Card of the Day · July 12, 2026 Salt Pick
Demonic Consultation
Instant · Uncommon
The most efficient combo piece in the format, and the reason people build their whole deck around a two-card win they can hold up on turn three.
Why it stings
This card has been in cEDH decks for years, and it's still the most resented one-mana spell at the table because of what it enables, not what it does on its own.
What it does
You name a card, exile from the top of your library until you either hit it or run out of cards to reveal, then put the named card into your hand. Name something you know isn't in your deck and you strip your library down to nothing, setting up a win the moment you have Thassa's Oracle or Laboratory Maniac on board.
Where it shines
Doomsday and Thassa's Oracle cEDH shells, where this is cast for one black mana off a stack of tutors and rituals to close the game before opponents untap.
Plays well with
- Empty your library with Demonic Consultation, then Thassa's Oracle checks your library size against your devotion and wins on the spot.
- Once Demonic Consultation empties your library, drawing your next card with an empty library and Laboratory Maniac in play wins the game instead of losing it.
- Both cards exile your library looking for a named or exiled-duplicate card, and either one can set up the same empty-library kill with Thassa's Oracle.
The catch
Name the wrong card or misjudge your library count and you deck yourself with no payoff on board, which is the fastest way to lose a game you were winning.