Mind Carver
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0. It gets +3/+1 instead as long as an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Equip 
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #23788
Mind Carver straps a repeatable mill-and-discard engine onto a creature for two mana — every combat hit mills three cards from the defending player's library and forces a discard. It's a solid role-player in graveyard-disruption or self-mill strategies, and a dead card everywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mind Carver earns a slot in decks that want to fill opponents' graveyards — Phenax, God of Deception mills and Syr Konrad, the Grim punishes it — but the single-target nature of the trigger limits its reach in a four-player game. Competitive formats like Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have faster, more efficient discard and mill payoffs that push Mind Carver well off the radar. Pioneer is the same story: the effect is real but the rate doesn't compete. Where Mind Carver genuinely shines is in focused two-player or duel Commander contexts where every combat hit applies meaningful pressure.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Mind Carver is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not tracking it on a buylist. The price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a breakout mill commander pulls it into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.