---
name: "Ponder"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "P08"
set_name: "Magic Player Rewards 2008"
collector_number: "6"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steve Argyle"
oracle_id: "02090581-61aa-4348-ad57-451be8ee91c2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ponder-p08"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "banned"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ponder
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Omen](/printing/omen-por.md) — Sorcery
2. [Portent](/printing/portent-cst.md) — Sorcery
3. [Soothsaying](/printing/soothsaying-plst.md) — Enchantment
4. [Index](/printing/index-9ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Petals of Insight](/printing/petals-of-insight-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Pondering Mage](/printing/pondering-mage-j21.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Player Rewards 2008 (P08) #6
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steve Argyle
- **Total Printings:** 111 across all historical editions

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