Psychic Transfer
Sorcery
If the difference between your life total and target player's life total is 5 or less, exchange life totals with that player.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #30587
Psychic Transfer swaps your life total with a target player's — a potentially massive life swing for five mana at sorcery speed. It's a niche card that earns its slot only in dedicated life-total-matters builds, not a generalist inclusion.
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 |
Psychic Transfer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage where five-mana sorceries without immediate board impact don't make the cut. Commander is the only format where it has a real home, and even there it demands a specific shell — commanders that care about life totals, either to punish opponents sitting at high life or to reset a dangerously low total. Oathbreaker is similarly plausible in a life-swing strategy, but the card pool is narrow enough that dedicated builds rarely materialize.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Psychic Transfer sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire, easy to cut without regret. Demand is too narrow for the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.