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Magic · Secret Lair Drop Series · #174 · Rare

Brainstorm (174)

Magic card price for Brainstorm (174): $3.42 market, from $2.00 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$3.42
0.0% this week · +2.7% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days+2.7%
90 days+8.2%
1 year+23.9%
All time+1.8%

Sellers right now

$2.00lowest listing$17.89highest
Market price$3.42
Mid listing$3.52
Direct$3.98
30-day avg$3.38

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$3.42
Cardmarket$3.58 €3.18

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$2.7652-week low$3.4252-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$2.13
All-time high$3.42
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$2.07$2.86$3.65$4.45
$3.42
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Brainstorm (174) (Foil) came out in October 2026; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Listings currently start at $2.00; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $3.38.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$3.42$2.00$17.890.0%
Normal$2.45$1.99$9,999.00−0.8%

The card in play

Type line
Instant
Rules text

Artist Series: Mark Poole
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Flavor

"The secret is simply to know what you're going to do before you even see the possibilities." —Porlema'ko, mind Mage

Other printings of Brainstorm

45 more · $0.57 – $631.34
All printings
Brainstorm (61), Mercadian Masques — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Brainstorm Mercadian Masques · #61 $631.34 Brainstorm (12), FNM Promos — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Brainstorm FNM Promos · #12 $85.00 Brainstorm (Future Sight) (155), Mystery Booster 2 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Brainstorm (Future Sight) Mystery Booster 2 · #155 $76.66 Brainstorm (7013) (7013), Secret Lair Drop Series — Magic card price +0.5% 7d Brainstorm (7013) Secret Lair Drop Series · #7013 $44.05 Brainstorm (JP Alternate Art) (76), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price −7.4% 7d Brainstorm (JP Alternate Art) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #76 $31.63

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