Hive Mind

set	min	mtgo
-	NZ$ 12.14	0.02 tix

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Name	Hive Mind
Type	Enchantment
Description	Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, each other player copies that spell. Each of those players may choose new targets for their copy.
Flavor	In an instant, countless consciousnesses shared a single thought: "Defend."
Artist	Apolo Cacho
Set	Secret Lair Drop #822
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Hive Mind

Hive Mind, Enchantment, designed by Steve Argyle first released in Jul, 2009 in the set Magic 2010 and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of NZ$ 12.14. It's a key card in 10 combos.

A deck that focuses on casting a high volume of instant and sorcery spells, such as a control or spell-slinging deck, would benefit from including Hive Mind. This card can create chaotic and unpredictable situations for opponents, forcing them to think carefully about their spell choices and potentially backfire on them. While Hive Mind can be a fun and interesting card to play with, some may argue that it can be a double-edged sword due to the potential for unintended consequences. Other similar cards like Eye of the Storm or Knowledge Pool offer similar effects but with different mechanics, so the choice of which card to include would depend on the specific strategy and playstyle of the deck.

Rules

10/01/09

Each copy will have the same targets as the spell it’s copying unless its controller chooses new ones. That player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can’t choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).

10/01/09

Hive Mind’s effect is mandatory. Each other player must copy the spell whether they want to or not.

10/01/09

If a copy says that it affects “you,” it affects the controller of the copy, not the controller of the original spell. Similarly, if a copy says that it affects an “opponent,” it affects an opponent of the copy’s controller, not an opponent of the original spell’s controller.

10/01/09

If a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, Hive Mind’s ability triggers and is put on the stack on top of that spell. Hive Mind’s ability will resolve first. When it does, it creates a number of copies of that spell equal to the number of players in the game minus one. First the player whose turn it is (or, if that’s the player who cast the original spell, the player to that player’s left) puts their copy on the stack, choosing new targets for it if they like. Then each other player in turn order does the same. The last copy put on the stack will be the first one that resolves. (Note that the very last thing to happen is that the original spell resolves.)

10/01/09

If the spell that’s copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Earthquake does), the copy has the same value of X.

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