Mirror of Life Trapping
Artifact
Whenever a creature enters, if it was cast, exile it, then return all other permanent cards exiled with this artifact to the battlefield under their owners' control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11055
Mirror of Life Trapping rewires the whole table the moment it resolves — every creature that enters the battlefield gets exiled and replaced with a 2/2 illusion token, which means your opponents' threats stop being threats and start being symmetrical blanks. The seven-mana ask is steep, but the static effect doesn't need activation and can't be outrun by creatures already in play.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Preston, the Vanisher
Preston, the Vanisher turns Mirror of Life Trapping into a token doubler: when a nontoken creature gets exiled by the Mirror, Preston triggers and makes a 0/1 horse illusion token alongside the 2/2, so every creature entering the battlefield produces two tokens for you while producing none for opponents.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mirror of Life Trapping is a Commander card through and through — the effect is designed for the multi-player, creature-dense environment where neutralizing an entire table's incoming threats is worth seven mana. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially unplayable; the format's speed and the prevalence of non-creature win conditions mean this artifact does nothing by the time it could theoretically matter. Commander is where the math works: opponents deploy large creatures on turns five through eight, and landing Mirror of Life Trapping before those threats resolve effectively shuts down the creature game while you build your own board with the resulting tokens. Oathbreaker is legal too, though the lower starting life totals and faster games make the investment harder to justify.
Key Combos
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Price Context
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.