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Brainstorm 
Instant
Brainstorm appeared in 2,930 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
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Brainstorm
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (17)
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix - 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 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 - 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (16)
- 2 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.11
0.01 tix - 2 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (13)
- 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 Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 2 Grindstone
$3.23
1.29 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Bribery
$3.33
0.02 tix
- 2 Dread of Night
$0.39
0.55 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 3 Leyline of the Void
$0.42
0.06 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.42
0.06 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
- 1 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.91 4.01 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (21)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 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
- 4 Dark Petition
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (10)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 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
- 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 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 3 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Aegis of the Gods
$0.98
0.02 tix - 1 Balance
$1.10
0.14 tix
- 2 Big Game Hunter
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix - 1 Fate Transfer
$0.45
0.03 tix - 1 Hex Parasite
$7.73
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 City in a Bottle
$371.80
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Slice and Dice
$0.14
0.04 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (20)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 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
- 4 Dark Petition
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (10)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 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
- 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 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 4 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (9)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (5)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
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
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 3 City in a Bottle
$371.80
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 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
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
- 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 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
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (20)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix
- 1 Night's Whisper
$0.25
0.20 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
- 2 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Thoughtseize
$6.48
1.60 tix
- 3 Doomsday
$2.91
0.10 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 4 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 3 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (20)
- 1 Rebuild
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dark Ritual
$3.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Annul
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Massacre
$0.51
1.01 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Yixlid Jailer
$0.09
0.04 tix
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
- 1 Cavern of Souls$50.49 0.53 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Grim Lavamancer
$0.29
0.20 tix
- 4 Monastery Mentor
$0.46
0.02 tix
- 1 Nahiri, the Harbinger
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Pyroclasm
$0.20
0.02 tix
- 2 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
- 1 Wipe Away
$0.29
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (22)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
- 1 Dryad Arbor$3.71 0.02 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 4 Inkmoth Nexus$11.13 0.17 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Pendelhaven$2.31 1.25 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
- 3 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$17.82 2.48 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Bojuka Bog$0.83 0.01 tix
- 1 Crop Rotation
$3.52
2.05 tix
- 2 Dismember
$3.01
3.76 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Ghost Quarter$0.44 0.02 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.54
14.25 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.43 2.22 tix
- 1 Krosan Grip
$0.72
0.03 tix
- 1 Necropede
$0.45
0.03 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Seal of Primordium
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Viridian Corrupter
$0.38
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (5)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.67
1.12 tix
- 1 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.91 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Moat
$872.56
1.05 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.06 0.01 tix
- 3 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix
- 1 Vendilion Clique
$3.53
0.02 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
