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Minimus Containment

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant nonland permanent
Enchanted permanent is a Treasure artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color," and it loses all other abilities. (If it was a creature, it's no longer a creature.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Price
$0.12
EDHREC rank
#7649
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Minimus Containment card art
Minimus Containment neutralizes any nonland permanent — creature, planeswalker, artifact, enchantment — by replacing it with a 1/1 with no abilities, which is as close to unconditional removal as white enchantment-based interaction gets. The three-mana cost is the only real ask, and Mazzy, Truesword Paladin turns that ask into a resource by bouncing Minimus Containment back to hand whenever the enchanted creature dies.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Mazzy, Truesword Paladin

Mazzy, Truesword Paladin

37.0% of decks · synergy 0.37

Mazzy, Truesword Paladin runs Minimus Containment as a repeatable removal engine — attach it to a threat, wait for combat damage or a sacrifice effect to kill the creature, and Mazzy returns it to hand for another activation next turn.

02
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice

Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice

19.7% of decks · synergy 0.18

Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice tutors any Aura with a lower or equal mana value off each Aura cast, so playing Minimus Containment can chain directly into a second Aura from the library and compound board presence with a single spell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Minimus Containment is a Commander card first and nearly only — the four-player environment makes broad permanent types and high-value targets common enough that hitting anything nonland at three mana is a clean rate. In 60-card competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, it competes against cheaper, more targeted interaction and almost never makes the cut. Pauper is worth a second look for players who need enchantment-based removal at common, though even there purpose-built options often outperform it. Treat Minimus Containment as a Commander staple that occasionally shows up in casual 60-card play, not a cross-format workhorse.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.12 bulk tier

At $0.12, Minimus Containment is deep bulk — it sees enough Commander play to stay in print but not enough demand to appreciate. Pick it up freely; there is no financial case for holding multiples.

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