Mindleecher

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Mindleecher: Creature - Nightmare, Commander 2020. Mutate 4B. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Nightmare
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
44
Artist
Antonio José Manzanedo
Commander rank
10,020 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Mutate

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About Mindleecher

Mindleecher is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 44 in that set, with art by Antonio José Manzanedo. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander 2020 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Mutate {4}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Flying

Whenever this creature mutates, exile the top card of each opponent's library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Mindleecher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Mindleecher, newest first.

  • Mindleecher doesn’t change when you can cast the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Mindleecher are exiled, and any cards remaining in exile remain face down indefinitely. No player may look at them.
  • You may look at and play those cards even if Mindleecher leaves the battlefield. If another player gains control of Mindleecher, that player can’t look at or play the cards, and you still can.
  • You pay the costs for the exiled cards if you cast them. You may pay alternative costs such as mutate rather than a card’s mana cost.
  • You can play lands this way only if you have remaining land plays available for the turn.
  • Casting the card causes it to leave exile. You can’t cast it multiple times.

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