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Mindbreak Trap

Card Name

Mindbreak Trap

Mana Cost

2

Type

Instant – Trap

Rarity

Mythic Rare

rules Text

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.

Flavor Text

"Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends." —Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/1/2009)
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.
(10/1/2009)
Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
(10/1/2009)
Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
(10/1/2009)
Mindbreak Trap's alternative cost condition checks whether an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, not whether those spells have resolved.
(10/1/2009)
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.