Brain Maggot 
Enchantment Creature — Insect1/1
Oracle text (EN)
Enchantment Creature — Insect
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Printing details
- Set
- F14 · 11
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Dave Kendall
- Released
- 2014-01-01
- Prices
- €0.46 · $0.38
Price history
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- Cardmarket, trend
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend |
|---|---|
| October 28, 2026 | €0.26 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low – trend €0.26 30-day avg €0.21 | low – trend €0.46 30-day avg €0.41 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from – | NM from €0.68 with Zero from €0.68 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from – | NM from €0.68 |
Cardmarket updated Nov 1, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 1, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.