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Brainstorm 
Instant
Brainstorm appeared in 2,928 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.6 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.15.
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 | 83 | 3.9 | 1155 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 49 | 1 | 695 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 14 | 1 | 630 | 1 |
| Pauper | 50 | 3.5 | 448 | 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
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix - 1 Time Walk
$498.49
5.60 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix - 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
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
$1.01
0.03 tix - 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (12)
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix - 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.45 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (6)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (19)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
5.60 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix
- 2 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 3 Dark Petition
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 3 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.47
0.01 tix
- 3 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (11)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.45 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 3 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (19)
- 1 Negate
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 3 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.10
0.01 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (10)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (21)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix
- 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.56
2.60 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
5.60 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Dark Petition
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 3 Dark Petition
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (12)
Artifacts (12)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (19)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.64
8.29 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 3 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$50.82
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (15)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (26)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 2 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.45 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 3 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.51 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Candelabra of Tawnos
$2275.12
18.61 tix
- 2 Expedition Map
$1.30
0.02 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 2 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.48 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 2 Goblin Charbelcher
$0.33
0.20 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$37.32
0.36 tix
Enchantments (4)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (14)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
5.60 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
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
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 2 Cabal Therapy
$6.66
11.99 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (12)
- 1 Cabal Ritual
$13.61
0.16 tix
- 1 Cabal Ritual
$13.61
0.16 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Dark Ritual
$3.19
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Chain of Vapor
$9.42
0.08 tix
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.45 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Tomb$48.51 6.50 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 1 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Rebuild
$0.27
0.03 tix
- 2 Sadistic Sacrament
$0.84
0.02 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.39
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Disenchant
$0.10
0.03 tix - 1 Energy Flux
$0.27
0.09 tix
- 2 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 4 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (19)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix
- 2 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 3 Dark Petition
$2.64
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 3 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 2 Preordain
$0.47
0.01 tix
- 3 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (11)
Artifacts (15)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.45 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.55
1.36 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 3 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
Lands (13)
Sideboard
- 1 Blightsteel Colossus
$34.70
0.02 tix - 1 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
- 2 Echoing Truth
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Empty the Warrens
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 2 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 2 Thrashing Wumpus
$0.86
4.06 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.88 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.50 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
- 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.67
4.74 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.15
0.29 tix
- 1 Plains$0.08 0.01 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.61
0.23 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 2 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.30
4.72 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (24)
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 3 Lightning Bolt
$0.83
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
21.86 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.23
0.01 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
Lands (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$35.70 1.66 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 3.14 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.60 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.03 tix
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (19)
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
9.52 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.52
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.02 tix
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.42
1.78 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.23
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.19
0.04 tix
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.02 tix
- 3 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Ethersworn Canonist
$2.26
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.60
1.23 tix
- 1 Life from the Loam
$4.76
3.18 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$6.82
1.50 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.38
0.01 tix
- 1 Notion Thief
$1.46
0.02 tix
- 2 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$11.09 1.68 tix
- 1 Supreme Verdict
$1.48
0.10 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Sorceries (22)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.44
5.94 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.92 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.25
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 Empty the Warrens
$0.14
0.02 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.01
0.03 tix
- 4 Duress
$0.08
0.01 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.75
0.01 tix
- 2 Preordain
$0.47
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.93
0.01 tix
Instants (10)
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
51.42 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
15.73 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
15.16 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
24.72 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
15.44 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.64 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.29 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.71 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.12
0.03 tix
- 4 Defense Grid
$6.45
0.02 tix
