Brainstorm
Secret Lair Drop 582 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 582
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
"The secret is simply to know what you're going to do before you even see the possibilities."— Porlema'ko, mind mage
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageRestricted
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Brainstorm was originally released in the 1996 expansion Ice Age and quickly became one of the most iconic and powerful cantrip spells in Magic: The Gathering history. Its ability to manipulate the top of the library while providing card selection cemented its status as a staple across multiple formats, particularly in Legacy and Vintage. The Secret Lair Drop series, introduced by Wizards of the Coast in 2019, reimagines classic cards through unique, limited-edition artistic collaborations.
This specific iteration, numbered 582, was featured as part of the Secret Lair x Arcane collection, which was released in 2021 to celebrate the debut of the Netflix animated series based on League of Legends. The card features art by the Riot Games team, styled to reflect the visual aesthetic of the show's setting in Piltover and Zaun. It was intentionally designed to bridge the gap between the tabletop game and the serialized narrative of Arcane, capturing the intellectual and chaotic nature of the spell through the lens of the show's characters.
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