Cerebral Eruption
Scars of Mirrodin 86 • rare
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Collector number
- 86
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Target opponent reveals the top card of their library. Cerebral Eruption deals damage equal to the revealed card's mana value to that player and each creature that player controls. If a land card is revealed this way, return Cerebral Eruption to its owner's hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cerebral Eruption was released in 2010 as part of the Scars of Mirrodin set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set marked a return to the metal-dominated plane of Mirrodin, exploring a narrative conflict between the native inhabitants and the invading Phyrexian biomechanical horrors. As a red sorcery spell, the card was designed to reflect the chaotic, destructive nature of the red color pie, specifically focusing on randomized damage output that scales with the converted mana cost of a revealed card.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Jesper Ejsing, whose work is characterized by a high-fantasy aesthetic with dynamic, textured lighting. Ejsing intended to visualize the visceral concept of a psychic overload, depicting a figure in the throes of a sudden mental fracture to match the card's mechanical flavor. Upon its release, the card was viewed by players as a niche, high-variance effect, appreciated more for its thematic resonance with the plane's unstable atmosphere than for competitive tournament consistency.
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