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Distended Mindbender INR

Other printings of "Distended Mindbender": EMN #3 INR #3 PEMN #3s SIR #3

Card

id38791
artistYohann Schepacz
artistIdsc40c8ec8-d8b3-48a5-8de2-a7c96cbded5b
asciiName
attractionLights
availabilitymtgo, paper
boosterTypesdefault
borderColorblack
colorIdentityB
colorIndicator
colors
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank16887
edhrecSaltiness0.56
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishesnonfoil, foil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects
frameVersion2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil1
hasNonFoil1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint1
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywordsEmerge
languageEnglish
layoutnormal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost{8}
manaValue8
nameDistended Mindbender
number3
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalTextEmerge {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose from it a nonland card with mana value 3 or less and a card with mana value 4 or greater. That player discards those cards.
otherFaceIds
power5
printingsEMN, INR, PEMN, SIR
promoTypes
rarityrare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStampoval
setCodeINR
side
signature
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subsets
subtypesEldrazi, Insect
supertypes
textEmerge {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose from it a nonland card with mana value 3 or less and a card with mana value 4 or greater. That player discards those cards.
toughness5
typeCreature — Eldrazi Insect
typesCreature
uuid6e275c25-d60e-5695-a78b-20d2576d3649
variations
watermark
setNameInnistrad Remastered

Identifiers

id38791
cardKingdomEtchedId
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deckboxId
mcmId805676
mcmMetaId223033
mtgArenaId
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mtgjsonNonFoilVersionId
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mtgoFoilId
mtgoId135360
multiverseId685817
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tcgplayerEtchedProductId
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Legalities

id38791
alchemy
brawlLegal
commanderLegal
duelLegal
future
gladiatorLegal
historicLegal
legacyLegal
modernLegal
oathbreakerLegal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
pennyLegal
pioneerLegal
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timelessLegal
uuid6e275c25-d60e-5695-a78b-20d2576d3649
vintageLegal

Purchase URLs

id38791
cardKingdomhttps://mtgjson.com/links/16a73cac38b735dd
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoilhttps://mtgjson.com/links/145339d4671481c8
cardmarkethttps://mtgjson.com/links/c8ed0dd27e6f561e
tcgplayerhttps://mtgjson.com/links/f56a43166b4fd3e6
tcgplayerEtched
uuid6e275c25-d60e-5695-a78b-20d2576d3649

Foreign Data (per language)

No foreign data.

Rulings

datetext
2025-01-24A creature’s mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner (unless that creature is the back face of a double-faced card, is a melded permanent, or is copying something else; see below). If the mana cost includes {X}, X is 0. If it’s a single-faced card with no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it’s an animated land, for example), its mana value is 0. Ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) that were paid as the creature was cast.
2025-01-24An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
2025-01-24Colored mana components of emerge costs can’t be reduced with emerge.
2025-01-24Emerge represents two static abilities that function while the spell with emerge is on the stack. “Emerge [cost]” means “You may cast this spell by paying [cost] and sacrificing a creature rather than paying its mana cost” and “If you chose to pay this spell’s emerge cost, its total cost is reduced by an amount of generic mana equal to the sacrificed creature’s mana value.”
2025-01-24If a card in a player’s hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
2025-01-24If there aren’t two appropriate cards to choose, choose whichever you can and that player discards that card.
2025-01-24If you cast a spell for another cost “rather than paying its mana cost,” such as an emerge cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast it.
2025-01-24If you sacrifice a creature with {X} in its mana cost, that X is 0.
2025-01-24Once you begin to cast a spell with emerge, no player may take actions until you’re done. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice.
2025-01-24The creature chosen to be sacrificed is still on the battlefield as the cost of the emerge spell is determined and as you activate mana abilities to cast the emerge spell. Its abilities may affect the spell’s cost, be activated to generate mana, and so on. However, if it has an ability that triggers when a spell is cast, it will have been sacrificed before that ability can trigger.
2025-01-24The mana value of a creature spell with emerge isn’t affected by whether its emerge cost is paid. For example, if you cast Decimator of the Provinces for its emerge cost and sacrifice a creature whose mana value is 3, Decimator of the Provinces’s mana value remains 10.
2025-01-24The mana value of the back face of a double-faced card is the mana value of its front face. The mana value of a melded permanent is the sum of the mana values of its front faces. A creature that’s a copy of either has a mana value of 0.
2025-01-24You may sacrifice a creature with a mana value of 0, such as a token creature that’s not a copy of another permanent, to cast a spell for its emerge cost. You’ll just pay the full emerge cost with no reduction.
2025-01-24You may sacrifice a creature with mana value greater than or equal to the emerge cost. If you do, you’ll pay only the colored mana component of the emerge cost.
2025-01-24You must choose two appropriate cards if able.

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