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Brainstorm 
Brainstorm appeared in 2,900 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.6 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.54.
Oracle Text
Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Brainstorm, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 81 | 3.9 | 1150 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 42 | 1 | 690 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 8 | 1 | 624 | 1 |
| Pauper | 39 | 3.4 | 435 | 3.6 |
Details
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 4
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Brainstorm
Final: 4 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (9)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 2 Crash
$0.23
0.39 tix - 1 Dark Petition
$2.83
0.02 tix - 1 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Echo of Eons
$9.42
8.07 tix - 1 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix - 2 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Hope of Ghirapur
$2.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Pulverize
$1.11
1.80 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Void Snare
$0.28
0.03 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Lands (21)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.02 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 9.40 tix
- 1 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 1.88 tix
- 3 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.87 1.32 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.08 2.20 tix
- 3 Scalding Tarn$38.63 3.79 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$275.00 9.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.28 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.06 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
16.26 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.31
0.02 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.65
1.16 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.92
0.03 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.18 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix - 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (23)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.30
13.61 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.37
2.23 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.41 tix - 1 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.18 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Return to Nature
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.83
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
- 1 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.27
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.27
0.02 tix - 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.75 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix - 2 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 3 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.48 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 1 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.27
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.75 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 2 Lightning Bolt$0.74 0.02 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.27
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.75 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 4 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.07 tix
- 1 Magmatic Sinkhole$0.17 0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.93
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.71
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (19)
- 2 Abrade
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 1 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.75 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (17)
- 4 Daze
$0.92
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.27
0.04 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.37
2.23 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.75 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Bayou$226.24 9.40 tix
- 1 Glacial Chasm$22.60 11.63 tix
- 2 Golgari Rot Farm$0.24 0.01 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$36.56 1.56 tix
- 4 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.84 0.02 tix
- 1 Simic Growth Chamber$0.24 0.01 tix
- 4 Tropical Island$275.00 9.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.28 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.25 1.23 tix
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Ash Barrens$0.17 0.02 tix
- 1 Ash Barrens$0.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Ash Barrens$0.17 0.02 tix
- 2 Azorius Chancery$0.17 0.01 tix
- 1 Evolving Wilds$0.10 0.01 tix
- 1 Great Furnace$2.12 9.71 tix
- 6 Snow-Covered Island$0.96 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Island$0.96 0.01 tix
- 2 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.48 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.34 0.01 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Celestial Flare
$0.05
0.03 tix
- 1 Circle of Protection: Green
$0.09
0.03 tix
- 1 Circle of Protection: Red
$0.17
0.16 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Gorilla Shaman
$0.21
0.28 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
16.26 tix
- 1 Leave No Trace
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
$1.21
6.73 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.52 tix
- 2 Seeker of the Way
$0.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Swirling Sandstorm
$0.17
0.18 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (24)
Instants (13)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.06 tix
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.77 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.77 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
0.91 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Xantid Swarm
$3.90
4.02 tix
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (22)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.30
13.61 tix
- 1 Cindervines
$0.35
0.02 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.37
2.23 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.21
0.25 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.18 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.83
4.43 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.43
5.89 tix
- 1 Vapor Snag
$0.23
0.03 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
- 1 Daze
$0.92
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.27
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.75 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Sorceries (20)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$59.21
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 Timetwister
$780.68
8.39 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.44 tix
- 4 Dark Petition
$2.83
0.02 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.80
0.01 tix
- 4 Preordain
$0.49
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (12)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$816.91
9.30 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.42
17.35 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
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.19
0.02 tix
Enchantments (1)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.02 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$35.03
0.02 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.77 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.77 tix
- 4 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 13.82 tix
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.42
17.35 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
- 3 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
$39.59
0.91 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.05
0.02 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.19
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.20 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$35.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.48 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.77 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.18 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.10
1.50 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.96 0.01 tix
- 4 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
- 1 Force of Negation
$51.01
19.85 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.27
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.27
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
22.55 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.75 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$0.99
0.04 tix
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
Instants (9)
Artifacts (16)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 2 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 1 Dark Petition
$2.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Echo of Eons
$9.42
8.07 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Grapeshot
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Hope of Ghirapur
$2.91
0.02 tix
- 1 Pulverize
$1.11
1.80 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.65
1.60 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
