---
name: "Chains of Mephistopheles"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "91"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Heather Hudson"
oracle_id: "eae87919-6322-4bd2-ae9c-b1ce25d686da"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chains-of-mephistopheles-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Chains of Mephistopheles
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
If a player would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, that player discards a card instead. If the player discards a card this way, they draw a card. If the player doesn't discard a card this way, they mill a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Magus of the Chains](/printing/magus-of-the-chains-mb2.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Jace's Erasure](/printing/jaces-erasure-m11.md) — Enchantment
3. [Sphinx's Tutelage](/printing/sphinxs-tutelage-ori.md) — Enchantment
4. [Teferi's Tutelage](/printing/teferis-tutelage-m21.md) — Enchantment
5. [Breathstealer's Crypt](/printing/breathstealers-crypt-vis.md) — Enchantment
6. [Words of Waste](/printing/words-of-waste-ons.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #91
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Heather Hudson
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`