---
name: "Mesmeric Trance"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cumulative upkeep"]
set: "ME2"
set_name: "Masters Edition II"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Frazier"
oracle_id: "d1cc6979-d786-4035-963b-768ac8cef116"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mesmeric-trance-me2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mesmeric Trance
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Cumulative upkeep

## Oracle Text
Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
{U}, Discard a card: Draw a card.

> *"Magic overused can freeze the mind. Creativity is more important than power."
—Zur the Enchanter*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Survivor of the Unseen](/printing/survivor-of-the-unseen-csp.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Psychic Vortex](/printing/psychic-vortex-wth.md) — Enchantment
3. [Mystic Remora](/printing/mystic-remora-me1.md) — Enchantment
4. [Ancestral Knowledge](/printing/ancestral-knowledge-wth.md) — Enchantment
5. [Phyrexian Etchings](/printing/phyrexian-etchings-plst.md) — Enchantment
6. [Compulsion](/printing/compulsion-tor.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition II (ME2) #55
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Frazier
- **Total Printings:** 7 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: `legal`