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Pick the Brain
SORCERY Uncommon
Shadows over Innistrad EDHREC #29,974
$0.08
+0.0%
7 days
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Pick the Brain Price Summary
Pick the Brain's current headline price is $0.08.
Pick the Brain Printings & Prices
1 printings
Pick the Brain has 1 tracked printing across 1 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes.
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2 offers
| Buyer | Printing | Finish | Cash offer | Retail | Spread |
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| Card Kingdom | SOI #129 | Foil | — | — | — |
| Card Kingdom | SOI #129 | Nonfoil | — | — | — |
Pick the Brain Rules Text & Legality
View on Scryfall ↗Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as the exiled card, exile those cards, then that player shuffles.
Pick the Brain is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.
standard
Not legal
pioneer
Legal
modern
Legal
legacy
Legal
commander
Legal
pauper
Not legal
Pick the Brain Rulings
5 most recent
- Apr 8, 2016 Because you consider only the characteristics of a double-faced card's front face while it's not on the battlefield, the types of its back face won't be counted for delirium.
- Apr 8, 2016 If there is no nonland card to choose, and you have four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, you'll search that player's library even though you won't be able to find any cards. That library will be shuffled.
- Apr 8, 2016 In some rare cases, you can have a token or a copy of a spell in your graveyard at the moment that an object's delirium ability counts the card types among cards in your graveyard, before that token or copy ceases to exist. Because tokens and copies of spells are not cards, even if they are copies of cards, their types will never be counted.
- Apr 8, 2016 The card types in Magic are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Supertypes (such as legendary and basic) and subtypes (such as Human and Equipment) are not counted.
- Apr 8, 2016 The number of card types matters, not the number of cards. For example, Wicker Witch (an artifact creature) along with Catalog (an instant) and Chaplain's Blessing (a sorcery) will enable delirium.
Reprints & Reprint Risk
2 printings
Pick the Brain has been reprinted 2 times.
| Set | Date | Rarity | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOI #129 | 2016-04-08 | Uncommon | Standard |
| SOI #129 | 2016-04-08 | Uncommon | Standard |
Pick the Brain in Commander
Pick the Brain is the #29,974 most-played card on EDHREC, down 496 places over the last 30 days.
Pick the Brain FAQ
How much is Pick the Brain worth?
Pick the Brain is worth about $0.08 for its cheapest playable printing as of Sep 24, 2026.
Is Pick the Brain legal in Commander?
Yes — Pick the Brain is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.
Has Pick the Brain been reprinted?
Yes — Pick the Brain has been reprinted 2 times, with 1 printings tracked on The Index.
Why is Pick the Brain cheap?
Pick the Brain trades at about $0.08 — 2 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#29,974 on EDHREC).