---
name: "Mindleecher"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Nightmare"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Mutate"]
set: "C20"
set_name: "Commander 2020"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Antonio José Manzanedo"
oracle_id: "4864cc98-4fde-4010-81e9-ea4944347e7e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mindleecher-c20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mindleecher
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Nightmare
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5
- **Keywords:** Flying, Mutate

## Oracle Text
Mutate {4}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Flying
Whenever this creature mutates, exile the top card of each opponent's library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Chittering Harvester](/printing/chittering-harvester-prm.md) — Creature — Nightmare
2. [Cavern Whisperer](/printing/cavern-whisperer-iko.md) — Creature — Nightmare
3. [Boneyard Lurker](/printing/boneyard-lurker-iko.md) — Creature — Nightmare Beast
4. [Dirge Bat](/printing/dirge-bat-prm.md) — Creature — Bat
5. [Insatiable Hemophage](/printing/insatiable-hemophage-prm.md) — Creature — Nightmare
6. [Dreamtail Heron](/printing/dreamtail-heron-iko.md) — Creature — Elemental Bird

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2020 (C20) #44
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Antonio José Manzanedo
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`