Printings
Nexus Mentality
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 21
Oracle Text
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Move all counters from target nonland permanent you control onto another target nonland permanent you control. • Remove all counters from target nonland permanent you control. Draw a card for each counter removed this way.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- March 20, 2026
There's no extra bonus if you control more than one commander.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take any actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove your commander to change how many modes you may choose.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
The commander you control doesn't have to be your commander.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
To move a counter from one permanent to another, the counter is removed from the first permanent and put onto the second. Any abilities that care about a counter being removed from or placed on a permanent will apply.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
Once you've chosen both modes for the spell, it doesn't matter whether you continue to control a commander. This is true even if you somehow no longer control a commander as you finish casting the spell.
Source: wotc
Price History
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