Brain in a Jar

Shadows over Innistrad Promos · #252s · rare · EN

CA$0.80

cheapest of 9 store offers · see all

market $1.31 (foil)

Mana cost: {2}

Type: Artifact

Commonly played as: Draw

{1}, {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact, then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand without paying its mana cost.
{3}, {T}, Remove X charge counters from this artifact: Scry X.

Artist: Daniel Ljunggren

Released: 2016-04-08

Finishes: Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer foil: $1.31
  • Cardmarket foil: €1.08
  • MTGO tix: 0
$1.59$1.31
233 days of daily prices for Brain in a Jar (foil): $1.34 to $1.31
2026-01-252026-11-12
foil · 233 days tracked · $1.34 → $1.31 (-2%) · low $1.31 · high $1.59
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shadows over Innistrad Promos #252s) in 10 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
Magic StrongholdMP · foil · yesterdayMPfoilCA$0.80yesterday
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.58today
GameKeeperNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoilCA$0.99yesterday
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$1.06today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$1.11today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€1.08today
Card KingdomSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil$2.393 days ago

Truncated: 2 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 9 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

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All printings of Brain in a Jar

USD · low $0.21 · high $1.31

Set#RarityUSD
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered#247 · uncommon247uncommon—
Shadows over Innistrad Promos#252s · rare252srare$1.31 foil
Shadows over Innistrad#252 · rare252rare$0.21