Brain Maggot

Commanders that run Brain Maggot most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Swarm, Being of Bees: 4 decks

Often played with Brain Maggot

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Blister Beetle
• Plague Fiend
• Carrion Beetles
• Halo Scarab
• Brain Weevil
• Dune Beetle
• Skittering Heartstopper
• Fretwork Colony
• Fog of Gnats
• Bayou Dragonfly

Rulings

• 2014-04-26: The exiled card returns to its owner's hand immediately after Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield. Nothing happens between the two events, including state-based actions.
• 2014-04-26: In a multiplayer game, if Brain Maggot's owner leaves the game, the exiled card will return to its owner's hand. Because the one-shot effect that returns the card isn't an ability that goes on the stack, it won't cease to exist along with the leaving player's spells and abilities on the stack.
• 2014-04-26: Brain Maggot's ability causes a zone change with a duration, a new style of ability that's somewhat reminiscent of older cards like Tidehollow Sculler. However, unlike Tidehollow Sculler, Brain Maggot has a single ability that creates two one-shot effects: one that exiles the nonland card when the ability resolves, and another that returns the exiled card to its owner's hand immediately after Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield.
• 2014-04-26: If Brain Maggot leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, the opponent will reveal their hand, but no card will be exiled.