Having a powerful enters-the-battlefield triggers works wonders in number shells, including Flicker and Momentary Blink effects
Honorable Mention: Gandalf the White (Double Rainbow Foil Borderless Poster Serialized) Market Price: $6,600.00 (one sale in January 2026) While an over-$6,000 price point would surely put this serialized version of Gandalf at #1 herein, there has only been one (1) reported sale of this card, per ebay
Creature 4Heartfire Hero 4Slickshot Show-Off 4Emberheart Challenger 4Optimistic Scavenger 4Monastery Swiftspear Instant 4Monstrous Rage 1Loran's Escape Land 3Plains 4Battlefield Forge 2Restless Bivouac 1Rockface Village 4Mountain 1Thran Portal 4Inspiring Vantage Enchantment 3Hammerhand 4Ethereal Armor 4Sheltered by Ghosts 4Shardmage's Rescue Sideboard 2Torch the Tower 1Surge of Salvation 1Lightning Helix 3Get Lost 1Destroy Evil 3Urabrask's Forge Sheltered by Ghosts is one hell of a Magic card
Heres an example of the kind of deck that got Mind Twist banned: Creatures (2) Lands (21) Spells (37) 4 Mana Drain 2 Counterspell 4 Swords to Plowshares 1 Sol Ring 1 Regrowth 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Braingeyser 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 2 Red Elemental Blast 1 Jayemdae Tome 2 Disrupting Scepter 4 Disenchant 1 Recall 2 Moat 1 Mirror Universe 1 Timetwister 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Thats right, one of the most famous, most influential decks of all-time, The Deck, was a Mind Twist deck until Mind Twist was banned
Notable cards like Cloud Strife, Hero of Midgar , Lightning, Savior of Cocoon , Sephiroth, Fallen Angel , and Tifa, Martial Artist provide both playability and monetary value
