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Mind's Dilation

Secret Lair Drop #1180 mythic
Enchantment |
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Mind's Dilation

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Live Value $11.65
Foil Multiplier: 1.16x
Reprint Profile:
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Card Value: $11.65
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Rarity
mythic
Set Origin
Daily Shift
-0.26%
EDHREC Rank
#2,656
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Enchantment
Color Identity Blue
🖋️ Curator's Notes
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.

"Depart yourself; one mind is too small a vessel."

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Official Judge Precedents

6 Precedents

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.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2022-12-02
Artist Reference: Ori Toor
Border Profile: borderless
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Reprint

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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