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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 $2.46.
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 | 1150 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 42 | 1 | 690 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 14 | 1 | 626 | 1 |
| Pauper | 46 | 3.5 | 435 | 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 (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix - 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (18)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1810.00 0.12 tix
- 1 Marsh Flats$31.67 1.00 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scrubland$215.00 4.06 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.60 tix
- 3 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
$6.35
0.02 tix - 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.39 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Serenity
$0.29
3.11 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
- 2 Manamorphose
$4.82
3.02 tix - 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 3 Gifts Ungiven
$5.32
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$51.35
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1810.00 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (7)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
- 2 Manamorphose
$4.82
3.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Remand
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 3 Gifts Ungiven
$5.32
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$51.35
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.49 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1810.00 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$36.41 1.78 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.94 2.46 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.88 4.16 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$0.98 0.01 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 12.10 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.17 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 1 Firestorm
$5.39
2.85 tix
- 1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
$0.65
1.16 tix - 1 Misdirection
$5.84
8.87 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 4 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.33
0.06 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (16)
- 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
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.74 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
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
Lands (10)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (25)
- 1 Rebuild
$0.24
0.03 tix
- 2 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.14
0.01 tix
- 1 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.14
0.01 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$51.35
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
49.65 tix
- 1 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 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
16.74 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
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.79 6.50 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 3 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.82
9.25 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
17.77 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Gifts Ungiven
$5.32
0.02 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.76
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 4 Mana Drain
$51.35
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$1.04
0.02 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$51.35
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
Artifacts (12)
- 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
16.74 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
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
0.99 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.04
0.03 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.08 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.53 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.71 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.35
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.50 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.76 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.20
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
Artifacts (8)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.20 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.13
1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.30 tix
- 1 Smelt
$0.11
0.03 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.00
0.04 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (8)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.60
11.99 tix
- 1 Dismember
$2.82
3.10 tix - 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.55 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Forked Bolt
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
1
Final: 1 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (18)
Instants (13)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 3 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.16 tix
- 2 Counterspell
$1.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.17
0.25 tix
- 1 Kolaghan's Command
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Painful Truths
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.33
0.06 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (14)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Extirpate
$1.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 2 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Izzet Staticaster
$0.22
0.03 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.04 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 1 Back to Basics
$3.50
13.08 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.04
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.52 tix
- 1 Kozilek's Return
$0.33
0.43 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.90 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.47
0.10 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.35
5.78 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
