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 ontop of the owner of this artifact's library.

Combos

• Future Sight + Helm of Awakening + Sensei's Divining Top
• Elsha of the Infinite + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries + Sensei's Divining Top
• Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter + Sensei's Divining Top
• Bolas's Citadel + Etherium Sculptor + Sensei's Divining Top
• Etherium Sculptor + Future Sight + Sensei's Divining Top
• Bolas's Citadel + Leonin Elder + Sensei's Divining Top
• Future Sight + Jhoira's Familiar + Sensei's Divining Top
• Reforge the Soul + Sensei's Divining Top
• Mystic Forge + Sensei's Divining Top + Ugin, the Ineffable
• Aetherflux Reservoir + K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Sensei's Divining Top

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

NV_1980 on Panty-loser....Sun Flavored?

1 month ago

Hi,

This looks fun, but if I may: it's not fast. There's a very simple reason for this. Your deck contains no additional mana sources other than lands and no ramp. On top of that, most creatures in your deck are very expensive to cast. Considering that you don't seem to be on a budget, I'd recommend the following cards:

• Add ramp cards like Burgeoning, Exploration, Topiary Stomper and Wayward Swordtooth. Being able to play more lands per turn will increase the deck's speed dramatically.
• Add some mana rocks like Arcane Signet, Chromatic Lantern, Patchwork Banner and Sol Ring to provide you with additional mana.
• Try to cheapen the casting of dinosaurs with cards like Herald's Horn and Urza's Incubator.
• Include some ramp sorceries that allow you to fetch good lands for a low amount of required mana, like Farseek, Nature's Lore and Three Visits

Aside from all the above, you can also increase the deck's speed by adding stuff that allows you to filter through your deck like Scroll Rack and Sensei's Divining Top. Last but not least, Monstrous Vortex seems to be very suitable to the deck's overall theme and strategy.

Kjacobson6800 on Kaalia, Queen of the Vast

1 month ago

Cool Build. I have a pretty mean Kaalia myself but its rather competitive. Yours looks fun to play I just tested it a few times. Love the Sneak Attack as a backup. Feel free to take a look at mine if you'd like. My only real suggestions after seeing your maybe list is to tune the creatures a bit more and sell that Alpha/Beta D-Tutor ... buy a Chrome Mox. Would leave you with a few $$ to really deck this thing out. Id also be running all 3 Talismans. A revised Demonic tutor is Rather affordable. I run Gamble Demonic Tutor, Enlightened TutorGC, Vampiric TutorGC, Grim Tutor, And Imperial SealGC. More tutors and maybe Steelshaper's Gift to get the Greaves out fast. Diabolic Tutor works just fine to go get an Avacyn or something and get the whole table salty Lotus Petal is clutch too and chronically slept on IMO, especially when it comes to Kaalia... Im pretty sure Jeweled Lotus is banned in EDH now so maybe let that one go too. Necropotence is stupid good in a Kaalia deck, especially if you can get a Reliquary Tower out. As soon as i focused more on tutors, mana rocks, and a few board-wipes Wrath of God Day of Judgment Damn She started going off quick and dirty.Sensei's Divining Top is super helpful too. I wouldn't sleep on Dark Ritual if you're short a Jeska's WillGC. I slip a Dark Rit in mine from time to time depending on where I'm playing. I also run Armageddon and Catastrophe. Sometimes Winter Orb ...locks everyone down once I have Her out. I Cant tell you how many times Steel Hellkite has won the game for me. Blows up all dorks and keeps opponents rocks at bay. Plus you can grab him with Enlightened tutor. Dragon Mage could work in this to help load up youre Kaalia drops without needing a Wheel of Fortune Solid build!! Ive been tuning mine for years now.

SufferFromEDHD on Azorius Timesifter Prison

1 month ago

Sensei's Divining Top so that Counterbalance can reach its full potential.

Catastrophe Swiss army knife

Andramalech on Favorite plane and why?

2 months ago

I have love for several different planes.

Mirrodin/Argentum - Karn is one of the oldest characters that I associate myself with, and I happen to really love who and what Karn has become to the world of MTG, since Urza (imo) after encapsulating his character, wasn't someone worth keeping up with. Karn seems timeless and like someone who can be revisited over and over again with new relevance. Mirrodin developed this great butterfly effect where "the actions you didn't even realize you were taking shaped an entire civilization in your absence."

Kamigawa - a typically over-looked plane and set respectfully due to how over-nerfed everything needed to be in Karn's power-hungry wake (i Joke). but some of my favorite characters like Tetsuo Umezawa can be associated to this plane. Not only that but the lineage traces and it just tethers so many different parts of magic together. I am infatuated with the original artwork for Sensei's Divining Top. Much like I am for Mox Opal.

Kiora - relatively un-discovered but I theorize that I could see some developement for Nekusar, the Mindrazer if they ever confirm his home-plane.

Muraganda - I love the general energy of the plane and after Aetherdrift recently, I want to revisit for more development.

Amonkhet - Hazoret is a total baddie and I'm still a bit heartbroken over the death of Oketra, but I like how the plane generally shapes out it's higher-tiered characters such as Hazoret, Oketra, Bontu, Ketramose, etc.

Leif-The-Lucky on Elsha, Threefold Master

2 months ago

Hi, capwner, thanks for the deck upvote! That is very true. She is in the 99, so it would be a powerful way to win. I think I have underestimated this card just because Elsha of the Infinite is not my commander. But she is in the 99. And even without her, we still: Trigger prowess at least once a turn, makes running 22 lands feel a little safer, and it gives our colorless mana some value in a deck with so very little colorless mana symbols...

With Elsha of the Infinite + Sensei's Divining Top + Helm of Awakening we can draw our entire deck! Which is worth mentioning! Makes me consider whether an Aetherflux Reservoir is worth it.... Regardless, I think Sensei's has found a possibly permanent spot in the decklist.

Profet93 on Karn, Collector of Trinkets

2 months ago

CrazyDanPsycho

Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument = {INFINITY}{C}

Basalt + rings of brighthearth + 2 mana = {INFINITY}{C} + Sensei's Divining Top = {INFINITY} draw

Mystic Forge + Top = Synergy. Top + Forge + {INFINITY}{C} = {INFINITY} draw

Ugin ineffable/artifact cost reducer + top + forge = {INFINITY} draw

Everflowing Chalice (4 counters) + voltaic key + rings = {INFINITY}{C}

Metalworker + voltaic key + rings = {INFINITY}{C}

Sanctum of Ugin - Tutor

Karn, the Great Creator + Mysconsith lattice = Hard lock

Blinkmoth Well - Politics

Blinkmoth Urn - Ramp + Well = One sided ramp

ChocolatePuma on Toshiro Umezawa

4 months ago

Tarzunga I've played around with Sensei's Divining Top and found it to be quite the engine for setting up combos. It ended up making the deck a bit too fast for my playgroup so I omitted it in favour of more complexity/flavour. Doom Whisperer's CMC looks a lot less competitive though, so I might just give it a shot.

Tarzunga on Toshiro Umezawa

4 months ago

Hello. Interesting approach you took with Toshiro, if I may offer my input, being Toshiro my main commander, you can add 1 card to your deck that will make an infinite combo with others you already have. If you add Doom Whisperer he can go inifite with Aetherflux Reservoir and Bolas's CitadelGC. Sensei's Divining Top can replace Doom Whisperer in that combo also, if you prefer it.

If you want you can check my deck for some ideas, but mine is built more as a spellslinger. Still in need of upgrades tho.