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Brainstorm 
Instant
Brainstorm appeared in 2,912 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.6 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.16.
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 | 88 | 3.9 | 1160 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 49 | 1 | 695 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 14 | 1 | 630 | 1 |
| Pauper | 50 | 3.5 | 445 | 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
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (16)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix - 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.52
2.46 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix - 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix - 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.69 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.77
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.02
0.02 tix - 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (11)
Artifacts (24)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix - 3 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.15 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$36.82
0.36 tix
Lands (9)
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.50
0.02 tix - 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix - 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (21)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (19)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (22)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 2 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
Lands (10)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix - 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 3 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (10)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Pyrite Spellbomb
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (17)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix
- 2 Regrowth
$0.51
0.02 tix - 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.52
2.46 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Treasure Cruise
$0.25
0.01 tix - 3 Cabal Therapy
$6.60
11.99 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 2 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 3 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (18)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (20)
- 1 Eternal Witness
$0.70
0.03 tix
- 4 Shardless Agent
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Dream Stalker
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 4 Imperial Recruiter
$13.87
0.02 tix
- 1 Parasitic Strix
$0.08
0.03 tix
- 4 Deathrite Shaman
$4.88
0.71 tix - 1 Baleful Strix
$0.94
0.31 tix
- 2 Baleful Strix
$0.94
0.31 tix
- 1 Baleful Strix
$0.94
0.31 tix
- 1 Cavern Harpy
$0.27
0.04 tix
Sorceries (7)
Instants (7)
Lands (21)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.20 tix
- 1 Bayou$226.24 7.82 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Taiga$215.00 3.61 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 4 Verdant Catacombs$28.43 1.27 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Bloodbraid Elf
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 1 Bone Shredder
$0.15
0.03 tix
- 1 Disfigure
$0.04
0.03 tix
- 1 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.55 tix
- 1 Faerie Macabre
$3.94
0.01 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
$0.50
0.04 tix
- 1 Minister of Pain
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Reclamation Sage
$0.18
0.03 tix
- 1 Scavenging Ooze
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 Skylasher
$0.19
0.02 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 3 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Enchantments (3)
Lands (12)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 4 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (16)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix
- 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.52
2.46 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.69 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.77
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (11)
Artifacts (24)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 2 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 2 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.15 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$36.82
0.36 tix
Lands (9)
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.50
0.02 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.47
0.07 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.15
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
Artifacts (10)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Energy Flux
$0.26
0.16 tix
- 1 Engineered Plague
$7.77
8.63 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 3 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Rakdos Charm
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (23)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Blossoming Defense
$0.20
0.03 tix
- 2 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.25
15.90 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.72
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Savannah$194.99 3.54 tix
- 1 Spell Snare
$0.41
0.23 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 1 Viridian Corrupter
$0.38
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (21)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
- 1 Badlands$235.61 8.20 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 3 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
- 3 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Diabolic Edict
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Golgari Charm
$0.89
0.03 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.07 tix
- 1 Maelstrom Pulse
$0.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.89
0.14 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Entreat the Angels
$0.42
0.03 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.21
0.02 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Moat
$872.56
1.05 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (16)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 3 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix