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◇ Catalog #128

Mesmeric Fiend

DIGITAL ONLY

vma·#128·common·foil

Illus. Dana Knutson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '14

12 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #19,750 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.04

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Creature — Nightmare Horror

When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

1/1

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2018-03-16wotc

If Mesmeric Fiend leaves the battlefield before its first ability has resolved, its second ability will trigger and do nothing. Then its first ability will resolve and exile a nonland card from the target opponent's hand indefinitely.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #128 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Nightmare Horror, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #19,750 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dana Knutson. Rarix catalogs 71 other cards credited to this artist.