Mana Crypt taps for 2, and Mana Vault, Thran Dynamo, Basalt Monolith, and Grim Monolith can tap for three easily enough and make even more mana than 5
For each paid with life, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.) +1: Create an X/X green Phyrexian Horror creature token, where X is Nissa's loyalty
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
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
Having a powerful enters-the-battlefield triggers works wonders in number shells, including Flicker and Momentary Blink effects
