Kheru Mind-Eater

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Kheru Mind-Eater: Creature - Vampire, Commander 2017. Menace. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Vampire
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2017 (C17)
Released
2017-08-25
Collector number
17
Artist
Igor Kieryluk
Commander rank
16,665 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Menace

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About Kheru Mind-Eater

Kheru Mind-Eater is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 17 in that set, with art by Igor Kieryluk. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Commander 2017 (2017). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Menace

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles a card from their hand face down.

You may look at cards exiled with this creature, and you may play lands and cast spells from among those cards.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Kheru Mind-Eater by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Kheru Mind-Eater

Kheru Mind-Eater has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65761Rare2017

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Kheru Mind-Eater, newest first.

  • Once you begin to cast an exiled card, losing control of Kheru Mind-Eater won’t affect the spell.
  • The last ability of Kheru Mind-Eater only lets you cast cards exiled by that card. If Kheru Mind-Eater leaves the battlefield, the exiled cards are lost forever.
  • If another player gains control of Kheru Mind-Eater, that player can see all of the exiled cards and may play them. Once a player looks at a face-down exiled card, that player may look at that card any time later in the game.
  • You must pay the costs to cast the exiled cards. If one has an alternative cost, you may cast it for that cost instead.
  • You may play land cards exiled with Kheru Mind-Eater only if you have an available land play this turn.

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