---
name: "Mental Vapors"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cipher"]
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mark Winters"
oracle_id: "e0151f37-790b-47f4-9928-cd8f32f68e4c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mental-vapors-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mental Vapors
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cipher

## Oracle Text
Target player discards a card.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Psychic Miasma](/printing/psychic-miasma-som.md) — Sorcery
2. [Undercity Plague](/printing/undercity-plague-gtc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Last Thoughts](/printing/last-thoughts-gtc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Mind Ravel](/printing/mind-ravel-5ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Paranoid Delusions](/printing/paranoid-delusions-gtc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Whispering Madness](/printing/whispering-madness-c16.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #72
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mark Winters
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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