---
name: "Jester's Scepter"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "CSP"
set_name: "Coldsnap"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "396b943c-b45d-4e5b-a9c1-f70bc603ee9f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/jesters-scepter-csp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Jester's Scepter
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
When this artifact enters, exile the top five cards of target player's library face down. You may look at those cards for as long as they remain exiled.
{2}, {T}, Put a card exiled with this artifact into its owner's graveyard: Counter target spell if it has the same name as that card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Madcap Jester](/printing/the-madcap-jester-mbc.md) — Legendary Creature — Clown Wizard
2. [Jester's Mask](/printing/jesters-mask-me2.md) — Artifact
3. [Jester's Cap](/printing/jesters-cap-ptc.md) — Artifact
4. [Jester's Sombrero](/printing/jesters-sombrero-ugl.md) — Artifact
5. [Gustha's Scepter](/printing/gusthas-scepter-all.md) — Artifact
6. [Jace, the Mind Sculptor](/printing/jace-the-mind-sculptor-wwk.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Jace

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Coldsnap (CSP) #137
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Cavotta
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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