Crystal Ball
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Fix all my drawsteps? Yes please. Seriously though I used two of these in my blue white deck and they won me two games because once I had enough mana for the biggest thing in my deck I cycled all my lands to the bottom at every draw step. When the game went on a long time I think I had cycled at least 12 lands to the bottom of the library and drew my frost titan for the win.
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Posted By: Donovan_Fabian (7/18/2010 7:21:57 PM)
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This is a card that can go in basically EVERY deck, I mean it lets you set up the perfect draw in decks that wouldn't normally allow you to. 5/5
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Posted By: IRHennessy (7/21/2010 8:10:08 PM)
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i think of this better than Sensei's Divining Top just because of the option of putting unneeded cards to the bottom
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Posted By: Zacklar (6/28/2011 12:39:25 AM)
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Its a crappy top, and its almost busted, lol

4/5 Stars
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Posted By: Hunter06 (9/17/2013 2:43:06 PM)
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I think Crystal Ball gets completely overshadowed by Divining Top because it's marginally weaker.

We can go back to the argument of "which is better: Ponder or Preordain?", since Top's effect is kind of like Ponder. Personally, I like Preordain better, but don't get me wrong: Top is cheaper and harder to kill than Ball. If Top was 1: Scry 2... well, that'd actually be rigged. Forget I said anything.

But there's one thing that Ball shoots Top out of the water: price. Crystal Ball can go for $0.50, while Top is about $20. For the average EDH player, you can't just spend your dinner money on one card.

I know people don't like it when you mention the secondary market on the Gatherer, but there are some times when you can't just ignore it. Its unrealistic to think everyone can get every card.
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Posted By: Ferlord (11/29/2013 9:58:00 AM)
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Decent for Commander and was awesome for draft, but leaves a lot to be desired in Modern and Legacy.
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Posted By: iUseBreakOpen (1/12/2014 12:43:48 PM)
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If you can manage to get seven additional copies of this into play, congratulations! You have assembled a Magic 8-Ball.
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Posted By: Salient (1/22/2014 8:59:55 PM)
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@Salient. Prototype portal. You can have as many Crystal Balls as you want lol
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Posted By: Kadaver666 (2/16/2014 8:56:17 PM)
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