Mindbreak Trap
Instant — Trap
If an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay 
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Exile any number of target spells.
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 · Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
Rulings
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Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost condition checks whether an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, not whether those spells have resolved.
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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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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.
Archetypes that play this card
Vintage
- Counter Vine 100.0% of lists
- Control 100.0% of lists
- Blue Tinker 66.7% of lists
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- Lurrus DRS 16.7% of lists
- Oath of Druids 9.7% of lists
- Doomsday 5.9% of lists
- Esper Lurrus Control 5.1% of lists
- Other 3.4% of lists
- Mono-White Initiative 1.1% of lists