Mind's Dilation

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

KongMing on "You've Heard of Chaos Theory?"

4 months ago

Thanks for the comment and reading the description bjgivesbj! Yeah, Forced Fruition is great at flooding people with options while simultaneously functioning as a one-sided doomsday device.

I have considered Mind's Dilation and Well of Ideas before, but I haven't included them for the same reason I haven't included Eye of the Storm, they're just a little high on the CMC. I might consider putting Mind's Dilation in, but the other two are too high cost to be that symmetrical.

I have considered Grip of Chaos, but it introduces just a tiny bit too much chaos for this deck. This deck functions best when its Disruption is reliable, and Grip of Chaos just messes with our plan too much.

Cultural Exchange might work, since often this deck doesn't care about who controls the creature (like Ian), just that they are on the battlefield. But I don't know, it might be too situational to be good. (I do use this card in my Xyris deck, great in that.)

Storm Cauldron is interesting - it means if people take lands out of a Share the Spoils or Thieves' Auction pile, that those lands would end up going back to their owner. Possibly... But this might attract too much aggro our way, without us being able to actually shut down reliable play.

Shared Fate is interesting at first, but that would just turn into everyone putting the gun to my head and exiling my library when I force them to draw a bunch (like with Forced Fruition. They cast two spells and exile fourteen cards from my library? And then cast Pongify from those cards to get seven more? HA!). It has WAY too much potential to backfire once people realize what they can do. Nope.

bjgivesbj on "You've Heard of Chaos Theory?"

4 months ago

Hi! I can tell by the way you speak and by the cards you considered that you really love this deck! Glad to hear your playgroup enjoys it. I had never heard of Thieves' Auction before, and it looks absolutely wild. It’s fairly affordable too. Forced Fruition is another great addition too. As for as other forms of randomization, it’s too bad coin flipping has never been that good in MTG (otherwise I would recommend some coin flippage). Had you considered Mind's Dilation, Well of Ideas Grip of Chaos, Cultural Exchange, Storm Cauldron, or Shared Fate?

Doombeard1984 on Is my deck off putting …

6 months ago

could also use Painful Quandary, Memory Erosion, Mind's Dilation etc as possible deterents for your opponents even casting spells, but again, would say if you are struggling getting your larger costed spells out, might make this a little tricky.

Just some food for thought :)

wozislightning on I wouldn't do that!

1 year ago

Love the idea! Cards I would consider are Mind's Dilation and Forced Fruition, although I know they are a bit heavy mana cost wise. Good luck and happy brewing!

Tsukimi on *RETIRED* Alela These Nuts

1 year ago

Nice looking Alela build! She quickly became one of my favorite commanders. I found pretty quickly that as tempting as Leyline of Anticipation and Vedalken Orrery are, the deck doesn't really need them - espeically with the variety of good, low CMC instants we have access to, a lot of which you have already. I always suggest Mari, the Killing Quill because she's a perfect fit with this deck, and a lot of fun to play with. Ayara, First of Locthwain is also a lot of fun with a deck like this.

Mind's Dilation is a fun include, have you gotten to playtest it yet? I've found with Alela high CMC cards stick around in my hand too long.

Feel free to check out my deck for any fun options you might have missed! Alela's Huge Goads

Oh also just a heads up your deck is listed as not EDH legal. I poked around your decklist to see if I could figure out why but no dice.

Azoth2099 on Sen Triplets - Esper Control (Seeking Help)

1 year ago

Iraeus

Yep! I'd cut the following:

Vega, the Watcher, Tasha, the Witch Queen, Mind's Dilation, Celestial Dawn, Lighthouse Chronologist, Restore Balance, Xanathar, Guild Kingpin, Dromar's Charm & Talent of the Telepath !

amarthaler on EDH Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

2 years ago

Thanks for the comment and upvote, Skillville!

I had Mystic Remora in the deck but I'm holding off on it to see just how much card draw from our own library the deck needs. I agree its a staple!

Mind's Dilation is already in the deck :)

I think you'll really enjoy No Mercy in any deck with black. It's by far one of my favorite protection cards in EDH and its being reprinted in Dominaria Remastered!

Skillville on EDH Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

2 years ago

Every blue deck has wiggle room for a Mystic Remora >.-

With all your top deck manipulation Mind's Dilation would be pretty powerful.

No Mercy is nice, might add it to my list.

Looks good, same coin just a different side :)