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Mind's Desire, art by Ron Spencer
Art by Ron Spencer · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$2.66
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Mind's Desire

{4}{U}{U} · Sorcery

Shuffle your library. Then exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Rulings (6)

Oct 4, 2004 · The card is face-up when exiled.

Oct 4, 2004 · If the card is not played by end of turn, it remains exiled until end of game.

Dec 8, 2022 · The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.

Dec 8, 2022 · Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.

Dec 8, 2022 · The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.

Dec 8, 2022 · A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.

LegacyLegal
VintageRestricted
ModernNot legal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernBanned
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=64 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Ral, Monsoon MagecEDH100%4
Mind's DesireLegacy100%2
Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder / Thrasios, Triton HerocEDH100%1
Blue ArtifactsLegacy10.5%57
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Mind's Desire — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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