Brain Maggot

set	min	mtgo
-	4.82	0.03 tix

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Name	Brain Maggot
Type	Enchantment creature — insect
Description	When Brain Maggot enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card until Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield.
Artist	Min Yum
Set	Double Masters Tokens #7
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Brain Maggot

Brain Maggot, Enchantment creature — insect, designed by Dave Kendall first released in Jun, 2002 in the set Magic Online Promos and was printed exactly in 5 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 4.82.

A deck that focuses on disrupting the opponent's hand and controlling the board would benefit from using Brain Maggot, as it provides hand disruption and temporary removal of a key nonland card. However, Thoughtseize is a better alternative due to its ability to target any card in the opponent's hand and not being tied to a creature on the battlefield. Brain Maggot could see play in budget or casual decks, but in competitive environments, more efficient hand disruption spells like Thoughtseize would be preferred.

Rules

04/26/14

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.

04/26/14

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.