Mesmeric Trance
Enchantment
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
, Discard a card: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28307
Mesmeric Trance turns every upkeep into a free mill trigger — and in a deck built around Ranar the Ever-Watchful or any foretell synergy, that repeated self-mill fuels value engines that never stop. The cost is real: one blue per upkeep is a genuine tax, and the card does nothing without a deck built to exploit the graveyard or exile.
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 |
In Commander, Mesmeric Trance occupies a narrow but effective niche — it belongs in self-mill and graveyard-value builds where each upkeep trigger accelerates an engine rather than just filling a bin passively. Legacy and Vintage both permit it, but neither format has any interest in a slow, cumulative enchantment when faster and more reliable mill or graveyard tools exist. Oathbreaker is legal too, and the same logic applies: if your planeswalker and signature spell are doing graveyard work, Mesmeric Trance can earn a slot, but it's never the engine, always the accelerant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Ranar the Ever-WatchfulRest in PeacePhyrexian AltarMesmeric Trance
Infinite draw triggers; Infinite rummaging; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.