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Brain Freeze

Instant MV 2

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What it does

Target player mills three cards.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Combos with Brain Freeze

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

  • Underworld Breach Lotus Petal Infinite
    • Infinite self-mill
    • Near-infinite magecraft triggers
    • Near-infinite mill
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Underworld Breach Lion's Eye Diamond Infinite
    • Infinite self-mill
    • Near-infinite colored mana
    • Near-infinite magecraft triggers
    • Near-infinite mill
    • Near-infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Black Lotus Underworld Breach Infinite
    • Infinite artifact ETB
    • Infinite artifact LTB
    • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite self-mill
    • Near-infinite colored mana
    • Near-infinite magecraft triggers
    • Near-infinite mill
    • Near-infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Emry, Lurker of the Loch Lotus Petal Freed from the Real Infinite
    • Infinite artifact ETB
    • Infinite artifact LTB
    • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite magecraft triggers
    • Infinite mill
    • Infinite storm count
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature ETB
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Mizzix of the Izmagnus Underworld Breach Lotus Petal Infinite
    • Infinite self-mill
    • Near-infinite magecraft triggers
    • Near-infinite mill
    • Near-infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Underworld Breach Frantic Search High Tide Infinite
    • Near-infinite blue mana
    • Near-infinite draw triggers
    • Near-infinite looting
    • Near-infinite magecraft triggers
    • Near-infinite mill
    • Near-infinite self-discard triggers
    • Near-infinite self-mill
    • Near-infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Death Match Dockside Extortionist Underworld Breach Infinite
    • Infinite self-mill
    • Near-infinite colored mana
    • Near-infinite death triggers
    • Near-infinite creature ETB
    • Near-infinite creature LTB
    • Near-infinite mill
    • Near-infinite storm count
    • Near-infinite Treasure tokens
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
  • Eye of the Storm Mind's Desire Mirror of Fate Stolen Identity Infinite
    • Infinite magecraft triggers
    • Infinite mill
    • Infinite self-mill
    • Infinite storm count
    See the steps on Commander Spellbook →

Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these — follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2022-12-08

    A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.

  • 2022-12-08

    The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.

  • 2022-12-08

    Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.

  • 2022-12-08

    You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.

  • 2022-12-08

    The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Brain Freeze, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 3
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Flubs, the Fool 1 0 —
Veyran, Voice of Duality 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Izzet 1 deck
  • Temur 1 deck

Every version of Brain Freeze

9 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Brain Freeze — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.