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Mesmeric Fiend

{1}{B}

Creature — Nightmare Horror

TORTorment#69common
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
about 3 per booster–1 in 350
Illustrator
Dana Knutson
Found in
Torment Theme Deck Waking Nightmares · Torment MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings5EDHREC rank#20,286
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.
1/1
Plays as:
Ltb Trigger
Market · per finishspark updated 13h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-19.9%
$1.73
$0.85 low$0.05 gapTCGplayer
Foil+22.9%
$43.00
$27.13 low$13.93 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.78· across 5 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

1 · latest Mar 16, 2018
  • WotCMar 16, 2018

    If Mesmeric Fiend leaves the battlefield before its first ability has resolved, its second ability will trigger and do nothing. Then its first ability will resolve and exile a nonland card from the target opponent's hand indefinitely.