Azorius Arrester

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Character Background

Azorius Arrester is a classic one-drop tempo piece that reads like law enforcement on a budget: for {1}{W} you get a 2/1 and an enter-the-battlefield detain that locks an opposing creature out of combat and prevents its activated abilities until your next turn. That makes it excellent in tempo and control-leaning decks that want to blunt early attackers or shut down a mana dork or a combo enabler for a turn, buying you a decisive turn of breathing room. In limited it's a premium play on curve; in constructed it’s a useful sideboard or filler in Azorius tempo lists. Specific synergies include blink effects (Cloudshift, Ephemerate) to re-trigger detain on successive creatures or repeatedly neutralize the same threat, and pairing it with cheap evasive finishers so the shore-up of tempo converts into damage. Build it into decks that value short-term disruption and board presence rather than long game card advantage.

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