Mindbreak Trap
Mana value4TypeInstant — Trap
Color identity Blue
RarityMythic
SetZendikar (ZEN)
ArtistChristopher Moeller
Price€10.80 · foil €116.27 · $15.19About this card
Mindbreak Trap is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 4 (color identity: blue). First printed in Zendikar (2009); 5 paper printings in total. It is one of the 1,000 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 554). Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €6.74 (Marvel Universe); most expensive: €10.91 (Zendikar).
Mindbreak Trap
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.Exile any number of target spells.
"Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends." —Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage
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2025-09-19
Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost condition checks whether an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, not whether those spells have resolved.
2025-09-19
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.
2025-09-19
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.
