Pick the Brain
SOIShadows over Innistrad/#129/2016Uncommon
Colour IDMV 3
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.35
Cardmarket€0.02
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.11
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.01
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.03 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $0.35High $0.35Low $0.35▲ 0.0%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$0.11TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▼ 8.3%30d▲ 0.0%90d▲ 37.5%
90d high
$0.13
90d low
$0.07
Paper printings priced
1
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$0.11
Shadows over Innistrad
- Up 0.0% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 15% below its 90 day high of $0.13.
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 73% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as the exiled card, exile those cards, then that player shuffles.
Keywords
Delirium
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Rulings (5)
wotc8 Apr 2016
If there is no nonland card to choose, and you have four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, you'll search that player's library even though you won't be able to find any cards. That library will be shuffled.
wotc8 Apr 2016
In some rare cases, you can have a token or a copy of a spell in your graveyard at the moment that an object's delirium ability counts the card types among cards in your graveyard, before that token or copy ceases to exist. Because tokens and copies of spells are not cards, even if they are copies of cards, their types will never be counted.
wotc8 Apr 2016
The number of card types matters, not the number of cards. For example, Wicker Witch (an artifact creature) along with Catalog (an instant) and Chaplain's Blessing (a sorcery) will enable delirium.
wotc8 Apr 2016
The card types in Magic are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Supertypes (such as legendary and basic) and subtypes (such as Human and Equipment) are not counted.
wotc8 Apr 2016
Because you consider only the characteristics of a double-faced card's front face while it's not on the battlefield, the types of its back face won't be counted for delirium.
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About this card
Pick the Brain
Pick the Brain is a Sorcery, with mana cost {2}{B} (mana value 3).
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.11 (up 0.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Pick the Brain FAQ
How much is Pick the Brain worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Pick the Brain is $0.11. It is up 0.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.07 to $0.13.
What is the cheapest printing of Pick the Brain?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Shadows over Innistrad at $0.11 on TCGplayer.
What set was Pick the Brain first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from SOI #129, released 2016-04-08.
Is there a foil version of Pick the Brain?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $0.19 versus $0.11 for nonfoil, which is 73% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is Pick the Brain legal in Commander?
Yes, Pick the Brain is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Pick the Brain legal in Modern?
Yes, Pick the Brain is currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Pick the Brain legal in Standard?
Pick the Brain is not currently legal in Standard per Scryfall's legality feed.
What does Pick the Brain do?
Pick the Brain is a Sorcery with mana cost {2}{B}. Its Oracle text reads: "Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as the exiled card, exile those cards, then that player shuffles.".