Amazing card!

  -- By Shaharazad from Tennessee on April 06, 2011

The ability to look at three cards from the top of your library and put them back in any order by paying 1 is very helpful. Since your opponent just draw one card and doesn't know what his or her next draw, you can predict three cards next draw and choose one among of them! This is why Sensei give me the many game win. People who said Aven Fateshaper is better are foolish or just beginner player...

  -- By The Gremlin from Tower of Flame on March 11, 2011

I know the price of this card will be increased since EDH. The ability to look at three cards from the top of your library and put them back in any order will really helpful. It also can evade "card destroyer" like disenchant, etc... And what's more... if your opponent playing Jace the Mind Sculptor, you can evade his "fateseal ability"...

  -- By Anonymous from The Ark on February 01, 2011

This is the ONLY card I have seen that should be run in EVERY deck. Its great for grabbing extra cards and helping plan your attack and get out your combos quicker, and is extremely difficult to destroy due to its tap effect. In short run this. Period.

  -- By Jero-Z from Lake Orion, MI on December 15, 2010

Although I change my Jace into Jace the Mind Sculptor, this card is really helpful for me. When the Mind Sculptor busy at fateseal opponent's library, the Top give me more alternative at drawing card! Great.... Five stars no doubt...

  -- By Anonymous from Indonesia on July 07, 2010

Sensei's Divining Top + Djinn of wishes + Some big Eldrazi (for example a 15/15, flying, aniquilator 6, etc.. etc..) in a blue control deck... i love it!

  -- By Pancho from Guatemala, Guatemala on May 23, 2010

In the agro deck, this card seems not like much. But don't let that fool you, in the control deck this card is very helpful to control the order of your next three card draws. You may combine it with Jace Beleren to give you "Ponder" turn after turn, also Liliana and Fetch Lands will be perfect combinations!

  -- By anton the mind sculptor from The Ark on February 08, 2010

hohohoho . . . . . . . this is the best card i loved play . . . . . . . the best browser. . . .

  -- By xoxo from indonesia on June 08, 2009

This is just a sick little puppy... Helm of awakening & 2x tops = unlimited *storm* need i say more??

  -- By Jason Polo from Minneapolis, MN USA on January 10, 2009

Awesome card... Sucks that it's now band in extended though...

  -- By Arkana from Atlantis on September 24, 2008

Get one in your yard and one in play along with a Locket of Yesterdays...infinite instant-speed card drawing :D

  -- By Greg from Atlanta, GA USA on June 15, 2008

Trinket mage, Fabricate, Helm of awakening, and Brain freeze. That is all there is to say about that! Blue Wins!

  -- By DarkRitual from Havelock, NC USA on January 22, 2008

As a legacy player I see this card for one real use, and that would be the counterbalance/top "lock", as seen prominantly in either u/g/r or u/g/w threshold decks. Aside from the seemingly limited use however, its still a decent card quality producer, and even though it may be limited, counterbalance/top wins games..

  -- By Anonymous from texas on November 16, 2007

none of you understand how this card works. put it in a toolbox deck that plays artificer's intuition. search for it then discard it for another top, discard another artifact for another top then another artifact for a locket of yesterdays. play your tops off the top of your deck infinite times because they cost 0 mana then play brainfreeze for the kill. muddle the mixture can transmute for the brainfreeze or the artificer's intuition. the deck shoul have a ride variety of toolbox card such as; tormod's crypt, pithing needle,AEther spellbomb and engineered explosives. It should also run around 12-16 artifact lands.

  -- By aaron dardik from west orange, NJ on October 20, 2007

This card is awesome! Use it with phyrexian arenas, counterbalances and the new 'clash' cards. Hectic deck acceleration! Those two reviewers who gave it 1 and 2 stars are full of crap! This is out turn one... Aven fateshaper costs 7... There's no comparison you idiot!

  -- By Geez, some reviewers are stupid! from The pits of hell on October 14, 2007

three words: divining Top - counterbalance

  -- By Daniel from Spain on January 27, 2007

While I'm a casual player myself, so many other casual players seem to be missing the point of this card. It's essentially Sylvan Library (one of my favorite cards) in artifact form. It's cheaper to cast, but is less mana effecient over time. It can be activated at any time, something I wish Sylvan could do, which is great if you've just shuffled you library or are considering casting something that will. However, at the expense of 8 life, Sylvan can net you 3 cards, something the Top can't do. A great replacement or compliment to the Library, simple as that. All of us can agree though that there is no replacement for Necropotence.

  -- By Magic Player Since Alpha from Dover, Pennsylvania on May 23, 2006

This card just keeps getting better, Ravnica gave us dredge, so this thing now does double duty, and it STILL lets you dig 3 cards deep. Good synergy with Dark Confidant as well.

  -- By bluesoul from Paducah, KY on December 02, 2005

Oh my god... I found someone who thinks just like me! OK, so I like the Mirrodin block and they don't, but still, the point is that if you think like me too, then you should read my brutal reiew of Ravnica. Oh! and Aven fateshaper is way better than this piece of crap.

  -- By Sage of the Order from Order Headquarters on November 24, 2005

I believe this is a great card to have in a deck that might move a little slower than the normal combo decks. I just started playing not long ago and don't quite have the money or cards for a good combo deck yet. Instead, I've had to deal with a decent strategy deck of samurai commons and uncommons. I put 3 of these into that deck and I have beaten a large amount of people with the fast moving combo decks. It just helps to speed up a slower deck just enough to have it run right.

  -- By Anonymous from Cape Girardeau, MO USA on July 29, 2005

I got tooled by this card and some crappy infinite combo. Total cheese. This is just an improvement on Sylvan Library, something that Wizards never should have done, as artifacts are supposed to suck. It's one of those cards that I love to disenchant....unless of coure you have a darksteel forge (BOOO). just one more reason that I don't consider eighth edition and beyond real Magic: the Gathering.

  -- By Evan from Richmond, IN on June 08, 2005

I like this card's ability. It allows you to dig 3 cards deeper in your library. Its cheap casting cost plus being an artifact is a good investment for those who want to manipulate their library. Too bad for blue though, library manipulation and card drawing are blue's forte. Now the other colors will enjoy this too, though in a limited way.

  -- By Mark from Antipolo, Rizal Philippines on March 07, 2005