mh3
Brainsurge 
Instant
Oracle Text
Draw four cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Brainsurge, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 9 | 1 | 359 | 1 |
| Modern | 6 | 2.8 | 36 | 3 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Details
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 3
- Collector #
- 399
Non-foilFoil
Other Printings
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Brainsurge
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Ledger Shredder
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
- 1 Trinket Mage
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Primaris Eliminator
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (7)
Instants (29)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (33)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 10 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 No More Lies
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (33)
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
Enchantments (3)
Lands (41)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (32)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Flare of Denial
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Flare of Malice
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cremate
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Siphon Insight
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Castle Vantress
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 High Market
- 11 Island
- 1 Lazotep Quarry
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Sinister Concierge
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Vendilion Clique
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Trinket Mage
- 1 Ertai Resurrected
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Primaris Eliminator
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (7)
Instants (29)
- 1 Long Goodbye
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Fell the Profane
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Snuff Out
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Gollum's Bite
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (33)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 10 Snow-Covered Island
- 2 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (36)
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Fact or Fiction
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Dark Ritual
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
- 1 No More Lies
- 1 Void Rend
- 1 Logic Knot
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (40)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Creeping Tar Pit
- 1 Deserted Beach
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Glacial Fortress
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hallowed Fountain
- 1 Island
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Gate
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Plains
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (10)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (44)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Refute
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (35)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (44)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Brain Freeze
- 1 Curate
- 1 Impulse
- 1 Moment of Truth
- 1 Remand
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Unsubstantiate
- 1 Refute
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Confounding Riddle
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Rewind
- 1 Turnabout
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Chain of Vapor
- 1 Consider
- 1 Dizzy Spell
- 1 Dream's Grip
- 1 Essence Flux
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Gigadrowse
- 1 High Tide
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Opt
- 1 Peek
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Suspend
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Three Steps Ahead
- 1 Twiddle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Muddle the Mixture
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
Lands (35)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (31)
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Daze
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Miscalculation
- 1 Snap
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Cryptic Command
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Mystical Dispute
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Force of Will
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Commandeer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Fading Hope
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Archmage's Charm
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Repeal
- 1 Whir of Invention
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (6)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 16 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (5)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (24)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
