Mindcrank
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Combos with Mindcrank
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Bloodchief Ascension Infinite
- Infinite mill
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite lifeloss
- Duskmantle Guildmage Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Infinite mill
- Near-infinite lifeloss
- Compost Painter's Servant Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite mill
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite damage
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2017-11-17
Damage dealt to an opponent usually causes that opponent to lose life. An opponent paying life also causes loss of life.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Mindcrank, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Y'shtola, Night's Blessed | 2 | 0 | — |
| Captain N'ghathrod | 1 | 0 | — |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 1 | 0 | — |
| Phenax, God of Deception | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tinybones, Trinket Thief | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 2 decks
- Dimir 2 decks
- Esper 2 decks
Every version of Mindcrank
6 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
The List
- Normal
- —
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $13.48
- Foil
- $12.65
Borderless
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $23.86
- Foil
- —
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $12.70
Iconic Masters
- Normal
- $10.48
- Foil
- $15.36
New Phyrexia
- Normal
- $11.80
- Foil
- $37.77
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Mindcrank — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.