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The Watcher's Warning{5}{U}{U}
Card name

Mind's Dilation

Enchantment

MSCMarvel Super Heroes Commander#277mythic
Surge Foil

"Our moment of crisis is now at hand!" —Uatu, the Watcher

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Rafater
Found in
Marvel Super Heroes Commander Deck The Fantastic Four · Marvel Super Heroes Commander Deck The Fantastic Four Collector's Edition
Printings7EDHREC rank#2,658
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Plays as:
Cast From Exile
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Rulings

6 · latest Jul 13, 2016
  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as emerge costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as escalate costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    If you cast an instant or sorcery card this way, it goes to its owner's graveyard as normal. It doesn't return to exile.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    If you cast the card this way, it will resolve before the spell that caused Mind's Dilation's ability to trigger.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    If you cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Mind's Dilation's ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only during combat") are not.

  • WotCJul 13, 2016

    If you don't cast the card, perhaps because you choose not to or because it's a land card, it remains exiled.