Mindbreak Trap

Mindbreak Trap {2}{U}{U}

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
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Legalities
Rulings
  • 2025-09-19 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.
  • 2025-09-19 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.
  • 2025-09-19 Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost condition checks whether an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, not whether those spells have resolved.
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Foreign names
  • 歼智陷阱
  • Überforderungs-Falle
  • Piège brisesprit
  • Trappola Rompicapo
  • 精神壊しの罠
  • Armadilha Quebra-Mente
  • Мозголомная Западня
  • Trampa rompemente