---
name: "Brainstealer Dragon"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Dragon Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "OTC-127"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Joshua Raphael"
oracle_id: "13cb958f-1e66-4219-901a-ff58275c8475"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brainstealer-dragon-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Brainstealer Dragon
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of each opponent's library. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Whenever a nonland permanent an opponent owns enters the battlefield under your control, they lose life equal to its mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Elder Brain](/printing/elder-brain-clb.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Intellect Devourer](/printing/intellect-devourer-clb.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Thought-String Analyst](/printing/thought-string-analyst-ymkm.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Thief of Sanity](/printing/thief-of-sanity-pgrn.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Hammerhead Tyrant](/printing/hammerhead-tyrant-tdc.md) — Creature — Dragon
6. [Hidetsugu and Kairi](/printing/hidetsugu-and-kairi-pmom.md) — Legendary Creature — Ogre Demon Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #OTC-127
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Joshua Raphael
- **Total Printings:** 21 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: `not_legal`