This card+any creature with kinship=epic win. Also, it's pretty much immune to anything that destroys artifacts (naturalize, disenchant, shatter, etc) because you can use its 2nd ability.
Gako
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@Akatosh, you are a FOO!!! As anyone who plays legacy knows, Top is broken. Very, VERY broken. It basically permanently increases your hand size by three.
makochman
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
This card is so annoying, it's psychological warfare. I've seen people get so angry after a few activations that they started making bad decisions. Like playing Disenchant on it when it's untapped.
Gezus82
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
damn, wizards has serious problems with uncommon artifacts. Aether vial, skullclamp, now this. and they all have 1CMC.
heres some advice wiz, think very hard before finalizing uncommon artifacts with 1 CMC or just uncommon artifacts in general.
PapikCZ
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Without being countered, this card is beyond indestructible. At the best, you can use Etherium Sculptor and Futere Sight or MAgus of the Future to draw any number of cards during each of your turns. And with Counterbalance you usually win. This card should be banned.
Dohyden
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
i have a question. If i were to drege 5, and i had a devining top in play, lets say my 5th card on the top of my library is an 'ire of Kaminari' but i don't want it to be dredged, is it posible to, dredge three then in reaction tot he final 2 being dredged to then re order the top 3 cards of my library, and thus be left with the 'ire of kaminari' on top???
i would really like this question answered.
ScissorsLizard
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Dohyden: In short, no. Once a spell or ability starts resolving, no one can do anything else until it has resolved. Dredge 5 is all done at once; you can't put another spell or ability on the stack (like top's ability) until all five cards have been dredged.
sir_dwar
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Not necessarily game breaking on it's own (Although there are a lot of ways to break it, as people have already said), but it slows down the game like no other card in existence, and that's part of the reason it's banned.
MooCowsOfDoom
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(6 votes)
Good sirs, all of your understandings of this card are as flawed as the goals of the kaiser to take over Europe. Your mothers will all be invited over for tea... haha good sirs hoisted by ones own poniard. And soon I shall invoke the wrath of the almighty cow demons, then you shall have something to fear.
Gideon Wilshire-son Esq., commander of the golden cows
donjohnson
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Unbelievable card.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(11 votes)
@Gezus 82 Shut The F U C K up No One Wants Crappy Cards Bro! The More Broken The More Fun Keep It Coming Wizards Specially Vial And Clamp Those Were The Bombs
a broken, uncommon artifact? Why is this not in Mirroden? I mean, that was a sub-theme, right? :p
pedrodyl
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
lol immediately banned in modern
Tivoko
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Been in the process of moving while I got back into magic have a 7 year hiatus from the game, finally got my old cards out of storage and discovered I had two of these along with some other broken artifacts I had no idea I owned. I only play casually with a couple of friends with no restrictions on what cards we can use so finding these were a nice addition for my deck.
made4ipod
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Way to not making artifacts broken after mirrodin
WateryMind
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(3 votes)
This card is so goddamn good!
Reign274
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@Gezus82
Sir I consider it blasphemy that you left out Isochron Scepter in the list of broken uncommon artifacts. Whatever they were smoking when they made these uncommon...I want some of it.
oafkad
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Jace's Erasure + 2 of these + Anything that makes artifacts 0.
I've won on turn 4 with that, I know that's not super cool but it felt great.
Turn 1, put this down. turn 2 I put down Jace's erasure. Turn 3 I cast Cloudkey and said "Artifacts". Turn 4 I cast a second Top.
Tap first top, it goes to top of deck you draw a card, they mill one, you tap your second top to draw the first top and put the second one on top of the deck. They mill one.
Cast the top in your hand for free, swap it for the one on top of your library, each time you do this they mill one. Then just say you repeat it till they are decked :).
Not great, not a great thing to fall back on as your primary strategy, but it feels great when you do it.
Shadow1798
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
It looks so innocent the first time you read it too.
It's not. Not even a little bit.
TheWrathofShane
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
I hate this community for rating only on power alone, this card deserves a .5/5 for being stupidly unbalanced.
MostlyLost
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Wizards should make little souvenirs of this thing. I'd get one.
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@thewrathofshane: I give you a .5/5 for being stupidly annoying. Happy now?
Syrtees
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
WHY ARE YOU NOT RUNNING THIS IN YOUR EDH DECK!?
canadiantuxedo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the most broken artifacts in the Multiverse. Fun in EDH, I'm sure, but at the price it's going for I'd rather just buy a Ferrari.
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heres some advice wiz, think very hard before finalizing uncommon artifacts with 1 CMC or just uncommon artifacts in general.
i would really like this question answered.
Gideon Wilshire-son Esq., commander of the golden cows
L-A-M-E
Sir I consider it blasphemy that you left out Isochron Scepter in the list of broken uncommon artifacts.
Whatever they were smoking when they made these uncommon...I want some of it.
I've won on turn 4 with that, I know that's not super cool but it felt great.
Turn 1, put this down.
turn 2 I put down Jace's erasure.
Turn 3 I cast Cloudkey and said "Artifacts".
Turn 4 I cast a second Top.
Tap first top, it goes to top of deck you draw a card, they mill one, you tap your second top to draw the first top and put the second one on top of the deck. They mill one.
Cast the top in your hand for free, swap it for the one on top of your library, each time you do this they mill one. Then just say you repeat it till they are decked :).
Not great, not a great thing to fall back on as your primary strategy, but it feels great when you do it.
It's not. Not even a little bit.
You don't even have to win with that combination; just stall until you find the thing that would do it.