Minamo's Meddling
Instant
Counter target spell. That spell's controller reveals their hand, then discards each card with the same name as a card spliced onto that spell.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30188
Minamo's Meddling counters a spell and locks its controller out of casting that spell's name for the rest of the game — a permanent soft-lock stapled to a counterspell. The cost is two blue mana and a sorcery-speed restriction that makes it useless against anything already on the stack at instant speed, which is a real ceiling.
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, Minamo's Meddling is a niche counterspell — the name-lock clause matters most against commanders that keep recurring the same game-ending spell, but blue already has cleaner universal options. In Legacy and Vintage, the permanent ban clause is nearly irrelevant; one-of spells rarely get cast twice in a game, so you're paying for a worse Counterspell. Pauper is where it sees the most consideration, since the format's redundancy means naming a key piece like Ephemerate or Rancor can break an archetype's engine. Across all formats, Minamo's Meddling is a sideboard curiosity at best, not a maindeck staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Minamo's Meddling is pure bulk — the price reflects its narrow application, and there's no pressure driving it higher. Pick it up if the effect fits your deck; there's no financial reason to hesitate or speculate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.