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Brainstorm 
Instant
Brainstorm appeared in 2,898 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.6 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.63.
Oracle Text
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Format Legality
LegacyVintagePauperPremodernDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Brainstorm, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 83 | 3.9 | 1152 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 44 | 1 | 688 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 8 | 1 | 614 | 1 |
| Pauper | 48 | 3.4 | 444 | 3.6 |
Details
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 4
Non-foilFoilFull ArtBorderless
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Brainstorm
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 1 Gush$2.57 0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix - 1 Force of Vigor
$4.78
3.00 tix - 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.48 tix - 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.48 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.25
0.02 tix - 3 Assassin's Trophy
$0.67
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.00 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.67 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.57 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.48 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.57
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.00 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.67 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (12)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
48.14 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
11.11 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
19.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
13.87 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
9.41 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.04 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.44
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.70
0.98 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.42 2.46 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.13 4.12 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.85 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.69 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.46 12.82 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$35.11
0.02 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.10
0.23 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.57 tix
- 3 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.35
6.79 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix - 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.03 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
- 1 Daze
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.48 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.57
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.00 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.67 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.11
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Metamorphose
$0.77
0.04 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.35
1.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.48 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.48 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.48 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.30
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.00 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.67 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
48.14 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
11.11 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
19.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
13.87 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
9.41 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.04 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.44
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.70
0.98 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.19
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.42 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.13 4.12 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.85 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 13.51 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.69 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.69 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.46 12.82 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$35.11
0.02 tix
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.57 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.11
0.04 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.03 tix
- 2 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
48.14 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
11.11 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
19.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
13.87 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
9.41 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.04 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.44
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.70
0.98 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.19
0.02 tix
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$35.11
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 3 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.57 tix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
$0.24
0.10 tix
- 2 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix - 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.11
0.04 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.11
0.04 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Masked Vandal
$1.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.89
4.00 tix
- 3 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.73
0.64 tix
- 1 Knight of Autumn
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 3 Knight of the Reliquary
$1.53
0.02 tix
- 1 Renegade Rallier
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
$5.55
0.02 tix
- 1 Tireless Provisioner
$1.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.65
1.12 tix
- 1 Birds of Paradise
$4.98
0.02 tix
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
$0.98
0.14 tix
- 1 Noble Hierarch
$10.46
0.18 tix
- 2 Ice-Fang Coatl
$0.60
0.10 tix
- 1 Omnath, Locus of Creation
$4.22
0.75 tix
Sorceries (13)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (30)
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.91 0.01 tix
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.63 0.02 tix
- 1 Gaea's Cradle$310.45 14.99 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.22 2.45 tix
- 1 Savannah$195.82 4.63 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Forest$0.78 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 10.30 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.46 12.82 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.63 0.02 tix
- 4 Windswept Heath$10.50 0.74 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 8.84 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.42 2.46 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Forest$0.78 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 10.30 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.69 tix
- 2 Verdant Catacombs$27.75 1.37 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$27.75 1.37 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Acererak the Archlich
$3.59
0.48 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.53
0.04 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.53
5.17 tix
- 2 Endurance
$3.89
4.00 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 1 Opposition Agent
$18.35
6.79 tix
- 1 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
$2.73
0.64 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.10
0.23 tix
- 1 Hullbreacher
$1.70
8.09 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.66
15.83 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.46 tix
- 1 Prismatic Ending
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.80 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.53
0.04 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.83
0.03 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.80 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.51
4.07 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.81
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.44
5.83 tix - 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.62
0.57 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.02
1.88 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.66
15.83 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.20
0.80 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.80 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.51
4.07 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.81
4.51 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.44
5.83 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.62
0.57 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.22 2.45 tix
- 1 Savannah$195.82 4.63 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.78 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$275.00 10.30 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.51 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.18 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.22 2.45 tix
- 1 Savannah$195.82 4.63 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.78 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$275.00 10.30 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.51 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.48
12.98 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.53
5.17 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.83 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.89
4.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.85
4.05 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.70
8.09 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.70
9.21 tix
- 2 Terminus
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.30
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.02
1.88 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.66
15.83 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.20
0.80 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.80 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.51
4.07 tix
- 1 Relic of Progenitus
$5.51
4.07 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.44
5.83 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.02
1.88 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.83
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.66
15.83 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.20
0.80 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.80 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.81
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.44
5.83 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Court of Cunning
$4.02
1.88 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.89
19.70 tix
- 1 Gut Shot
$4.83
0.03 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.66
15.83 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.20
0.80 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.05 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.80 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.81
4.51 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.44
5.83 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.22 2.45 tix
- 1 Savannah$195.82 4.63 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.78 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$275.00 10.30 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.51 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.48
12.98 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.83 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.89
4.00 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.85
4.05 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.05
0.02 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.70
9.21 tix
- 2 Terminus
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.30
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (20)
- 3 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.72 1.56 tix
- 2 Prismatic Vista$25.22 2.45 tix
- 1 Savannah$195.82 4.63 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.78 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.02 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 10.30 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 10.30 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.51 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.48
12.98 tix
- 3 Carpet of Flowers
$1.53
5.17 tix
- 1 Dress Down
$0.37
0.83 tix
- 1 Endurance
$3.89
4.00 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.85
4.05 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.45 tix
- 2 Hullbreacher
$1.70
8.09 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.70
9.21 tix
- 2 Terminus
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.30
0.02 tix