Starlit Soothsayer
Creature — Bat Cleric
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained or lost life this turn, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #10489
Starlit Soothsayer generates a stream of Omen tokens and scry value just for doing what Zoraline, Cosmos Caller decks already want to do — cast cosmic spells and build toward a celestial board state. The cost of running it is effectively zero synergy tax; the upside is a repeatable engine that turns your theme into card selection.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller's entire gameplan rewards casting and collecting Omen tokens, and Starlit Soothsayer slots into that loop as a near-mandatory piece — 81% inclusion rate across Zoraline builds says everything about how central it is to the engine.
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 |
Starlit Soothsayer is legal everywhere but built for Commander, where the Omen token package and scry effects compound over a long game in ways that shorter formats never reward. In constructed formats like Standard, Modern, or Pioneer, the payoff is too incremental — three mana for a 2/3 that needs specific cosmic spell density to pay off simply doesn't compete with the raw power available. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where a synergy-driven value creature might find a niche, but cosmic tribal has no foothold there. Commander is where Starlit Soothsayer earns its slot, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Starlit Soothsayer is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or penny-bin find. Given its 81% inclusion in Zoraline decks and near-zero supply pressure outside that niche, there's no meaningful price floor to worry about holding.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.