---
name: "Cerebral Eruption"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "SOM"
set_name: "Scars of Mirrodin"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "8143642e-ce93-47f1-a601-3a4f5731e1d7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cerebral-eruption-som"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cerebral Eruption
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Target opponent reveals the top card of their library. Cerebral Eruption deals damage equal to the revealed card's mana value to that player and each creature that player controls. If a land card is revealed this way, return Cerebral Eruption to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Explosive Revelation](/printing/explosive-revelation-roe.md) — Sorcery
2. [Erratic Explosion](/printing/erratic-explosion-pca.md) — Sorcery
3. [Friendly Fire](/printing/friendly-fire-frf.md) — Instant
4. [Kaboom!](/printing/kaboom-ons.md) — Sorcery
5. [Disaster Radius](/printing/disaster-radius-roe.md) — Sorcery
6. [Planeswalker's Fury](/printing/planeswalkers-fury-pls.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #86
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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