Brain Freeze is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Target player mills three cards. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
How it works : Brain Freeze
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Spells cast from zones other than a player's hand and spells that were countered are counted by the storm ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The copies are put directly onto the stack. They aren't cast and won't be counted by other spells with storm cast later in the turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
A copy of a spell can be countered like any other spell, but it must be countered individually. Countering a spell with storm won't affect the copies.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
You may choose new targets for any of the copies. You can make different choices for each copy.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The triggered ability that creates the copies can itself be countered by anything that can counter a triggered ability. If it is countered, no copies will be put onto the stack.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze
Infinite self-millNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite mill
- 1Activate Lotus Petal by tapping and sacrificing it, adding
. - 2Cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard for its escape cost by exiling three cards besides Brain Freeze from your graveyard.
- 3Repeat from step 1 one additional time.
- 4Cast Brain Freeze either from your hand by paying
, or from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying and exiling three cards from your graveyard. - 5Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, creating at least two copies of Brain Freeze targeting yourself, and any remaining copies targeting an opponent.
- 6Resolve each Brain Freeze, causing yourself to mill nine cards and, if applicable, an opponent to mill three cards for each Brain Freeze remaining.
- 7Repeat.
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#2
Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Brain Freeze
Infinite self-millNear-infinite colored manaNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite mill
- 1Activate Lion's Eye Diamond by discarding your hand and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Cast Lion's Eye Diamond from your graveyard for its escape cost by exiling three cards besides Brain Freeze from your graveyard.
- 3Cast Brain Freeze from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
- 4Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, creating at least one copy of Brain Freeze targeting yourself, and any remaining copies targeting an opponent.
- 5Resolve each Brain Freeze, causing yourself to mill six cards and, if applicable, an opponent to mill three cards for each Brain Freeze remaining.
- 6Repeat.
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#3
Underworld Breach + Frantic Search + Brain Freeze + High Tide
Near-infinite blue manaNear-infinite draw triggersNear-infinite lootingNear-infinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast High Tide by paying .
- 2Activate up to three Islands by tapping them, adding .
- 3High Tide triggers three times, adding .
- 4Cast Brain Freeze for its escape cost by paying and exiling three other cards from your graveyard.
- 5Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, copying Brain Freeze for each spell you've cast before it this turn, with one copy targeting you and all remaining copies targeting any player(s).
- 6Resolve all Brain Freezes, causing you to mill six cards, and each player to mill three cards for each Brain Freeze that targeted them.
- 7Cast Frantic Search for its escape cost by paying
and exiling three other cards from your graveyard, causing you to loot twice and untap three Islands. - 8Repeat.
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#4
Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Lotus Petal + Freed from the Real + Brain Freeze
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Activate Lotus Petal by tapping it and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Activate Emry by tapping it, allowing you to cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard this turn.
- 3Activate Freed from the Real by paying , untapping Emry.
- 4Cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard by paying
. - 5Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
- 6Cast Brain Freeze.
- 7Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, copying it for each spell cast before it this turn.
- 8Resolve the all the Brain Freeze copies and Brain Freeze, milling any number of players for an arbitrarily large amount.
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#5
Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Underworld Breach + Brain Freeze + Lotus Petal
Infinite self-millNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite millNear-infinite storm count
- 1Activate Lotus Petal by sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Cast Brain Freeze by paying , targeting yourself.
- 3If you have less than two experience counters, Mizzix triggers, causing you to get an experience counter.
- 4Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, creating a copy of Brain Freeze for each other spell you've cast this turn, with one copy targeting yourself and all remaining copies targeting any player.
- 5Resolve all Brain Freeze spells, causing yourself to mill six cards and all other targeted players to mill three cards for each Brain Freeze.
- 6Cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
- 7Activate Lotus Petal by sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Cast Brain Freeze from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying and exiling three cards from your graveyard, targeting yourself.
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#6
Eye of the Storm + Mind's Desire + Mirror of Fate + Saheeli's Artistry
Infinite creature tokensInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite millInfinite self-mill
- 1Cast Mind's Desire for
. - 2Eye of the Storm and Mind's Desire each trigger.
- 3Resolve the Mind's Desire trigger, copying it zero times.
- 4Resolve the Eye of the Storm trigger, exiling Mind's Desire, copying Mind's Desire and Saheeli's Artistry, and casting the Mind's Desire copy then the Saheeli's Artistry copy, targeting Mirror of Fate, without paying their mana costs.
- 5The Mind's Desire copy triggers, creating an additional Mind's Desire copy for each spell cast before it this turn.
- 6Resolve those copies, exiling random cards from your library that you may play this turn.
- 7Resolve the Saheeli's Artistry copy, creating a token copy of Mirror of Fate.
- 8Activate any Mirror of Fate by tapping and sacrificing it, exiling all cards from your library and putting Saheeli's Artistry from exile on top of your library.
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#7
Eye of the Storm + Mind's Desire + Mirror of Fate + Stolen Identity
Infinite magecraft triggersInfinite millInfinite self-millInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Mind's Desire for .
- 2Eye of the Storm and Mind's Desire each trigger.
- 3Resolve the Mind's Desire trigger, copying it zero times.
- 4Resolve the Eye of the Storm trigger, exiling Mind's Desire, copying Mind's Desire and Stolen Identity, and casting the Mind's Desire copy then the Stolen Identity copy, targeting Mirror of Fate, without paying their mana costs.
- 5The Mind's Desire copy triggers, creating an additional Mind's Desire copy for each spell cast before it this turn.
- 6Resolve those copies, exiling random cards from your library that you may play this turn.
- 7Resolve the Stolen Identity copy, creating a token copy of Mirror of Fate.
- 8Activate any Mirror of Fate by tapping and sacrificing it, exiling all cards from your library and putting Stolen Identity from exile on top of your library.
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#8
Death Match + Dockside Extortionist + Brain Freeze + Underworld Breach
Infinite self-millNear-infinite colored manaNear-infinite death triggersNear-infinite creature ETB
- 1If Dockside Extortionist is in your hand, cast it by paying
. - 2Otherwise, cast it from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying and exiling any three cards from your graveyard except Brain Freeze.
- 3Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Death Match.
- 4Resolve the Dockside Extortionist trigger, creating at least five Treasure tokens.
- 5Resolve the Death Match trigger, giving Dockside Extortionist -3/-3 until end of turn.
- 6Dockside Extortionist dies as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
- 7Activate four Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8If Brain Freeze is in your hand, cast it by paying .
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Legal formats
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