Brainstorm
Legacy Championship 2012 • rare
- Set
- Legacy Championship
- Collector number
- 2012
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Chris Rahn
What it does
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
2012 Legacy Championship Winner
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 printed in the 1995 Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, designed by Christopher Rush. The card was created to provide blue-aligned decks with a powerful mechanism for card selection, allowing a player to draw three cards and return two from their hand to the top of their library. Its utility in shaping future draws made it a foundational element of competitive play, ultimately becoming a staple card in the game's eternal formats.
The Legacy Championship 2012 version of Brainstorm was released as a promotional prize for participants in the annual tournament series dedicated to the Legacy format. This specific printing features updated art by Volkan Baga, who shifted the imagery toward a more modern, illustrative aesthetic while maintaining the iconic feel of the original spell. The card is highly regarded by players not only for its strategic influence on the format but also for its status as a commemorative piece within the history of high-level tournament play.
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