---
name: "Brainstorm"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TLE"
set_name: "Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal"
collector_number: "155"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Arthur Yuan"
oracle_id: "36cd2364-d113-47d1-b2c4-b088d9eb88dd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brainstorm-tle"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "restricted"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Brainstorm
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Amass the Components](/printing/amass-the-components-ima.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ideas Unbound](/printing/ideas-unbound-sok.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
3. [Thirst for Knowledge](/printing/thirst-for-knowledge-msh.md) — Instant
4. [Brainsurge](/printing/brainsurge-mh3.md) — Instant
5. [Brainstone](/printing/brainstone-dsc.md) — Artifact
6. [Jace's Ingenuity](/printing/jaces-ingenuity-m15.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #155
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Arthur Yuan

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2018-03-16)* You draw three cards and put two cards back all while Brainstorm is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.