Brainstorm

Instant

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

Combos

• Brainstorm + Zephyrim

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (44)

MontaukMonster on Turbo Budget Competitive Wake Thrasher

1 month ago

I gave your deck a test run.

Game 1, turn 3 merfolk thrasher, turn 4 monolith against no blockers got stopped by a Kor Haven. He had too many threats to counter them all, and bouncing crap like Inspiring Overseer didn't help. By the time I found a second thrasher, I was dead.

Game 2: Stuck at 3 mana, Monolith gets blown up—1 more I could have protected it, and thrasher is forced to chump block to no avail.

There are cheap ways to deal with lands, but the biggest issue I ran into was them drawing more cards than me. Where's the Impulse? Where's Brainstorm? Ponder? Gush? Something! Some kind of way to dig for combo pieces, and more versatile removal.

The 1 damage you get from Vapor Snag is worthless when your whole engine is geared around hitting them with infinite damage.

DragonMaster420 on Hermetic Crab

2 months ago

Brainstorm is better than Ponder, and you can use both.

DragonMaster420 on Hermetic Crab

2 months ago

no Brainstorm?

Balaam__ on Destitute Unblockable

3 months ago

@DubMC I’m not entirely sure but from the description given here I get the idea that Destitute is a combination of both Pauper and Modern card pools. I’m assuming a card would need to be legal in both formats to be viable here, so Ponder and Brainstorm probably can’t be played. I could be wrong though, that was just a guess.

DubMC on Destitute Unblockable

3 months ago

Since you're open to spot removal I'd recommend Water Wings, Turn Aside or even Counterspell. Since you're playing pauper you might as well play something like Brainstorm or Ponder over Otherworldly Gaze.

NV_1980 on Kotis, He of the Dance

5 months ago

I like this deck! You've got plenty of methods included to slow down opponents, while you make sure Kotis is ready to strike. The one thing I'd spend a bit more attention on though, is stuff that enables you to draw a few more cards per turn. Right now, you're featuring three, but the average EDH deck features about ten, so this is just to make sure others don't outpace you too much. Considering your budget and Kotis being your main attacker, I'd go for options like Cartouche of Knowledge, Combat Research, Curiosity, Keen Sense or Mask of Riddles. Draw options that can be activated before Kotis is online might work too. My go-to favorites in that sense would be Brainstorm, Ponder and Preordain.

Also, as an FYI, there are some easy ways to have Kotis trigger twice per attack. Giving him double strike (with something like Fireshrieker would do this, but you can also go for options like Felix Five-Boots or Strionic Resonator. Good luck with this brew!

Rhadamanthus on The Sixth Doctor + Yuna, …

6 months ago

Only the original historic creature spell will get Yuna's counters. The copy created by the 6th Doctor is a different object from the original and will only copy the original's copiable characteristics (plus the extra part of the Doctor's effect), which don't include Yuna's bonus.

Something interesting to point out in how you posed the question: the way Yuna's ability is written, you don't have to spend her mana on a creature spell to get the bonus. The counter-adding effect is a separate delayed trigger that just triggers the next time you cast a creature spell this turn and doesn't care about how the mana was used. You could tap Yuna for {U}, cast Brainstorm, then cast a creature from what you drew and it will get the counters.

SaberTech on Dissident Storm

10 months ago

You do have a lot of cantrips and rituals, although I would consider running Dark Ritual as well. It's the most mana efficient ritual, and being able to cast Necropotence turn 1 or suddenly flash in an Opposition Agent off of just one open black mana is pretty strong. Brainstorm would be worth considering but I don't think that you have enough ways to shuffle your library right now to get the most use out of it. Maybe if you upped the number of fetch lands that you are running. Night's Whisper is a possible consideration for another cheap draw spell.

I do think that some of the top end of your deck could be replaced. Too many expensive storm payoff cards means that you have a higher chance of having them clogging your starting hand and first few draws, which is rough for a deck that wants to be setting up and casting a bunch of cheap spells. I really think that Eye of the Storm should go because there is a high chance that your opponents may get to benefit from it more than you do. You could replace the more expensive cards with wheels and card draw engines to help you keep your hand full and find your remaining win conditions faster. Windrider Wizard or Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain could be worth considering depending on how mana artifacts vs spells your final list ends up running. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can help you cast more spells in a turn but might not be what you want if you are hoping to stock up your graveyard for Underworld Breach.

You may end up needing a couple more board wipes depending on your meta. If everyone in your play group is just aiming to hit their combos the fastest then you may not need to worry about being beaten down by creatures before someone combos off and wins the game. If you are facing a bunch of creature-focused decks then more board wipes like Toxic Deluge may be necessary.

Hindering Touch doesn't seem like a strong enough counterspell to be running in Bracket 4. There is always Force of WillGC or Pact of Negation, but another one that may be worth considering is Muddle the Mixture for its option of being a tutor. It can grab Brain Freeze or Underworld BreachGC, and if you add in the dramatic Scepter combo then it can grab those cards too.