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Brain Maggot

{1}{B}

Enchantment Creature — Insect

JOUJourney into Nyx#62uncommon
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 2 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Min Yum
Found in
Fate Reforged Clash Pack · Journey into Nyx MTGO Redemption · 4 more
Printings4EDHREC rank#15,820
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card until this creature leaves the battlefield.
1/1
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-6.7%
$0.28
$0.04 low$0.03 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.43
$0.21 low$0.05 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 4 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

4 · latest Apr 26, 2014
  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    Brain Maggot's ability causes a zone change with a duration, a new style of ability that's somewhat reminiscent of older cards like Tidehollow Sculler. However, unlike Tidehollow Sculler, Brain Maggot has a single ability that creates two one-shot effects: one that exiles the nonland card when the ability resolves, and another that returns the exiled card to its owner's hand immediately after Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    If Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, the opponent will reveal their hand, but no card will be exiled.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    In a multiplayer game, if Brain Maggot's owner leaves the game, the exiled card will return to its owner's hand. Because the one-shot effect that returns the card isn't an ability that goes on the stack, it won't cease to exist along with the leaving player's spells and abilities on the stack.

  • WotCApr 26, 2014

    The exiled card returns to its owner's hand immediately after Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield. Nothing happens between the two events, including state-based actions.