Diresight
Sorcery
Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #2520
Diresight lets you look at target player's hand and top of library, then choose which one they draw from next — that's meaningful information plus soft control over a single draw step. The catch is it costs three mana at sorcery speed, which is steep for an effect that doesn't change the board. In Mirko, Obsessive Theorist builds it earns its slot by feeding graveyard setup and denying opponents the card they actually want.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist mills opponents when they draw from their library, so Diresight's ability to force a player to draw from the top — rather than their hand — turns every activation into a mill trigger you partially control.

Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller cares about knowing and manipulating what opponents are working with, and Diresight delivers both a hand read and a one-shot redirect that can strand a key piece on top while Zoraline's plans develop.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Diresight is a niche role-player rather than a staple — it earns a slot specifically in decks that reward knowing opponents' hands or care about controlling their draw, and outside those shells it underperforms compared to cheaper cantrips or more impactful interaction. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy and Vintage, three mana at sorcery speed for a non-permanent effect is simply too slow; Diresight never sees play there. Modern and Pioneer are similarly uninterested — the formats' cantrip and disruption suites are efficient enough that a three-mana look-and-redirect doesn't make the cut. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Diresight could theoretically see fringe experimentation in control shells hungry for hand information, but even there the mana cost is a hard barrier.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Diresight is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that fills a narrow role in specific Commander decks. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely appreciate unless they spike in a breakout deck, and Diresight's ceiling is low enough that you should treat it as a throw-in, not a pickup.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.