---
name: "Brain Freeze"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Storm", "Mill"]
set: "SLC"
set_name: "Secret Lair Countdown"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Your Cinema"
oracle_id: "464c0150-3dbc-403b-9ada-fef25ab1f29d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brain-freeze-slc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brain Freeze
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Storm, Mill

## Oracle 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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stream of Thought](/printing/stream-of-thought-mh1.md) — Sorcery
2. [How Is This a Par Three?!](/printing/how-is-this-a-par-three-unf.md) — Enchantment
3. [Thought Collapse](/printing/thought-collapse-jmp.md) — Instant
4. [Dream Twist](/printing/dream-twist-ema.md) — Instant
5. [Chill of Foreboding](/printing/chill-of-foreboding-dka.md) — Sorcery
6. [Didn't Say Please](/printing/didnt-say-please-eld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #29
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Your Cinema
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`