Mindbreak Trap
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{U}
- Type
- Instant — Trap
- Set
- Breaking News #68 (mythic)
If an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Exile any number of target spells.
Mindbreak Trap has 6 printings, first in Zendikar (2009). EDHREC ranks it #554 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy decks (11,825 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Mindbreak Trap most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy: 11,825 decks
- Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 9,387 decks
- Vivi Ornitier: 8,564 decks
- Sisay, Weatherlight Captain: 7,381 decks
- Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow: 6,092 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 6,034 decks
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 5,737 decks
- Glarb, Calamity's Augur: 5,441 decks
Often played with Mindbreak Trap
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost condition checks whether an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, not whether those spells have resolved.
- : If a spell is exiled, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works on spells that can't be countered.
- : For Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost to apply, a single opponent must cast three or more spells. Three opponents each casting a single spell won't work, for example.