Mind Stone

Artifact

{T}: Add {C}.

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this: Draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Idoneity on Tossing green out of the …

1 week ago

For the last few years, I have dove deeply into ramping via lands in commander. I still play an Arcane Signet or two for density's sake, but I've come to appreciate the corner-case complexity of land-ramping without cards designed to do so.

Green gets off easiest, getting a Rampant Growth every once and a while.

White has clearly risen to second best in this field with their Brought Backs and Claim Jumpers, each combining fruitfully with fetchlands and Lotus Field.

However, other colours need to outsource. I've seen discussion around Blue copying fetches with Virtue of Knowledge or simply casting Mitotic Manipulation. Black just got Dai Li Indoctrination. And Red just can't do much.

There's some universal ones: Mirran Safehouse, Surveyor's Scope, Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip, Wayfarer's Bauble, Myriad Landscape, etc....

But what others are out there? I know MTG-Goldfish inspired a lot of these, but it also encouraged me to get creative. So I'm curious what means other people have mustered!

Cloudy2024 on Squat-drazi-tron

2 weeks ago

Mind Stone is great with fleshraker because you don't lose any mana, and is you have Ugin, Eye of the Storms on the board, then it gives it an extra trigger

Tippycat on X- Secret Agent Group Hug EDH

1 month ago

I too have been trying to build an “X” deck. Definitely a lot of ways you could take this - love your ideas!

Some other thoughts - Confounding Conundrum, Turbulent Dreams, Consuming Tide and Faerie Slumber Party seem like ways to keep the board state in check and opponents’ hands full - though you risk “X" getting discarded if opponents don’t have unlimited hand size. Price of Knowledge could help here. Mind Over Matter, Psychic Frog also seems like potential adds allowing you to discard your own cards for advantage and also would protect against Price of Knowledge.

Also, personally, I find if I have under 37 lands I’m getting regularly mana screwed - and Reliquary Tower seems like it might be a good add here with all the card draw. And Buried Ruin to retrieve any key artifacts.

And maybe Thought Vessel instead of Mind Stone to make sure you’re keeping all the cards you want to?

MadlyTexas on The Amazing Spider-man

1 month ago

Some potential upgrades that aren't cripplingly expensive:

Ramp: Commander's Sphere, Rampant Growth, Farseek, Nature's Lore, Three Visits, Kodama's Reach, Thirsting Roots, Bushwhack, Mind Stone, Herald's Horn, Selesnya Signet, Simic Signet, Azorius Signet, Talisman of Unity, Talisman of Curiosity, Talisman of Progress, Patchwork Banner

Card Advantage: Harmonize, Elemental Bond, Revitalize, Healing Hands, Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass

Removal: Swords to Plowshares, Beast Within, Return to Nature, Naturalize, Fumigate, Generous Gift

Cloudy2024 on Colorless Eldrazi Tron

1 month ago

probably 4 Mind Stone

greyninja on Goblin Blizzard

1 month ago

Looks super fun {U}{R} I've always wanted to build Ovika

I might suggest more permanents over instants/sorceries for repeated value. For ramp Thought Vessel, Mind Stone, Sol Ring, Pyromancer's Goggles. What goes well with go-wide decks are a lot of Coastal Piracy-type cards

Curse of the Swine, Pongify, and/or Rapid Hybridization could replace Run Away Together, Unsubstantiate, etc

+1 from me!

Profet93 on I'll Chuck your Norris

2 months ago

Krosnest07

Everflowing Chalice - Scaleable ramp that combos with voltaic key + Rings of Brighthearth (should you wish to add rings.

Mind Stone - Ramp when u need it, draw when u dont.

Honestly, if you want more speed, you need to remove some of your less impactful and/or higher costed creatures for additional artifact ramp.

milohenry13 on Hallway of Fiery Doom-Death

2 months ago

Idoneity

Thanks for the suggestions and +1!

I LOVE Caverns of Despair and am brainstorming on how to add it!

You might not have seen but, Ward of Bones was already on my list; it's a card that I adore (in foil), and was responsible for an epic win in a game at my local meet up in San Francisco.

I am interested in Planar Atlas - however I NEED red mana. I have Iron Myr in there because I feel more comfortable with the red mana production over something like Mind Stone. Mindstone is great for the draw and Myr is good for a block and red mana.

I had Crawlspace in the deck but it always felt kinda meh - taking up space for something better. I think this was because the other stax and prison pieces felt more impactful - especially with Gloin, Dwarf Emissary in there. Omitting Crawlspce frees me up to add more offense.

I also own Portcullis and it was also in the deck at one point. But it never really felt impactful either. I really had to think about and balance Prison/Stax, with enough damage spells and payoffs - so Portcullis probably got the boot over better prison cards and cards that provide offense. BTW, ever heard of Noetic Scales?? A card I used to try and make work in the Legacy version.

Torpor Orb and Meekstone are okay but risky in my build. Meekstone stops Gloin from untapping. The Orb is playable for sure... but non-bos hard with a few cards in the deck. I think I looked at Orb and made a tough decision... But I love switching cards around and trying them out for awhile.

So this deck has a long history. I've been playing since middle school in 94. I have two legacy decks, but they're both mono colored - Merfolk and Red Prison Burn. This deck is an homage to that Legacy build. I've been brewing these Legacy decks since I was a kid and continue to update them. Ensnaring Bridge has a special place in my heart cause I felt like I was playing it before it got big. I'm especially proud of my Legacy Red Prison Burn deck because it was a original homebrew concept I came up with as a kid. I've been building alongside my Merfolk deck all this time. I was an early innovator with the Red Prison build.

My Legacy Decks:

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Murmaid Murder

Legacy milohenry13

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My deck:

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Ensnaring Flames of Burn

Legacy milohenry13

SCORE: 2 | 491 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

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(And I take my Merfolk mono-blue Commander deck to actual cEDH tournaments and it holds its own, getting some wins sometimes and totally original and unique, My deck:

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Murmaid Murder

Commander / EDH milohenry13

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Thanks again for the like and input!