---
name: "Mindbender Spores"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Fungus Wall"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Defender"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "229"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ian Miller"
oracle_id: "0e3b7ec1-3760-4ac4-81ef-1ab389392f1b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mindbender-spores-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mindbender Spores
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Fungus Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1
- **Keywords:** Flying, Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, put four fungus counters on that creature. The creature gains "This creature doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a fungus counter on it" and "At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fungus counter from this creature."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spore Flower](/printing/spore-flower-me2.md) — Creature — Fungus
2. [Thallid Shell-Dweller](/printing/thallid-shell-dweller-tsp.md) — Creature — Fungus
3. [Vertigo Spawn](/printing/vertigo-spawn-cn2.md) — Creature — Illusion
4. [Wall of Frost](/printing/wall-of-frost-m10.md) — Creature — Wall
5. [Whip Vine](/printing/whip-vine-all.md) — Creature — Plant Wall
6. [Wall of Dust](/printing/wall-of-dust-leg.md) — Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #229
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ian Miller
- **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: `not_legal`