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Brainstorm 
Instant
Brainstorm appeared in 2,901 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.6 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.57.
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 | 85 | 3.9 | 1154 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 42 | 1 | 690 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 8 | 1 | 619 | 1 |
| Pauper | 42 | 3.4 | 438 | 3.6 |
Details
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 4
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Brainstorm
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.77 tix - 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.26
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix - 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.08 tix
- 2 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.08 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$97.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.66
0.98 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.19
0.02 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (19)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$59.14
6.06 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.13 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.63 tix - 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.35 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.39 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.73
0.32 tix
- 2 Dark Petition
$2.80
0.02 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.07
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.80
0.01 tix
- 3 Preordain
$0.49
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.58
0.01 tix
Instants (12)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$816.91
9.00 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$35.78
17.12 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.23
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
21.35 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.29 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
10.71 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
29.98 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$97.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Wishclaw Talisman
$1.58
0.02 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.19
0.02 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (24)
- 1 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Brain Freeze
$2.67
0.02 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.92
0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.87
19.85 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.27 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.25
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.57
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.36 1.56 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.27 2.45 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.95 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.61 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.28 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.81
1.17 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.66
15.83 tix
- 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.13
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.89
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (25)
- 1 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.87
19.85 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 2 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 4 Assassin's Trophy
$0.67
0.02 tix - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 4 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 3 Drown in the Loch
$1.01
0.03 tix
Planeswalkers (4)
Lands (30)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 9.11 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 8.97 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$6.05 1.32 tix
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows$6.05 1.32 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.56 2.06 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.36 1.56 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.88 3.94 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.95 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.61 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.28 tix
- 1 Verdant Catacombs$28.20 1.33 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
- 1 Waterlogged Grove$0.60 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.91 0.01 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.55
0.04 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.53
5.17 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.38
2.31 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.15
14.18 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.29
0.02 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.73
3.97 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.89
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$25.76
0.10 tix
- 1 Winter Orb
$10.98
23.57 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.30
13.61 tix
- 1 Cartouche of Ambition
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Chainer's Edict
$0.14
0.04 tix
- 2 Dispel
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 1 Gurmag Angler
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.63
3.71 tix
- 2 Stormbound Geist
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 2 Suffocating Fumes
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 1 Thorn of the Black Rose
$0.12
6.88 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (19)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.30
13.61 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.30
13.61 tix
- 2 Curfew
$0.30
0.10 tix
- 1 Dispel
$0.36
0.03 tix
- 2 Electrickery
$0.30
0.03 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.28 tix
- 2 Hydroblast
$1.66
15.83 tix
- 1 Moonblade Shinobi
$0.48
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Swirling Sandstorm
$0.17
0.18 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
- 1 Daze
$0.92
0.02 tix
- 3 Daze
$0.92
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.87
19.85 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 2 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.19
0.01 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$3.93 7.40 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.19 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
- 4 Wasteland$8.63 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.73
3.97 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.89
4.43 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$25.76
0.10 tix
- 1 Tarmogoyf
$5.42
0.13 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
23.57 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (14)
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.99 tix
- 4 Veil of Summer
$3.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.69 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.19
0.01 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.19
0.01 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (20)
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 3 Botanical Sanctum$1.47 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.19 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 3.94 tix
- 2 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.95 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 4 Waterlogged Grove$0.60 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.30
13.61 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.53
5.17 tix
- 1 Ceremonious Rejection
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Dismember
$2.73
3.97 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.21 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.21 tix
- 2 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
$0.16
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 1 Karakas$15.56 2.06 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$36.36 1.56 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 3 Prismatic Vista$25.27 2.45 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.95 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.61 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.28 tix
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (20)
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.36 1.56 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.27 2.45 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.95 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.61 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 13.07 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.28 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.67
0.02 tix
- 1 Cling to Dust
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 1 Dead of Winter
$0.39
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.65
1.16 tix
- 2 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.43 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.89
0.03 tix
- 2 Teferi, Time Raveler
$4.23
0.10 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.28
0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All$17.37 0.02 tix
- 1 Firemind's Foresight
$0.21
0.02 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Intuition
$358.15
15.27 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.35
0.51 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Release the Ants
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Through the Breach
$0.43
0.02 tix
- 1 Trickbind
$9.04
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.21 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 2 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.89
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$25.76
0.10 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
23.57 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
Lands (21)
- 2 Field of Ruin$0.18 0.03 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$36.36 1.56 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$1.04 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.43 2.20 tix
- 4 Prismatic Vista$25.27 2.45 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Forest$0.80 0.01 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$0.95 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.48 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.61 0.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$275.00 9.74 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 12.28 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Assassin's Trophy
$0.67
0.02 tix
- 2 Brazen Borrower
$0.55
0.04 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.87
19.85 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.25
1.50 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Tragic Lesson
$0.13
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Rough/Tumble
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Submerge
$3.89
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$25.76
0.10 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
23.57 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Eliminate
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.21 tix
- 2 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.56 2.06 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.70
0.06 tix
- 2 Narset, Parter of Veils
$1.13
0.02 tix
- 2 Plague Engineer
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Ratchet Bomb
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 2 Winter Orb
$10.98
23.57 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (20)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Volley
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 1 Brazen Borrower
$0.55
0.04 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.56 2.06 tix
- 1 Klothys, God of Destiny
$1.31
0.03 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.89
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Sylvan Library
$25.76
0.10 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.28
0.02 tix
