edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Nexus Mentality

Nexus Mentality

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{U}

How we read this card

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.

on-cast —

Move all counters from target nonland permanent you control onto another target nonland permanent you control.

on-cast —

on-cast — puts counters on it

Remove all counters from target nonland permanent you control. Draw a card for each counter removed this way.

on-cast —

on-cast — draws you cards

Causes: you face a dilemma, remove a counter from an artifact, remove a counter from a battle, remove a counter from a creature, remove a counter from an enchantment, remove a counter from a planeswalker, put a counter on an artifact, put a counter on a battle, put a counter on a creature, put a counter on an enchantment, put a counter on a planeswalker, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker gets a counter — 33 cards in the game can cause this (Nexus Mentality is one).

When a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle gets a counter thanks to Nexus Mentality:

  1. Bioessence Hydra — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  2. Inspired Tethermage — puts a counter on a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Nexus Mentality is one).

When Nexus Mentality poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Nexus Mentality is one).

When a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle gets a counter thanks to Nexus Mentality:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Wickersmith's Tools — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons — makes a token
  4. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  5. Flourishing Defenses — makes a token
  6. Nest of Scarabs — makes that many tokens
  7. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  8. Obelisk Spider — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Auntie Ool, Cursewretch — draws you 1 card
  10. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage

31 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Nexus Mentality is one).

When Nexus Mentality makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Nexus Mentality is one).

When Nexus Mentality is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Bill Potts — copies an ability
  5. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  6. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  7. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  8. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Nexus Mentality is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle gets a counter thanks to Nexus Mentality, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Nexus Mentality is one).

When Nexus Mentality is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.