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Mind's Dilation

Mind's Dilation Price

7 printings · 6 sets · first printed 2016

Cheapest $0.31
Median $4.75
Highest $17.27
EDHREC Rank #2,708

Mind's Dilation has been printed 7 times across 6 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Marvel Super Heroes Commander #277 at $0.31, while the most expensive is Eldritch Moon Promos #70s at $17.27 — about 56× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $4.75. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 7x, including dedicated reprint sets like Marvel Super Heroes Commander, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander.

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Every Mind's Dilation Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Marvel Super Heroes Commander #277 (M) Cheapest 2026 $0.31 —
Marvel Super Heroes Commander #344 (M) 2026 $0.93 $1.00
Eldritch Moon #70 (M) 2016 $4.65 $2.00
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #101 (M) 2024 $4.85 $1.60
Secret Lair Drop #1180 (M) 2022 $12.80 $9.00
Eldritch Moon Promos #70s (M) Foil 2016 $17.27 $7.25 foil
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #82 (M) 2023 — —

Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.

Oracle Text
Enchantment
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.
Legal In
Pioneer Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Brawl Penny Dreadful

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 7 versions.

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.