Sibylline Soothsayer
Creature — Human Warlock
Temporal Foresight — When this creature enters, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card with mana value 3 or greater. Exile that card with three time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. Put the rest of the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #11916
Sibylline Soothsayer puts a free Alien creature token into play every time you cast a spell from somewhere other than your hand — that's an engine, not a bonus. In The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler decks, where cascade and Adventures constantly fire spells off exile, this card runs hot from turn one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler hits 70% inclusion with Sibylline Soothsayer because the commander's cascade mechanic is perpetually casting spells from exile — every cascade hit triggers Soothsayer, snowballing a board of Alien tokens that pressure opponents while The Tenth Doctor digs even deeper.
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 |
Sibylline Soothsayer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it meaningfully exists. Legacy and Vintage don't run three-mana creatures that need a specific cast-from-exile density to pay off, and the card sees essentially zero play there. In Commander, it's nearly purpose-built for spell-slinger and adventure-matters shells — particularly those built around The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler — where free token generation on top of an already-churning engine adds up fast. In Oathbreaker the same logic applies at lower power, but the smaller card pool and 20-life format make the token clock less reliable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Sibylline Soothsayer is deep bulk — pick it up in any commons-and-uncommons bin without a second thought. That price is stable; a card this narrowly slotted into one archetype doesn't spike unless The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler climbs dramatically in popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.