Mindblade Render
Mindblade Render: Creature - Azra Warrior, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Azra Warrior
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 187
- Artist
- Mitchell Malloy
- Commander rank
- 5,874 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Mindblade Render
Mindblade Render is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 187 in that set, with art by Mitchell Malloy. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. 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 3 sets, from Battlebond (2018) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Whenever your opponents are dealt combat damage, if any of that damage was dealt by a Warrior, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
"There will be no secrets between us... like it or not."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mindblade Render by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Mindblade Render
Mindblade Render has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #762 | Rare | 2022 |
| Battlebond (BBD) #49 | Rare | 2018 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Mindblade Render, newest first.
- Mindblade Render's ability triggers if a Warrior an opponent controls deals combat damage to another player who's also your opponent. You can't choose not to draw a card or lose 1 life if this happens.
- Mindblade Render's ability triggers only once, regardless of how many opponents were dealt damage, how much damage they were dealt, or how many Warriors dealt damage.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Mindblade Render is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Mardu Surge (TDC), led by Zurgo Stormrender