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Geralf's Mindcrusher

Creature — Zombie Horror4 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

Self-mill decks have always wanted a body that fills the graveyard twice for the same investment, and undying is the elegant way to get it. A 5/5 that mills five on arrival is fine value once; the recursion is what turns it into an engine. When it dies without a counter, it returns and mills five again, two enter-the-battlefield triggers off one card, separated only by a trip through combat or a sacrifice outlet, in any deck that treats its own library as a resource pool. The mill clause naming "target player" cuts both ways, which is the small lever that keeps it from being a purely self-fueling tool: aim it across the table when a mill plan calls for it. The undying return grows the body, which is also the natural off-switch, since the returned creature comes back with a counter and will not return again unless that counter is removed. That same counter is what aristocrat-style builds want to strip off: blink the creature, bounce it, or remove the counter and the whole cycle resets. The 5/5 frame matters too, because the recursion is not free filler in the sky but a clock that pressures the opponent while it digs. It is a graveyard-matters payoff and a beater folded into one expensive package, the kind of card that earns its slot in decks that win by mining through themselves rather than racing past their opponent.

Geralf's Mindcrusher (scd)
SCD · #53rare
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Normal: $0.19
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Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, target player mills five cards. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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