Brain Maggot

Brain Maggot

Enchantment Creature — Insect

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

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.

triggered —

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile an instant, exile a planeswalker, exile a sorcery.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Insect attacks — 323 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot attacks:

  1. Vrestin, Menoptra Leader — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Brain Maggot, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Brain Maggot:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle is exiled thanks to Brain Maggot, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Brain Maggot enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

68 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot attacks:

  1. Within Range — makes each opponent lose life
  2. Sparring Regimen — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  4. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  5. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  6. Obsessive Pursuit — makes you lose life
  7. Invisible Woman — triggers
  8. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  9. Guide of Souls — triggers
  10. Gossip's Talent — triggers

117 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  7. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  8. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls

185 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

25 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot is cast:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  3. Communal Brewing — it arrives with counters thanks to Communal Brewing

88 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

When Brain Maggot enters:

  1. Airbender Ascension — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Bess, Soul Nourisher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

327 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Maggot is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Brain Maggot enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

49 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.