Brain in a Jar

Shadows over Innistrad · #252 · rare · EN

$0.15 · Foil $0.20

cheapest of 89 store offers · see all

market $0.21 · Foil $2.47

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: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.21
  • TCGplayer foil: $2.47
  • Cardmarket: €0.20
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.34
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$2.47$0.17
232 days of daily prices for Brain in a Jar: $0.22 to $0.21
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 232 days tracked · $0.22 → $0.21 (-5%) · low $0.17 · high $2.47
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Shadows over Innistrad #252) 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
ManaPoolDM · todayDMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
Magic StrongholdHP · yesterdayHPregularCA$0.24yesterday
CardTraderMP · 3 days agoMPregular€0.173 days ago
CardTraderSP · 3 days agoSPregular€0.173 days ago
Magic StrongholdMP · yesterdayMPregularCA$0.27yesterday
Atlas CollectablesSP · todaySPregularCA$0.28today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.20today
Atlas CollectablesNM · todayNMregularCA$0.29today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.21today
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€0.243 days ago
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€0.293 days ago
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.34today
CardTraderSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil€0.443 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.50today
CardTraderMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil€0.453 days ago
The Games CubeDM · 4 days agoDMregular0.78 AUD4 days ago
TopDeck HeroMP · foil · todayMPfoilCA$0.79today
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$0.79today
CardTraderHP · foil · 3 days agoHPfoil€0.513 days ago
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.58today
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$0.99today
The Games CubeDM · foil · 4 days agoDMfoil1.07 AUD4 days ago
The Games CubeHP · foil · 4 days agoHPfoil1.24 AUD4 days ago

Truncated: 62 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 89 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 19 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 30 copies tracked

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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