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Mesmeric Fiend
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Masters 25A25 · #97
- Card type
- Creature — Nightmare Horror
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 2.97 € · ★ 4.72 € · 1.30 $ · ★ 4.96 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
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.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Dana Knutson
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2018-03-16
Rulings
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.
