---
name: "Brain Freeze"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Storm", "Mill"]
set: "SOA"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Benjamin Ee"
oracle_id: "464c0150-3dbc-403b-9ada-fef25ab1f29d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brain-freeze-soa"
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.)

> *« C'était tellement gênant. La doyenne Veyran m'a appelée et je suis restée figée sur place. Mon esprit était comme paralysé. »
-Entendu dans les allées des Archives*

## 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:** Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #13
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Benjamin Ee
- **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`