Index
Sorcery
Look at the top five cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #12457
Index lets you arrange the top five cards of your library in any order for one mana — that's the whole card, and whether it's worth a slot lives or dies on whether your deck punishes a stacked top. In something like Neera, Wild Mage, where the cascade-style trigger fires off the top, that control matters; in a deck without a meaningful top-of-library payoff, Index is a blank.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neera, Wild Mage
Neera, Wild Mage triggers off the top card of your library, so Index turns a random outcome into a guaranteed hit — stack your best spell on top before Neera fires and the 'wild' in her name disappears.
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign triggers free casts off the top card on each attack, but only if that card has an odd mana value — Index lets you place the right odd-cost spell on top before you swing, converting a conditional ability into a reliable engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Index is a niche piece that earns its slot only in decks built around top-of-library manipulation — think Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign, Neera, Wild Mage, or any shell running Sensei's Divining Top effects. In Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper it's technically legal but functionally absent from competitive play; Brainstorm and Ponder do strictly more for similar or lower costs. Index is not legal in Pioneer or Standard, which is academic — no competitive list in those formats would have wanted it anyway.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Index is deep bulk — easy to acquire and zero risk to slot into a brew. Price stability is a non-issue; it will stay at this floor indefinitely because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Neera, Wild Mage
- Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.