Meishin, the Mind Cage
Legendary Enchantment
All creatures get -X/-0, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $1.60
- EDHREC rank
- #17273
Meishin, the Mind Cage turns every creature on the board into a 0-power wall as long as you hold cards — and in blue, holding cards is the default mode. The seven-mana cost is real, but Kami of the Crescent Moon decks refill fast enough to make that investment pay off on the same turn it lands.
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Kami of the Crescent Moon
Kami of the Crescent Moon pumps cards into every hand at the start of each turn, which means Meishin, the Mind Cage's power-reduction clause stays armed almost permanently — opponents flood with cards they can't attack through.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Meishin, the Mind Cage actually lives: multiplayer tables give the enchantment maximum leverage, locking down multiple creature-heavy boards at once while blue's card draw keeps the effect online. In Legacy and Vintage it's theoretically legal but practically irrelevant — seven mana for a creature-blanket that dies to Abrupt Decay or Wear // Tear before it untaps isn't competitive. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where it could find a home, specifically in high-hand-size blue shells, but the card sees virtually no play there.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.60 cheap tier
At $1.60, Meishin, the Mind Cage sits comfortably in budget territory for a seven-mana enchantment with a real board impact. It's a low-supply niche piece rather than a staple, so the price reflects casual demand more than scarcity — don't expect it to spike, but don't expect it to get cheaper either.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.