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Brainstorm 
Instant
Brainstorm appeared in 2,902 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.6 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.50.
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 | 87 | 3.9 | 1150 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 44 | 1 | 690 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 14 | 1 | 627 | 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
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$51.55
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix - 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.03
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 1 Faerie Conclave$0.52 0.03 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1810.00 0.12 tix
- 3 Mishra's Factory$0.15 0.03 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$39.00 3.75 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 3 Tundra$278.32 12.67 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.52 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 2 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1810.00 0.12 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$35.95 1.78 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.90 2.59 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.11 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.92 tix
Sideboard
- 3 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix - 1 Arcane Laboratory
$0.56
0.04 tix
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows$5.83 0.93 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
2.00 tix - 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Punishing Fire
$0.29
0.03 tix
- 4 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix - 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (12)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancestral Vision$0.29 0.06 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix - 2 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.89
0.03 tix
- 1 Liliana, the Last Hope
$4.67
0.06 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix - 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.38
0.06 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Cabal Therapy
$6.60
11.99 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix - 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.22 tix
- 1 Invasive Surgery
$0.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
18.71 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
- 1 Umezawa's Jitte
$2.90
0.09 tix
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.60
11.99 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Electrickery
$0.31
0.03 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.42
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.27
0.26 tix
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.22 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.74 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.94 tix
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.71
0.73 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (12)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
- 2 Price of Progress
$4.56
1.90 tix
- 2 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 2 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (21)
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$51.55
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (12)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.71
0.03 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.49 2.10 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.53 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Badlands$235.61 7.74 tix
- 1 Blazing Archon
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 2 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
- 1 Grasping Dunes$0.33 0.03 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Rushing River
$0.13
0.04 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Stormtide Leviathan
$0.54
0.02 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (13)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
6.18 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.13 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.91 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.22
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.39 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.39 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.53 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.77
0.32 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 2 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.49
0.01 tix
Instants (14)
Artifacts (20)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$35.77
16.56 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.68 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$36.82
0.36 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (10)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (24)
- 4 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.16
0.01 tix
- 4 Paradoxical Outcome
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.52 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$51.55
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.91 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
13.49 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.59 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.42 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.61 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
11.65 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.44 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.68 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.59
1.01 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.01
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.74
4.89 tix
Lands (14)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.14 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.63
1.67 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.88
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Rebuild
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.38
0.06 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (20)
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.39
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.29
0.02 tix
- 4 Lightning Bolt
$0.78
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.58 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.45 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.83 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.20
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix