Mind's Dilation
- Mana cost
- {5}{U}{U}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #82 (mythic)
Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Mind's Dilation has 7 printings, first in Eldritch Moon (2016). EDHREC ranks it #2,719 among Commander cards. It appears most in Aminatou, Veil Piercer decks (5,880 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Mind's Dilation
- Grand Larceny - Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander, led by Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
- The Fantastic Four - Marvel Super Heroes, led by Mister Fantastic
Commanders that run Mind's Dilation most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Aminatou, Veil Piercer: 5,880 decks
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor: 5,468 decks
- Marvo, Deep Operative: 3,034 decks
- Tasha, the Witch Queen: 2,748 decks
- Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign: 2,328 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 2,153 decks
- Neera, Wild Mage: 1,899 decks
- Kellan, the Kid: 1,831 decks
Often played with Mind's Dilation
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you don't cast the card, perhaps because you choose not to or because it's a land card, it remains exiled.
- : If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : If you cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Mind's Dilation's ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only during combat") are not.
- : If you cast an instant or sorcery card this way, it goes to its owner's graveyard as normal. It doesn't return to exile.
- : If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as escalate costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
- : If you cast the card this way, it will resolve before the spell that caused Mind's Dilation's ability to trigger.