Extract Brain
Extract Brain: Sorcery, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 225
- Artist
- A. M. Sartor
- Commander rank
- 8,412 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Extract Brain
Extract Brain is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black sorcery from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 225 in that set, with art by A. M. Sartor. It costs {X}{U}{B} (X, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Forgotten Realms Commander (2021) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.
No thought is as succulent as a secret.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Extract Brain by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Extract Brain
Extract Brain has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #315 | Rare | 2021 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #46 | Rare | 2021 |
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a blue and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Extract Brain is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.