Bismuth Mindrender
Creature — Eldrazi
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by paying life equal to the spell's mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #6620
Bismuth Mindrender hits the table and immediately strips a hand — forcing each opponent to discard down to nothing — while giving you a 4/4 body that refills your own grip whenever you cast spells from anywhere but your hand. Ulalek, Fused Atrocity turns every copied spell trigger into another cast event, which means Mindrender's draw ability chains absurdly fast in that shell. At five mana in two colors, you're paying a real price, but the upside on resolution justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity copies every spell you cast among its triggered abilities, and each of those copies counts as a cast off something other than your hand — Bismuth Mindrender draws a card for every single one, turning a board of Eldrazi triggers into a full grip in a single turn.
Gonti, Night Minister
Gonti, Night Minister generates treasure and value whenever opponents lose life or you drain resources, and Bismuth Mindrender's mass discard accelerates that engine by stripping opponents of answers the moment it enters.
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Tasha, the Witch Queen rewards you for casting spells stolen or exiled from opponents, and Bismuth Mindrender's draw trigger fires every time you play one of those exiled cards — stacking additional card advantage on top of Tasha's own engine.
Rev, Tithe Extractor
Rev, Tithe Extractor punishes opponents for losing resources, and Bismuth Mindrender's forced discard is a clean way to empty hands and trigger those loss-of-resource payoffs the moment it resolves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bismuth Mindrender is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is unambiguously where it belongs. In Legacy and Vintage the five-mana cost is disqualifying — both formats want discard earlier and cheaper, and a 4/4 body doesn't compensate. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-ish format where it has a shot, particularly in a spell-slinging shell where the card-draw trigger fires repeatedly. In Commander, the mass discard on entry is devastating at a four-player table, hitting three opponents simultaneously in a way no two-mana Thoughtseize variant ever can, and the sustained card draw keeps Bismuth Mindrender relevant well past its first turn in play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Bismuth Mindrender is firmly bulk — easy to acquire and easy to cut without regret if the meta shifts. Bulk rares with narrow conditions tend to stay in this range unless a dominant commander pushes demand, so pick up copies now if you're building the relevant shells rather than waiting for a price correction that may never come.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.