I love this new art on a classic old card. My red/blue Niv-Mizzet EDH deck already has a Brainstorm, of course, but now more new players will get a chance to use this excellent card.
Phantom_of_the_FNM
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I love how this is rated higher than Ancestral Recall right now. How long do you think that will last?
SkyknightXi
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Chamale: It isn't THAT new. This is the Mercadian Masques art.
I wonder how long it'll be before baying begins to reprint the Ice Age version with the newer border...
greg2367
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@SkyKnightXi They already reprinted the IceAge art with a new border, it was in the Coldsnap starter decks, but kept the IceAge symbol
Discoduck
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
New frame makes me very happy. I finally have a visually cohesive playset to put into my Lorescale Coatl deck.
.Blaze.
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
The new the commander decks would give them a chance to reprint cards in high demand and they did not disappoint. Can't wait to get my hands on this.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(7 votes)
This card is nuts and I think we all get that. That said, get this thing out of my EDH deck! Into the Legacy deck where you belong!
DarthParallax
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This, Unsummon, and Preordain.
12 cards whose total cost STILL is less than Jace the Mindsculptor, even after banning. of course, putting those playsets together is not as powerful as one Jace.
BUT if you need 'budget blue', then Brainstorm is the best place to start my friends.
Fictionarious
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
THANK YOU! FINALLY some art that the Vorthos in me doesn't cringe at! Might use them now.
Jmonkey
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Is this card as good as ponder? I have ponders and I like the ability to shuffle your library if you do not like the next three cards. But which one is more efficient?
n0odleex
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
One of my favorite blue cards of all time, tops Counterspell
This thing is steroids for Lorescale for just 1 mana
The_Stray
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Jmonkey
This one is more efficient, thanks to the instant speed. This was one of the key cards in Draw/Go counterspell decks back in the day. Cast it during your opponet's end step and you get to scry your deck, get a card, AND shuffle the trash if you need to all before you untap.
Mitch_360
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
The all-time best 1 mana blue spell in Legacy...and it will probably always be that way. Now where did i put that fetchland...
My girlfriend got four of these for her draw/mill deck, and believe me things can get hairy REAL quick. She uses these to fire up playsets of Lorescale Coatl and Psychosis Crawler. Yeah...
Combos well with Delver of Secrets... Turn 2 upkeep Brainstorm! Flip!
CuriousThing
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Thanks to Alex Bertoncheaty, this card actually reads "Choose one -- Draw three cards; or draw four cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order."
Mitch_A
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Best (legal) blue spell for U and it will stay that way...always.
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is your "mini-mulligan" if you're iffy about your hand but don't want to drop a card. Amazing card, but it's not ALWAYS better than Ponder or Preordain.
Now, you'll go nuts brainstorm with all this new miracle thingy.
Binaro
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This + Miracle spells = Love
Dustylou_2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is just crazy good. Digs deep into your deck for just one mana (at instant speed, no less!), and protects two cards from discard (or more importantly, you can just put junk on top and then shuffle with a fetchland). And now with miracle, things like Temporal Mastery are going to be just sick. One of the best blue instants ever, if not instants period.
I'm kinda confused right now. I'm by all means not a "noob", but why do I prefer Preordain over this? Now that I think about it, it does let you draw the three cards so you can utilize more of the cards you like/need. And it's also instant speed so you can emergency use it for a counter spell or another combat trick. But for some instances I like getting rid of "trash" (like useless lands in late-game), this card doesn't give me that option, whereas Preordain does. - Oh hell I'm just gonna use both.
wowsers
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This could work very well with miracle. This card is the dude. Except she is a women, pardon ma'am, but your awesomer.
mirosith
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As close as I'll ever get to Ancestral Recall. Just use a little imagination and when you draw those three cards, you just played an Ancestral Recall, before you have to put two cards back on the top of your library.
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I wonder how long it'll be before baying begins to reprint the Ice Age version with the newer border...
They already reprinted the IceAge art with a new border, it was in the Coldsnap starter decks, but kept the IceAge symbol
12 cards whose total cost STILL is less than Jace the Mindsculptor, even after banning.
of course, putting those playsets together is not as powerful as one Jace.
BUT if you need 'budget blue', then Brainstorm is the best place to start my friends.
This thing is steroids for Lorescale for just 1 mana
This one is more efficient, thanks to the instant speed. This was one of the key cards in Draw/Go counterspell decks back in the day. Cast it during your opponet's end step and you get to scry your deck, get a card, AND shuffle the trash if you need to all before you untap.
I <3 it in my Pyromancer Ascension deck!
Now that I think about it, it does let you draw the three cards so you can utilize more of the cards you like/need.
And it's also instant speed so you can emergency use it for a counter spell or another combat trick.
But for some instances I like getting rid of "trash" (like useless lands in late-game), this card doesn't give me that option, whereas Preordain does.
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Oh hell I'm just gonna use both.