---
name: "Forging the Anchor"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Liiga Smilshkalne"
oracle_id: "17c5b5c9-5c58-46dc-b0a7-a635b9997bb8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/forging-the-anchor-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Forging the Anchor
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of artifact cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

> *The metal turned and blossomed with Saheeli's will, each filigreed twist bringing the temporal anchor closer to completion.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fabricate](/printing/fabricate-sld.md) — Sorcery
2. [Merchant's Dockhand](/printing/merchants-dockhand-paer.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
3. [Pieces of the Puzzle](/printing/pieces-of-the-puzzle-sir.md) — Sorcery
4. [Scour for Scrap](/printing/scour-for-scrap-eoe.md) — Instant
5. [Peer Through Depths](/printing/peer-through-depths-chk.md) — Instant — Arcane
6. [Artificer's Intuition](/printing/artificers-intuition-5dn.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #50
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Liiga Smilshkalne
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`