Brainwash Price
6 printings · 6 sets · first printed 1994
Brainwash has been printed 6 times across 6 sets, first in 1994 and most recently in 2016. Right now the cheapest printing is Fourth Edition #11 at $0.12, while the most expensive is Renaissance #6 at $3.95 — about 33× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $0.26. Reprint risk: ELEVATED — Reprinted 6x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (Renaissance).
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Every Brainwash Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth Edition #11 (C) Cheapest | 1995 | $0.12 | — |
| Fifth Edition #13 (C) | 1997 | $0.18 | — |
| Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border #11 (C) | 1995 | $0.26 | — |
| The Dark #3 (C) | 1994 | $0.26 | — |
| Renaissance #6 (C) | 1995 | $3.95 | — |
| Treasure Chest #65795 (C) | 2016 | — | — |
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.
Enchanted creature can't attack unless its controller pays
.Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 6 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
3 PrecedentsPaying this cost is not an instant or any other kind of ability, it is an additional cost on the declaration of the attacker.
This ability is paid for during the declare attackers step of the combat phase.
If there are multiple combat phases during the turn, the attack cost must be paid each time if you want to attack with the creature.