Brain Freeze
Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #13 · Rare · Instant
Mana cost: {1}{U}
Target player mills three cards.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
"It was so embarrassing. Dean Veyran called on me and I just froze. My mind went blank."
—Overheard in the Archive stacks
Illustrated by Benjamin Ee · Released April 24, 2026
Prices
- Nonfoil: $4.09 USD · €3.19 EUR
- Foil: $5.65 USD · €3.97 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.01 USD (0.2%) to $4.09 USD; low $3.92 USD, high $5.38 USD.
Printings
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive #13 (this printing) · Rare · 2026 · $4.09 USD
- Secret Lair Countdown #2 (SLC) · Rare · 2025 · $4.42 USD
- Secret Lair Countdown #29 (SLC) · Rare · 2025 · $79.70 USD foil
- Mystery Booster 2 #24 (MB2) · Uncommon · 2024 · $1.82 USD
- Secret Lair Drop #410 (SLD) · Rare · 2022 · $14.30 USD
- The List #SCG-29 (PLST) · Uncommon · 2020 · $5.09 USD
- Vintage Masters #57 (VMA) · Uncommon · 2014
- Scourge #29 (SCG) · Uncommon · 2003 · $7.01 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Not legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2022-12-08 · wotc — A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
- 2022-12-08 · wotc — The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
- 2022-12-08 · wotc — Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.
- 2022-12-08 · wotc — You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
- 2022-12-08 · wotc — The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
Played in these commander decks
- Storm, Force of Nature · in 25% of 48 decks
- Vivi Ornitier · in 24% of 46 decks
- Stella Lee, Wild Card · in 20% of 45 decks
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph · in 10% of 49 decks
- Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound · in 9% of 45 decks
- Abaddon the Despoiler · in 8% of 50 decks
- Fire Lord Azula · in 8% of 50 decks
- Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator · in 6% of 49 decks