Glad they kept the M11 art, and even more glad they replaced the M11 flavor text. Somehow I can't imagine anyone, even Jace, speaking using a colon.
Tantudo
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
hello my old friend time to steal that 2/2 flier that has four auras on it, good thing that it has no way of stopping me like say, HEXPROOF, still glade to see it back 4/5
AngusMcSillyWilly
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Control Magic with a 21st century casting cost. Classic blue shenanigans
Gaussgoat
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
"I'll take that, thanks."
4.5/5
Anggul
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(12 votes)
"Mine."
BastianQoU
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
"Every primitive mind has a motive. Easy to find, and eminently exploitable."
In the case of this hulking monstrosity, the motive is found in the form of "Ooooohhh, shiny....."
JohnDoeXXII
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
The reason no creature is strictly better than any other.
Jeremydav
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Or you could be a man and play Control Magic. This reminds me of Cancel. Poop on a shoe.
Arachibutyrophobia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
card disadvantage? what card disadvantage?
Kinnin
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This card can win games. Opponent has a Titan out? "Mine" It both serves as removal and deploys a creature for you. Given that it can swing games, I'd say its appropriately priced.
Curious_Homarid
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If this card is good in the right constructed deck, it wins games and turns tides brutally more often than not in Limited, as a late game shenanigan.
QuestionMark1
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
biggest *** move card ever. no, you cant beat me up with my own Demon of Death's Gate. unacceptable.
ant_ayers
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Having this in hand is like holding onto a $1000 Amazon gift card. I just sit there, waiting for a good value to come along.
Cactmoore
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Good card for turning the game around. Plus, there's something uniquely satisfying about playing this in an EDH game and stealing someone else's Commander.
Xaqery_H
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey, can someone settle something for me quick. If two Mind Control cards are applied to the same creature, let's say Player 1 has a nice beastie, and Player 2 Mind controls it, then Player 3 Mind controls it, Does the creature belong to player 3, or does it untap durring Player 2's untap phase as well, where the active player gets priority? Also, if a mind control is on a creature, and I use a Captivating Vampire to take it back, it does not remove the enchantment, nor does it add one, is it me or my opponent that would control this creature? I guess streamlined, How often does the game check this enchantment effect. I have Googled the hell out of this, someone help me!
Kingreaper
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For anyone who's wondering the same as Xaqery: the most recent such effect takes precedence. So, whatever effect most recently changed the creature's controller is the one that applies.
Bioshockboy7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
omg i love this card :D its a life saver! i was dueling one of my friends and he starts laughing after he draws (very late game) and shows his hand to our friends.......he played 2 Dark Rituals and a Demon of Death's Gate and he passed the run to me.... i drew my card and laughed even harder than him! i played this card and a kicked Rite of Replication and the rest is pretty much self-explanitory......oh and our life totals when this happen was me: 6 and Friend: 27 he uses vamps and i run G/U deck :D boy those wer some good times (earlier today actually :D)
blindloyalty
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You're better off paying {3}{U}{U}{U} for Volition Reins, which lets you target any permanent and untaps it.
Bonghoots
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Underrated card. Waltzes around hexproof with impunity and makes the "target" your own to boot. Can completely change board state and always catches players by surprise. The more drawn out the game is, the more dangerous this card is, especially in legacy. If the creature already has auras on it, and even equipment, the headache + card advantage is amplified further. Nothing better than beating someone with their own beatstick. In terms of fun, flavor, playability and art this is a 5/5 in my books.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
@Bonghoots: You do realize that all Auras implicitly target? If this were an ordinary enchantment and not an aura, then you would be correct. But because it's an aura, it can't do anything about Hexproof.
Wolfman17
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the best cards in modern day Magic the Gathering
If you're playing Mono Blue, or even Support Blue, then this card is essential
If it doesn't mix with your deck mechanic, then keep it as a side deck card as it is THE card to use against overpowering creature-based decks!
Although Mind Control is hard to cast until at least turn 5 or 6, this card is worth it when you just can't help but kill your opponent with their own Sphinx of the Steel Wind!
If someone plays this on a creature you control and you destory the enchantment do you regain control of the creature or does it go to the graveyard like the original control magic card?
What happens if I Mind Control, and then my opponent Mind Control's the same creature next turn. Do we tear the card in half and both play with half a card?
Osprey_93
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@dudeguy371, the rules say that an aura that is also a creature cannot enchant anything, and that if this were to somehow happen the aura would be sent to the graveyard.
Hope that helps!
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The comparison shouldn't be just to Control Magic. It should be to Treachery as well. This is strictly worse than both and still manages to be good.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A blue finisher, as odd as it is. When you finally let slip that you didn't counter their huge thing you get two bonuses: -You mind control their finisher -You played it off like you didn't have counterspells; which you should/do
Fantastic way to force an opponent to use another card and mana to try and stop their own creature; good times.
Keep in mind that if you Mind Control (or any similar effect) on your own Treacherous Pit-Dweller or Gilded Drake and they destroy the enchantment, you keep the creature.
JimmyNoobPlayer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@brandonr189: The creature goes back to its owner's control and stays on the battlefield, same as Control Magic. The original wording of Control Magic says if the creature is destroyed, it goes to its owner's graveyard.
NuclearRainboom
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Obsoleted by so many cards nowadays, but still playable. 4/5
BlazeB75
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos with opponents
TexasDice
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Plot twist: The Dragon is controlling the dude.
JunkHarvester
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I didn't know Jace was part of the Scout Regiment!
Comments (35)
4.5/5
In the case of this hulking monstrosity, the motive is found in the form of "Ooooohhh, shiny....."
It both serves as removal and deploys a creature for you. Given that it can swing games, I'd say its appropriately priced.
he uses vamps and i run G/U deck :D boy those wer some good times (earlier today actually :D)
If you're playing Mono Blue, or even Support Blue, then this card is essential
If it doesn't mix with your deck mechanic, then keep it as a side deck card as it is THE card to use against overpowering creature-based decks!
Although Mind Control is hard to cast until at least turn 5 or 6, this card is worth it when you just can't help but kill your opponent with their own Sphinx of the Steel Wind!
Me: Oh yay!
Opponent: What?
Me: Mind Control
I guess Noyan survived the Eldrazi.
If I were to Mind Control a creature, then turn Mind Control into an artifact with Memnarch, then turn Mind Control into a 5/5 Golem with Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, then Cackling Counterpart it, and hit the token with Populate, would I put the new Mind Control token onto another creature?
Hope that helps!
-You mind control their finisher
-You played it off like you didn't have counterspells; which you should/do
Fantastic way to force an opponent to use another card and mana to try and stop their own creature; good times.
Keep in mind that if you Mind Control (or any similar effect) on your own Treacherous Pit-Dweller or Gilded Drake and they destroy the enchantment, you keep the creature.
I mean, come on, those teeth? Totally a Titan.