---
name: "Mind Whip"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ICE"
set_name: "Ice Age"
collector_number: "149"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Drew Tucker"
oracle_id: "e26f7a58-18ae-432b-bc3f-c410512eb6bf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mind-whip-ice"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mind Whip
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {3}. If they don't, this Aura deals 2 damage to that player and you tap that creature.

> *"A mind in agony is a sparrow without wings."
—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Errant Minion](/printing/errant-minion-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Parasitic Bond](/printing/parasitic-bond-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Enslave](/printing/enslave-nph.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Seizures](/printing/seizures-ice.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Brainwash](/printing/brainwash-5ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Fire Whip](/printing/fire-whip-wth.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ice Age (ICE) #149
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Drew Tucker
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`