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◇ Catalog #57

Mindbreak Trap

zen·#57·mythic·nonfoil

Illus. Christopher Moeller

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Oct '09

17 yr ago

Value

$16.73+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $16 · low $15

NM$15.7

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$15–$17modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $17low $8.17range 104.7%n 54

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #536 · Common include

Variants

Foil$232

Nonfoil$16

Gameplay

Instant — Trap

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

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2025-09-19wotc

Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost condition checks whether an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, not whether those spells have resolved.

2025-09-19wotc

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.

2025-09-19wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $15.73. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $8.17 and $16.72 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ZEN — 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 #57 of *Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2009 Zendikar release.

Card type: Instant — Trap, color identity blue, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {2}{U}{U} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #536 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Christopher Moeller. Rarix catalogs 1,011 other cards credited to this artist.