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Sensei's Divining Top

Artifact

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{T}: Draw a card, then put this artifact on top of its owner's library.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{1}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#224
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Sensei's Divining Top card art
Sensei's Divining Top is one of the most reliable library-manipulation tools in Commander — one mana to cast, and it keeps your draws clean for the rest of the game. The activation cost is real but trivial in any deck running cost-reducers like Foundry Inspector, and commanders like Lorehold, the Historian turn it into a full engine rather than just a cantrip filter.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Sensei's Divining Top is banned in both Legacy and Modern, and both bans trace to the same two problems: it generates near-infinite value in combination with shuffle effects, and it notoriously stalls gameplay by letting pilots activate it repeatedly to run out the clock. Commander sidesteps both concerns — the singleton rule limits shuffle-loop abuse, and the multiplayer table dynamic creates natural time pressure that punishes slow play far more harshly than a judge ever could. The result is a card that's oppressive in 1v1 constructed and a perfectly reasonable utility piece in a 100-card pod.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Lorehold, the Historian

Lorehold, the Historian

67.6% of decks · synergy 0.64

Lorehold, the Historian casts spells from the top of the library, so Sensei's Divining Top does double duty — filtering toward live hits and setting up exactly what Lorehold wants to cast for free on the next turn.

02
Elsha of the Infinite

Elsha of the Infinite

69.8% of decks · synergy 0.64

Elsha of the Infinite lets you cast noncreature spells from the top of your library, and Sensei's Divining Top is the perfect enabler: activate it to place itself on top, cast it for free off Elsha, and repeat as many times as you have mana, drawing your entire deck.

03
Gwenom, Remorseless

Gwenom, Remorseless

71.5% of decks · synergy 0.63

Gwenom, Remorseless rewards stacking your library with payoffs, and Sensei's Divining Top provides cheap, repeatable control over what sits on top — the inclusion rate north of 71% reflects how fundamental that filtering is to the gameplan.

04
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

54.1% of decks · synergy 0.47

Sensei's Divining Top is a historic artifact that draws a card off Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain the moment it enters, and its cheap activation keeps it doing work every subsequent turn without demanding more resources.

05
Mm'menon, the Right Hand

Mm'menon, the Right Hand

61.2% of decks · synergy 0.47

Mm'menon, the Right Hand cares about the order of your deck and what you're about to draw, making Sensei's Divining Top a near-mandatory inclusion — it gives you precise control over the top three at instant speed, which translates directly into triggers and value.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing for Sensei's Divining Top isn't available in this data, but it has been reprinted across multiple premium products and typically runs anywhere from $10 to $30 depending on printing. Check recent sold listings before buying — the spread between editions is wide, and a budget copy plays identically to a foil original.

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