Brain Maggot Price
4 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2014
Brain Maggot has been printed 4 times across 4 sets, first in 2014 and most recently in 2020. Right now the cheapest printing is Journey into Nyx #62 at $0.28, while the most expensive is Friday Night Magic 2014 #11 at $0.37. The median across 2 priced printings is $0.33. Reprint risk: LOW — Reprinted 4x historically, most recently in 2020 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.
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Every Brain Maggot Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journey into Nyx #62 (U) Cheapest | 2014 | $0.28 | $0.16 foil |
| Friday Night Magic 2014 #11 (R) Foil | 2014 | $0.37 | — |
| Historic Anthology 2 #7 (U) | 2020 | — | — |
| Magic Online Promos #54551 (U) Foil | 2015 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsThe 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.
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.
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.
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.