Card
Mindcrank
Mana cost {2}
Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Part of 5 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · NPH · #144
- Cheapest printing
- €7.70
- EDHREC salt
- 0.99
- Keywords
- Mill
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Bloodchief Ascension, Duskmantle Guildmage
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Bloodchief Ascension, Duskmantle Guildmage
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Bloodchief Ascension, Duskmantle Guildmage
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Bloodchief Ascension, Duskmantle Guildmage (early with Bloodchief Ascension, Duskmantle Guildmage)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
5 known combos, 2 of them two-card.
- Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank
Produces: Infinite mill, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank
Produces: Each opponent loses the game, Infinite mill, Near-infinite lifeloss
View on Commander Spellbook - Compost + Painter's Servant + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Mindcrank
Produces: Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite mill, Infinite card draw
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2017-11-17 · Wizards of the Coast
Damage dealt to an opponent usually causes that opponent to lose life. An opponent paying life also causes loss of life.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast