Mesmerizing Benthid
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Octopus
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 5
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance #43 (mythic)
- Price
- $0.49 USD
When this creature enters, create two 0/2 blue Illusion creature tokens with "Whenever this token blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step."
This creature has hexproof as long as you control an Illusion.
Mesmerizing Benthid has 1 printing, first in Ravnica Allegiance (2019). EDHREC ranks it #14,826 among Commander cards. It appears most in Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep decks (1,228 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Mesmerizing Benthid most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep: 1,228 decks
- Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep: 850 decks
- Kenessos, Priest of Thassa: 517 decks
- Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor: 92 decks
- Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep: 54 decks
- Pol Jamaar, Illusionist: 43 decks
- Lorthos, the Tidemaker: 32 decks
- Caelorna, Coral Tyrant: 23 decks
Often played with Mesmerizing Benthid
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The triggered ability of the Illusion tokens doesn't tap the attacking creature if it's untapped, most likely because it has vigilance.
- : Mesmerizing Benthid has hexproof as long as you control any Illusion, not just Illusion tokens like the ones created by its first ability.