Mindbreak Trap

Mindbreak Trap {2}{U}{U}

Instant - Trap
If an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Exile any number of target spells.
"Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends."
—Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage
Details
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2009-10-01 Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or converted mana cost. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
  • 2009-10-01 Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
  • 2009-10-01 If a spell is exiled, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works on spells that can't be countered, such as Terra Stomper.
  • 2009-10-01 Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost condition checks whether an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, not whether those spells have resolved.
  • 2009-10-01 You may ignore a Trap's alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.
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Printings
  • Breaking News 12 68 (mythic)
  • Zendikar (mythic)

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Foreign names
  • 歼智陷阱
  • Überforderungs-Falle
  • Piège brisesprit
  • Trappola Rompicapo
  • 精神壊しの罠
  • Armadilha Quebra-Mente
  • Мозголомная Западня
  • Trampa rompemente