Card
Mystic Barrier
Mana cost {4}{W}
When this enchantment enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, choose left or right. Each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the last chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.
Part of 6 known combos, 6 of them two-card. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · C13 · #18
- Cheapest printing
- €0.92
- EDHREC salt
- 0.53
- Color identity
- White
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Court of Vantress, Mirrormade, Copy Enchantment, Estrid's Invocation, Clever Impersonator, Yenna, Redtooth Regent
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Court of Vantress, Mirrormade, Copy Enchantment, Estrid's Invocation, Clever Impersonator, Yenna, Redtooth Regent
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Court of Vantress, Mirrormade, Copy Enchantment, Estrid's Invocation, Clever Impersonator, Yenna, Redtooth Regent
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Court of Vantress, Mirrormade, Copy Enchantment, Estrid's Invocation, Clever Impersonator, Yenna, Redtooth Regent (early with Court of Vantress, Mirrormade, Copy Enchantment, Estrid's Invocation, Clever Impersonator, Yenna, Redtooth Regent)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
6 known combos, 6 of them two-card.
- Mystic Barrier + Court of Vantress
Produces: Creatures can't attack, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Mystic Barrier + Mirrormade
Produces: Creatures can't attack, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Mystic Barrier + Copy Enchantment
Produces: Creatures can't attack, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2013-10-17 · Wizards of the Coast
If two Mystic Barriers are on the battlefield with two different chosen directions, you may not attack a player or planeswalker unless that player or the controller of that planeswalker is the opponent seated nearest you in both directions. (This happens most often in two-player games.) - 2013-10-17 · Wizards of the Coast
Mystic Barrier doesn’t affect creatures that enter the battlefield attacking. - 2013-10-17 · Wizards of the Coast
Mystic Barrier affects only what players and planeswalkers each player may attack with creatures they control. It doesn’t affect what players may be targeted by spells or abilities or other interactions. - 2013-10-17 · Wizards of the Coast
In some formats, you may need to disregard teammates sitting between you and the opponent seated nearest you in the chosen direction. In formats like Emperor, other rules may prohibit you from attacking that player.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast