Mindless Null
Creature — Zombie
This creature can't block unless you control a Vampire.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30551
Mindless Null is a 2/2 for four mana that can't block unless you control a Vampire — that rate is unplayable in nearly every context. The tribal restriction doesn't redeem it; four mana buys you far better bodies even inside Vampire decks.
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 |
Mindless Null is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander it competes against efficient Vampires that cost the same or less and do dramatically more — Edgar Markov shells want lords and lifelinking threats, not a vanilla 2/2 with a downside. In Pauper the rate is equally indefensible; the format has access to commons with far better stats and relevant abilities at two and three mana. Nowhere on the competitive spectrum does Mindless Null make the cut.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Mindless Null sits squarely in bulk territory and will stay there — nothing about its design profile suggests upward movement. It's cheap enough that acquiring one costs nothing, but the question of why you'd want to rarely has a good answer.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.