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Mind Flayer
Oracle Text
Dominate Monster — When this creature enters, gain control of target creature for as long as you control this creature.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Mind Flayer from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate is a classic control-value threat wrapped in a very on-theme Horror body: a 3/3 for five mana that immediately steals the best creature on the table with Dominate Monster. In gameplay, it supports blue-based control and midrange shells especially well, since it turns a stabilizing top-end draw into both removal and a win condition. Because the control effect lasts only while you keep Mind Flayer around, protection and blink effects are especially potent: cards like Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, or any blink engine help you preserve the stolen creature and potentially retrigger the ETB for more tempo swings. It’s also excellent in decks that can sacrifice or bounce their own creatures on demand, letting you re-target the control effect at the most relevant threat. In multiplayer, that flexibility makes Mind Flayer a strong political tool and a source of huge swing turns.
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Character Background
Mind Flayer from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate is a classic control-value threat wrapped in a very on-theme Horror body: a 3/3 for five mana that immediately steals the best creature on the table with Dominate Monster. In gameplay, it supports blue-based control and midrange shells especially well, since it turns a stabilizing top-end draw into both removal and a win condition. Because the control effect lasts only while you keep Mind Flayer around, protection and blink effects are especially potent: cards like Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, or any blink engine help you preserve the stolen creature and potentially retrigger the ETB for more tempo swings. It’s also excellent in decks that can sacrifice or bounce their own creatures on demand, letting you re-target the control effect at the most relevant threat. In multiplayer, that flexibility makes Mind Flayer a strong political tool and a source of huge swing turns.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 19:10:46 UTC