Mind Flayer
Mind Flayer: Creature - Horror, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Horror
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 728
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 4,527 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Mind Flayer
Mind Flayer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 728 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {3}{U}{U} (three generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (2021) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Dominate Monster - When this creature enters, gain control of target creature for as long as you control this creature.
"Shed your thoughts and let my will flow through you."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mind Flayer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Mind Flayer
Mind Flayer has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #308 | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #63 | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #63a | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #63p | Rare | 2021 |
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #63s | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Mind Flayer.
- If Mind Flayer leaves the battlefield or you lose control of it before its Dominate Monster ability resolves, control of the target creature doesn't change at all.
Similar cards
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