---
name: "Nexus Mentality"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "71"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Lie Setiawan"
oracle_id: "6bdbe36f-b46d-4746-baf2-04f0977bb532"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nexus-mentality-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nexus Mentality
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Move all counters from target nonland permanent you control onto another target nonland permanent you control.
• Remove all counters from target nonland permanent you control. Draw a card for each counter removed this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fate Transfer](/printing/fate-transfer-shm.md) — Instant
2. [Quandrix Command](/printing/quandrix-command-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Resourceful Defense](/printing/resourceful-defense-eoc.md) — Enchantment
4. [Eventide's Shadow](/printing/eventides-shadow-ecc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Bioshift](/printing/bioshift-gtc.md) — Instant
6. [Cryptic Command](/printing/cryptic-command-sld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #71
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Lie Setiawan
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`