Psychic Battle
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Whenever a player chooses one or more targets, each player reveals the top card of their library. The player who reveals the card with the greatest mana value may change the target or targets. If two or more cards are tied for greatest, the target or targets remain unchanged. Changing targets this way doesn't trigger abilities of permanents named Psychic Battle.
Combos with Psychic Battle
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Idris, Soul of the TARDIS Cephalid Illusionist Liquimetal Torque Infinite
- Infinite self-mill
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2004-10-04
You can't change the number of targets, choose an illegal target, or make something get targeted more than once.
- 2004-10-04
An empty library will have no card to reveal, so a player with an empty library has no card to compare. The effect looks for the highest cost card of the cards that actually are revealed.
- 2004-10-04
You can change all, some, or none of the targets.
- 2017-04-18
The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Psychic Battle, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign | 2 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Esper 2 decks
Psychic Battle price history
The Invasion #68 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $1.08 | $26.49 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $1.08 | $26.49 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $1.07 | $26.49 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $1.06 | $26.49 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $1.06 | $24.01 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $1.07 | $24.01 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $1.06 | $24.01 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Psychic Battle
2 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 publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.35
- Normal
- $1.08
- Foil
- $26.49
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Psychic Battle. It runs a name search across every version, which covers 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.
