Thought Dissector
Artifact
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: Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact card or X cards are revealed, whichever comes first. If an artifact card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield under your control and sacrifice this artifact. Put the rest of the revealed cards into that player's graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #26938
Thought Dissector is a mana sink that can rip an artifact straight out of an opponent's library and put it into play under your control — the payoff is enormous when it hits. The catch is you're paying variable mana with no guarantee of finding anything worth stealing, which makes it a high-variance gamble in most situations.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Thought Dissector has any real home, specifically in artifact-heavy pods where opponents are reliably running Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, and expensive equipment worth poaching. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but essentially invisible — deterministic interaction and combo speed make a slow, luck-dependent artifact thief a non-starter. Oathbreaker is legal and follows the same logic as Commander: the more artifacts at the table, the better Thought Dissector looks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Thought Dissector is deep bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. Don't expect the price to move; niche casual appeal keeps it from falling further, but there's no competitive demand to push it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.