Mist Dancer
Mist Dancer: Creature - Merfolk Wizard, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Flying. Other Merfolk you control get +1/+0 and have flying. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Merfolk Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 76
- Artist
- Christina Kraus
- Commander rank
- 5,369 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Encore
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About Mist Dancer
Mist Dancer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 76 in that set, with art by Christina Kraus. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one 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 Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+0 and have flying.
Encore {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (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 Mist Dancer 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 Mist Dancer
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #44 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Mist Dancer, newest first.
- Opponents who have left the game aren't counted when determining how many tokens to create.
- If one of the tokens somehow is under another player's control as the delayed triggered ability resolves, you can't sacrifice that token. It remains on the battlefield indefinitely, even if you regain control of it later.
- The tokens copy only what's on the original card. Effects that modified that creature when it was previously on the battlefield won't be copied.
- Each token must attack the appropriate player if able.
- If an effect stops a token from attacking a specific player, that token can attack any player, planeswalker, or battle, or not attack at all. If the effect stops the token from attacking a specific player unless a cost is paid, you don't have to pay that cost unless you want to attack that player.
- If one of the tokens can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
- Exiling the card with encore is a cost to activate the ability. Once you announce that you're activating it, no player may take actions until you've finished. They can't try to remove the card from your graveyard to stop you from paying the cost.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Mist Dancer is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.