Hello happy folks! Ever since the first set gave us the powerful Braingeyser, draw X effects have dominated the casual and tournament world both! This is a sequel to last week's Top Ten X Burn Spells for Commander here (https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/abesargent-seo-01032025-the-top-five-x-cost-burn-spells-for-commander.)

These are a brilliant mana sink for your Green ramping, mana rocks or lands like Nykthos or Cabal Coffers! We even have some in Black and Red hitting today (and maybe a White one too...)! Also note that there is an X Matters-Archetype with more than 30k decks around things like Rosheen Meanderer so this is a very deep well.

What are my favorites for Commander??

Honorable Mentions

Silver Scrutiny

This two-cost to start in Blue is first! It's a sorcery speed normally, like Braingeyser, but if you only draw three or fewer it's got flash. Love that faster flexibility early in the game. I'm sure you do too!

Damnable Pact AND Cut of the Profits

Next is this two Black mana to start and then sorcery speed and they will draw X and lose X life too. The first can be better in ways since it can target a foe to mill or kill him. The second can be better since you can sac a dork with 3 or more power to make a free copy! I often run them in Black decks that don't have Blue with Cabal Coffers et all.

Transcendent Message

This four mana, all Blue, to start and then draw X is next with instant speed and then you can convoke your stuff to make it cheaper. Tapping a dork to draw that card here is like making them all Archivist! Not bad, and since you can reduce the Blue here with tapping Blue stuff, this can be cheaper.

Invoke the Firemind

Hello Izzet fans! I've got your best Izzet X-spell here! This three mana to start is at sorcery speed and will either draw you X cards or shoot a target for damage so Blaze or Braingeyser split card. You'll either kill or draw. Love that flexibility here much you probably do too!

Blue Sun's Zenith AND Even the Score

Next are this pair of instants with triple-Blue to start! The Zenith will draw any player X and then shuffle it. Love that shuffle on resolution for more casts and then reshuffling for Brainstorm, Scroll Rack and Sensei's Divining Top stuff! The Score will just have you draw, and then is three Blue mana cheaper if a foe drew four or more cards, so you can punish them by drawing a ton yourself. I love that with mana rocks or Wheels that make them draw.

#5. Pull from Tomorrow

This instant speed double Blue to start hits our Top 5 proper! You'll draw those sweet X cards and then discard one. That discard is supposed to push you for the cheaper cost, but it's worth it to dig one more, drop something uncastable or an extra land, or a flashback or dork for recursion or threshold or delirium. Love it so much since us Commander players really use the graveyard as an extra hand so often!

#4. Drown in Dreams; Shout Out to Stroke of Genius

This three-cost to start instant and splashable spell is next. You can either have someone draw X or mill twice X cards! Then if you control your Commander you can do both! That's pretty great at milling foes or forcing them to draw to kill them, or you both in self-mill brew. Love that duo! Then the Stroke of Genius is the same splashable instant speed cost but just draws, so it's more of a shoutout.

#3. Commander's Insight

This harder to splash triple Blue starter is next! At instant speed you can have someone draw X equal to mana spent and Commander casts as well! It's very strong here at all of mid or late game card drawing, and is a partner essential if you are casting a few times by now. Check it out and enjoy it!

#2. Finale of Devastation

Our top sorcery! You draw X cards and then if you spent 10 or more, you shuffle your library and graveyard and draw from it, then untap five lands and have no max hand size for the game. That's just a nasty level of broken if you do, quite easy with Nykthos or mana rocks and such which you can untap too! This was just reprinted in Standard. Nasty! If you haven't run this yet...why not? Try it and I am sure you can see its power! It's cheap here at CoolStuffInc.com too for a dollar. Run it and check it out!

#1. Sphinx's Revelation

Ah yes...this three mana Azorius instant speed card drawer tops our list! You can gain X life too in addition to drawing those cards! It blew out Standard when legal at waiting until EOT, tapping out and casting and drawing and gaining tons of life! You will love this in Commander too!

And there we go! I hope that you enjoyed this fun lil' list at the deep well!