Mental Agony
Sorcery
Target player discards two cards and loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26117
Mental Agony makes an opponent discard two cards and mill four — reasonable breadth for a four-mana sorcery, but four mana is where Commander starts asking harder questions. Cheaper, more flexible discard and mill pieces exist, so Mental Agony earns its slot only in dedicated discard or mill synergy builds.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mental Agony hits one opponent out of four, which blunts its impact considerably — four mana to pressure a single player's hand and graveyard rarely swings a table. Pauper is its most natural home, where the card pool is constrained enough that hitting two cards and milling four at common rarity carries real weight in dedicated discard shells. In Legacy and Vintage, Mental Agony is strictly outclassed by cheaper, more powerful discard spells and sees no competitive play. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander calculus — playable in a focused discard strategy, but not a default inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Mental Agony is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for it, and that price isn't going anywhere. Pick it up as a cheap role-player if your deck specifically rewards discard or mill triggers, but don't expect it to hold or gain value.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.