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Mind's Desire

Sorcery

Shuffle your library. Then exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Vintage Masters
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3508
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Mind's Desire card art
Mind's Desire can single-handedly end a game — a storm count of six or seven means you're casting most of your deck for free. The cost is a six-mana base price that demands you've already done something meaningful that turn, which is exactly why it slots cleanly next to Eye of the Storm and belongs in any deck helmed by Ral, Monsoon Mage.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage restricted
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Mind's Desire is legal in Commander, Legacy, and Oathbreaker, but Vintage restricts it to one copy — which tells you everything about the ceiling on a card that can routinely cast ten spells in a single turn. Modern, Pioneer, and Standard have never seen it. Commander gives Mind's Desire a pass that Vintage won't because the singleton rule caps redundancy, games run longer, and six mana is a real cost at a table where three opponents can answer you before the storm count gets out of hand.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Ral, Monsoon Mage

59.0% of decks · synergy 0.54

Ral, Monsoon Mage flips into his planeswalker side by casting instants and sorceries, and Mind's Desire delivers a storm count large enough to trigger that flip and then immediately capitalize on the mana and momentum it generates.

03
Quandrix, the Proof

Quandrix, the Proof

25.6% of decks · synergy 0.25

Quandrix, the Proof rewards casting spells that share types with cards already played, and Mind's Desire's cascade of free instants and sorceries accelerates that type-matching engine faster than almost anything else at six mana.

04
Krark, the ThumblessSakashima of a Thousand Faces

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

27.6% of decks · synergy 0.23

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces copies spells on a coin flip, meaning Mind's Desire with a storm count of four can become eight or more triggers — the variance is the point.

05
Vadrik, Astral Archmage

Vadrik, Astral Archmage

26.8% of decks · synergy 0.22

Vadrik, Astral Archmage reduces instant and sorcery costs based on his power, and a reduced Mind's Desire needs a lower storm count to go off, collapsing the setup requirement to almost nothing late in the game.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Mind's Desire isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Given its Vintage restriction and niche-but-powerful Commander role, it tends to sit in a range that reflects collector demand as much as gameplay demand — worth verifying before you buy.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.