Mindbreak Trap

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Mindbreak Trap is a 4cmc instant that exiles any number of target spells on the stack; if an opponent cast 3+ spells this turn, it costs {0}. Its primary home is blue control and anti-storm/combo shells — it is the premier free counter against Storm, cascade chains, and fast combo turns where opponents chain multiple spells. The free-cast condition is common in cEDH (brackets 4-5) and optimized play (bracket 3), but in Brawl the single-opponent dynamic means 3-spell turns are rarer and the card often sits as a dead draw.

• Mindbreak Trap exiles spells rather than countering them, making it one of the only free answers to uncounterable spells (e.g. Obliterate,凶 Gaea's Will with split second) since exile bypasses 'can't be countered' text.

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• In cEDH, Mindbreak Trap is the go-to free answer to opponent's Storm turns (Grapeshot, Tendrils of Agony chains) and cascade lines that produce 3+ spell triggers in one turn.

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• Unlike Force of Will, Mindbreak Trap has no pitch cost and can hit multiple spells simultaneously, but it requires the opponent to have cast 3+ spells that turn — making it a reactive hoser rather than a general-purpose free counter.

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• EDHREC rank: #534