---
name: "Xanathar, Guild Kingpin"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Beholder"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "239"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "1a168ba5-8e11-41dd-8f8a-8cb23bbde056"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/xanathar-guild-kingpin-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Beholder
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/6

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. Until end of turn, that player can't cast spells, you may look at the top card of their library any time, you may play the top card of their library, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [X](/printing/x-ulst.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Spy
2. [Underdark Beholder](/printing/underdark-beholder-cmb2.md) — Creature — Beholder
3. [Sen Triplets](/printing/sen-triplets-2xm.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Alhammarret, High Arbiter](/printing/alhammarret-high-arbiter-pori.md) — Legendary Creature — Sphinx
6. [Sorcerous Spyglass](/printing/sorcerous-spyglass-fdn.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #239
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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