---
name: "Elder Brain"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "125"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "e537bd23-7368-459b-badf-b7b7c112c88a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elder-brain-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever this creature attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Intellect Devourer](/printing/intellect-devourer-clb.md) — Creature — Horror
2. [Kheru Mind-Eater](/printing/kheru-mind-eater-pz2.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Brain Maggot](/printing/brain-maggot-f14.md) — Enchantment Creature — Insect
4. [Brainstealer Dragon](/printing/brainstealer-dragon-clb.md) — Creature — Dragon Horror
5. [Bismuth Mindrender](/printing/bismuth-mindrender-m3c.md) — Creature — Eldrazi
6. [Mesmeric Fiend](/printing/mesmeric-fiend-ddk.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #125
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 27 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`