---
name: "Thought Dissector"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DST"
set_name: "Darksteel"
collector_number: "152"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "6702fcdb-0b06-4b17-966a-3c5e033c3341"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thought-dissector-dst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Thought Dissector
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{X}, {T}: Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact card or X cards are revealed, whichever comes first. If an artifact card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield under your control and sacrifice this artifact. Put the rest of the revealed cards into that player's graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dispossess](/printing/dispossess-pakh.md) — Sorcery
2. [Acquire](/printing/acquire-pidw.md) — Sorcery
3. [Shattered Dreams](/printing/shattered-dreams-5dn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Audacious Reshapers](/printing/audacious-reshapers-c21.md) — Creature — Human Artificer
5. [Madcap Experiment](/printing/madcap-experiment-kld.md) — Sorcery
6. [Artificer's Intuition](/printing/artificers-intuition-5dn.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Darksteel (DST) #152
- **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`