---
name: "Mind Bend"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "87"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tony Szczudlo"
oracle_id: "d8377869-f8f7-4b4b-93ad-3ad3c4826b1a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mind-bend-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mind Bend
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "nonblack creature" to "nongreen creature" or "forestwalk" to "islandwalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sleight of Mind](/printing/sleight-of-mind-5ed.md) — Instant
2. [Magical Hack](/printing/magical-hack-leb.md) — Instant
3. [Spectral Shift](/printing/spectral-shift-5dn.md) — Instant
4. [Crystal Spray](/printing/crystal-spray-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Swirl the Mists](/printing/swirl-the-mists-chk.md) — Enchantment
6. [Alter Reality](/printing/alter-reality-tor.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #87
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tony Szczudlo
- **Total Printings:** 38 across all historical editions

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