Mind Unbound
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a lore counter on this enchantment, then draw a card for each lore counter on this enchantment.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #13182
Mind Unbound draws you a card at every upkeep and grows the effect each turn — by turn four of it sitting in play, you're drawing three cards a turn for free. Six mana is a real ask, but the payoff compounds fast enough that it earns its slot in any blue deck that can afford to wait.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Mind Unbound belongs — the game goes long, opponents have their own threats to answer, and an enchantment that snowballs over multiple turns gets to realize its full potential. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana is a death sentence for a card that doesn't immediately affect the board; no competitive deck there wants it. Modern is legal but the same logic applies harder. Oathbreaker can support it in the right spell-heavy blue shell, though the faster pace of that format limits how often it resolves at a useful point in the game.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Mind Unbound is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in a trade binder or as a throw-in. Bulk enchantments with narrow homes don't tend to climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a hold.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.