Mind's Dilation

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Mind's Dilation: Enchantment, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{U}{U}
Mana value
7
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
101
Artist
Iain McCaig
Commander rank
2,670 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Mind's Dilation

Mind's Dilation is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue enchantment from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 101 in that set, with art by Iain McCaig. It costs {5}{U}{U} (five generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. 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 6 sets, from Eldritch Moon (2016) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Infinite wisdom cannot be contained within a single mind.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.32 (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 Mind's Dilation by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Mind's Dilation

Mind's Dilation has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #277Mythic2026
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #344Mythic2026
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #82Mythic2023
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1180Mythic2022
Eldritch Moon (EMN) #70Mythic2016
Eldritch Moon Promos (PEMN) #70sMythic2016

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Mind's Dilation, newest first.

  • If you don't cast the card, perhaps because you choose not to or because it's a land card, it remains exiled.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If you cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Mind's Dilation's ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only during combat") are not.
  • If you cast an instant or sorcery card this way, it goes to its owner's graveyard as normal. It doesn't return to exile.
  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as escalate costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
  • If you cast the card this way, it will resolve before the spell that caused Mind's Dilation's ability to trigger.

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Mind's Dilation is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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