choose to keep priority to keep sacking to add more counters without passing priority.

Can i also choose to pass priority between each individual sac to avoid losing ravenger to instant damage effects or effectively play around them?

E.g sac add a counter pass priority, sac add another counter pass priority, sac add another counter pass priority and so on.