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Artifact
Legal Salt 1.47Card DrawRank #226
: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
: Draw a card, then put this artifact on top of its owner's library.
Why is this card good?
Sensei's Divining Top is one of the best card-advantage engines that doesn't actually generate raw advantage — it converts mana into selection. For you fix your next three draws, then crack it to draw the card you arranged and reset the Top onto your library.
Where it shines:
- Shuffle synergy: fetchlands, Brainstorm, or any shuffle effect lets you draw the Top off the top and reload, turning every shuffle into a free card.
- Top-deck matters: Mystic Forge, Bolas's Citadel, miracles, Future Sight, Aetherflux Reservoir — Top controls what's on top.
- Storm/combo & cEDH: smooths draws and combos with Sylvan Library (filter expensive cards away) or any "draw extra" payoff.
It's also a recurring activated ability for prowess/magecraft-style triggers and untap synergies.
Don't play it in low-power, battlecruiser decks where it just spins wheels — without shuffles or top-deck payoffs it's a slow, mana-hungry artifact that doesn't meaningfully advance your board. It's a tool for tuned, interactive, or combo lists.
you fix your next three draws, then crack it to draw the card you arranged and reset the Top onto your library.
Where it shines:
- Shuffle synergy: fetchlands, Brainstorm, or any shuffle effect lets you draw the Top off the top and reload, turning every shuffle into a free card.
- Top-deck matters: Mystic Forge, Bolas's Citadel, miracles, Future Sight, Aetherflux Reservoir — Top controls what's on top.
- Storm/combo & cEDH: smooths draws and combos with Sylvan Library (filter expensive cards away) or any "draw extra" payoff.
It's also a recurring activated ability for prowess/magecraft-style triggers and untap synergies.
Don't play it in low-power, battlecruiser decks where it just spins wheels — without shuffles or top-deck payoffs it's a slow, mana-hungry artifact that doesn't meaningfully advance your board. It's a tool for tuned, interactive, or combo lists.Related cards
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Mystic Speculation
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Soothsaying
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Vampiric Tutor
Sets up a card on top to draw next turn.
Sylvan Library
Card advantage engine that benefits from top-deck control.
Crystal Ball
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Aetherflux Reservoir
Top recycling enables storm-style draw loops, similar payoff.
Printings (8)
Played by these commanders
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Rulings (2)
- 2016-06-08
Sensei's Divining Top's second ability may be activated in response to its first ability. If so, you'll draw a card, put Sensei's Divining Top on top of your library, and then look at the top three cards and rearrange them.
- 2016-06-08
If Sensei's Divining Top leaves the battlefield while its second ability is on the stack, you'll draw a card and leave Sensei's Divining Top in the zone it's moved to.