Mindbreak Trap
Zendikar (ZEN) #57 · Mythic · Instant — Trap
Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}
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.
"Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends."
—Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage
Illustrated by Christopher Moeller · Released October 2, 2009
Prices
- Nonfoil: $15.36 USD · €11.19 EUR
- Foil: $265.23 USD · €127.93 EUR
Nonfoil price over the last 90 days: down $0.29 USD (1.9%) to $15.36 USD; low $14.81 USD, high $15.65 USD.
Printings
- Marvel Universe #11 (MAR) · Mythic · 2025 · $7.30 USD
- Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet #11 (OMB) · Mythic · 2025
- Mystery Booster 2 #168 (MB2) · Mythic · 2024 · $8.44 USD
- Breaking News #12 (OTP) · Mythic · 2024 · $9.50 USD
- Breaking News #68 (OTP) · Mythic · 2024 · $340.71 USD foil
- Zendikar #57 (this printing) · Mythic · 2009 · $15.36 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2025-09-19 · wotc — 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 · wotc — 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.
- 2025-09-19 · wotc — 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.
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