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Brainstorm

Instant MV 1

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it doesCombosRulingsIn the 99Every version

What it does

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Combos with Brainstorm

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.

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

Rulings

One official ruling, as Wizards published it.

  • 2018-03-16

    You draw three cards and put two cards back all while Brainstorm is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.

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

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Brainstorm, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 17
Games played 9
Win rate 44.4%
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Urza, Lord High Artificer 2 5 0%
The Council of Four 1 2 —
Vivi Ornitier 1 2 —
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer 1 0 —
Cosmic Spider-Man 1 0 —
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden 1 0 —
Flubs, the Fool 1 0 —
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Izzet 4 decks
  • Mono-Blue 2 decks
  • Azorius 2 decks
  • Dimir 1 deck
  • Sultai 1 deck
  • Temur 1 deck
  • Esper 1 deck
  • Five-Color 1 deck
  • Bant 1 deck
  • Jeskai 1 deck

Every version of Brainstorm

45 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 Brainstorm — 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.