---
name: "Brain Maggot"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "54551"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "419b5b4f-cac7-44bf-b1e2-655b5a5d37b1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brain-maggot-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brain Maggot
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mesmeric Fiend](/printing/mesmeric-fiend-ddk.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
2. [Brainbite](/printing/brainbite-arb.md) — Sorcery
3. [Pick the Brain](/printing/pick-the-brain-sir.md) — Sorcery
4. [Appetite for Brains](/printing/appetite-for-brains-avr.md) — Sorcery
5. [Mind Slash](/printing/mind-slash-8ed.md) — Enchantment
6. [Specter's Shriek](/printing/specters-shriek-eld.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #54551
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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