Aminatou's Augury
Sorcery
Exile the top eight cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield. Until end of turn, for each nonland card type, you may cast a spell of that type from among the exiled cards without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2595
Aminatou's Augury resolves and you cast up to one spell of each mana value from 1 through 8 off the top of your library — that's potentially eight free spells in a single turn. Eight mana is the real barrier, but in any deck that can reliably reach that number, the card is a one-shot game-ender; Marvo, Deep Operative decks don't even pay full price.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative's activated ability lets you cast spells without paying their mana costs when you've taken enough damage, which means Aminatou's Augury hits the table for free once the engine is running — 68% of Marvo decks include it for exactly that reason.
Hidetsugu and Kairi
Hidetsugu and Kairi mills the top card and casts it for free on death or whenever it deals damage, and Aminatou's Augury is the single most explosive card you can flip — one resolution can chain into half your remaining library.
Ashling, Rekindled
Ashling, Rekindled cares about casting spells from exile and casting big spells without paying costs, and Aminatou's Augury is the ceiling of what that engine can produce in a single activation.
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge exiles cards from opponents' libraries and casts instants and sorceries for free, but her own pilots load the deck with high-CMC spells to cast off her trigger — Aminatou's Augury is the apex predator of that package.
Elminster
Elminster manipulates the top of the library and rewards you for scrying and casting big spells, so Aminatou's Augury sitting on top of a stacked deck becomes a reliable game-winning line rather than a lucky draw.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aminatou's Augury is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format's large decks and long games give it both the density of payoffs to hit and the time to reach eight mana. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but completely unplayed; the formats move too fast and too consistently for a do-nothing eight-drop with no immediate board protection. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it occasionally shows up, specifically in shells that can cheat on mana costs, though the 20-life starting total compresses games enough that it rarely gets the chance to resolve. If you're playing Aminatou's Augury, you're playing it in Commander.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Aminatou's Augury isn't currently available in our database, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures. As an eight-mana sorcery with a narrow home, it has historically sat in the budget-to-mid range — worth verifying before you buy.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Marvo, Deep Operative
- Hidetsugu and Kairi
- Ashling, Rekindled
- Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
- Elminster
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.