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Fortune Teller's Talent

Enchantment — Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
{3}{U}: Level 2
As long as you've cast a spell this turn, you may play cards from the top of your library.
{2}{U}: Level 3
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {2} less to cast.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Bloomburrow Commander
Price
$0.42
EDHREC rank
#3893
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Fortune Teller's Talent card art
Fortune Teller's Talent puts a Sensei's Divining Top effect on the board for two mana and levels up into a repeatable scry-and-draw engine that generates value every turn without spending cards. The cost is real — it does nothing the turn you play it, and it needs to survive long enough to level — but in any deck already running Kellan, the Kid or similar top-deck-matters synergies, it earns its slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kellan, the Kid

Kellan, the Kid

42.7% of decks · synergy 0.41

Kellan, the Kid cares about cheap Auras and Adventures, and Fortune Teller's Talent feeds both angles — it enters as a leveler Kellan can tutor with his trigger and scales into a draw engine that keeps his curve stocked.

02
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

24.2% of decks · synergy 0.23

Ian Malcolm, Chaotician rewards chaotic, high-variance play, and Fortune Teller's Talent's top-deck manipulation lets you stack the randomness in your favor while still triggering Ian's dice-roll synergies.

03
Zinnia, Valley's Voice

Zinnia, Valley's Voice

19.9% of decks · synergy 0.18

Zinnia, Valley's Voice wants a packed top of library to maximize her triggered abilities, and Fortune Teller's Talent's persistent scry effect keeps the right cards in position turn after turn.

04
Flubs, the Fool

Flubs, the Fool

19.5% of decks · synergy 0.17

Flubs, the Fool cares about card quality and cheap permanents that accrue incremental value, and Fortune Teller's Talent's level-up payoff slots cleanly into that incremental-advantage gameplan.

05
Grolnok, the Omnivore

Grolnok, the Omnivore

18.2% of decks · synergy 0.17

Grolnok, the Omnivore exiles cards face-down and wants library manipulation to control what he hits, making Fortune Teller's Talent's scry engine a reliable way to feed him the right cards.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Fortune Teller's Talent does its best work — the longer game gives it time to level up, and the singleton format rewards cheap, permanent-based card selection that doesn't require constant reinvestment. In Oathbreaker the same logic applies at a slightly faster clock, but the effect is still worth the two-mana ask. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but have no real interest: the competition for two-mana slots is brutal, and neither format has the patience for a level-up enchantment that takes multiple turns to pay off.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

232 decks
Ghostly FlickerMystic SanctuaryFortune Teller's Talent

Ghostly FlickerMystic SanctuaryFortune Teller's Talent

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of artifacts, creatures, and lands; Infinite mana permanents you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$0.42 bulk tier

At $0.42, Fortune Teller's Talent is bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. The price reflects its narrow audience, not any weakness in the effect, so it's unlikely to spike unless a breakout commander drags it into wider play.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.