---
name: "Distended Mindbender"
mana_cost: "{8}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Creature — Eldrazi Insect"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Emerge"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "3"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Yohann Schepacz"
oracle_id: "36d32194-d547-4e2d-894f-f4bf13cf7da6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/distended-mindbender-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Distended Mindbender
- **Mana Cost:** `{8}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Creature — Eldrazi Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Emerge

## Oracle Text
Emerge {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose from it a nonland card with mana value 3 or less and a card with mana value 4 or greater. That player discards those cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lashweed Lurker](/printing/lashweed-lurker-emn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Horror
2. [Vexing Scuttler](/printing/vexing-scuttler-emn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Crab
3. [Herigast, Erupting Nullkite](/printing/herigast-erupting-nullkite-pmh3.md) — Legendary Creature — Eldrazi Dragon
4. [Elder Deep-Fiend](/printing/elder-deep-fiend-pemn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Octopus
5. [Abundant Maw](/printing/abundant-maw-inr.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Leech
6. [Mockery of Nature](/printing/mockery-of-nature-emn.md) — Creature — Eldrazi Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #3
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Yohann Schepacz
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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