Spinning: not just for insiders any more
Once you start shuffling the deck, the power of the top begins to increase greatly. If taking the best cards out of three is generally good, taking the best card out of six (or more) is great. Sure, Myr Mindservant will give you a shuffle, but there are far better options out there.
Typically, it’s hunting for land that makes for the best shuffling. Kamigawa brings us one of the best mana cards for constructed Magic that we’ve seen in some time: Sakura-Tribe Elder. The card is subtle, but very rich. It provides a fast blocker and then gives you another mana. With the Top, it’s even better: you’ll always know whether or not you’d prefer to sacrifice him for mana or to forego the mana in favor of a good card. Solemn Simulacrum is another Standard legal card that is very similar, however you don’t get the ability to delay your decision. Other land searches are out there, from Journey of Discovery to Wood Elves, but these are probably the two best of their type. Sylvan Scrying and Reap and Sow have already been proven to be good at finding Cloudposts or Urza’s Lands, but besides that, they toss in a shuffle as well. And don’t forget Kodama’s Reach, also from Champions of Kamigawa and also outstanding.
Once you make the foray towards older cards, the possibilities open up quite a bit. The most efficient option is the Onslaught fetch lands – cards such as Polluted Delta and Bloodstained Mire – but these aren’t the only things available. I always enjoyed the card selection that came from Sylvan Library and Thawing Glaciers, and there’s no reason you can’t use this too.
Another good way to clear off the top of your library is other library manipulation. Commune with Nature, Peer Through Depths, Impulse, and Tainted Pact can all get rid of some of the dead weight on top of your library and replace it with something new and good. Simple card drawing like Accumulated Knowledge or Fact or Fiction can accomplish the same task. Between land-searching cards and generally card drawing, it’s easy to get the Top to look at new cards. Because of this, my current 5-color deck happily plays Tops just because of “deck spinning” cards like these. Very often, you’ll find that you’ll end up ditching the Top to draw some really powerful card and then shuffling it away, but most likely, it will have held its own in the meantime.
One great shuffle effect is the Tutor. There are a bunch of great tutor affects in Extended. Sadly, they all make you wait to get the benefits of your learning. Well, no more. Cast your Mystical Tutor, cast your Enlightened Tutor, cast your Vampiric Tutor, cast your Reclaim, whatever. The Top can get you that card in your hand with no waiting. Long-Term Plans is a long wait. Well, no more.
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SENSEI’S DIVINING TOP Posted in Feature on October 20, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/sensei%E2%80%99s-divining-top-2004-10-20
独楽は単体でもそれなりに強いですが、他のカードと組み合わせることでより強力になります。そんなシナジーを成すカードが多数紹介されています。
やはりシャッフル手段と組み合わせることが一番です。不要なカードがトップにあることを確認したら、切り直してしまえばいいからです。
当時は、《桜族の長老/Sakura-Tribe Elder》《真面目な身代わり/Solemn Simulacrum》《木霊の手の内/Kodama’s Reach》など、土地サーチカードが揃っていました。
下環境であれば、言うまでもなくフェッチランドが好相性です。もっとも、それゆえに独楽が禁止されてしまいましたが……。
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