The Big Idea

Unstable · #76 · rare · EN

€0.11 · Foil $0.39

cheapest of 38 store offers · see all

market $0.25 · Foil $0.53

Mana cost: {4}{R}{R}

Type: Legendary Creature — Brainiac Villain

Commonly played as: Tokens

{2}{B/R}{B/R}, {T}: Roll a six-sided die. Create a number of 1/1 red Brainiac creature tokens equal to the result.
Tap three untapped Brainiacs you control: The next time you would roll a six-sided die, instead roll two six-sided dice and use the total of those results.

Artist: Bram Sels

Released: 2017-12-08

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.25
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.53
  • Cardmarket: €0.14
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.66
  • MTGO tix: 0
$0.66$0.16
231 days of daily prices for The Big Idea: $0.16 to $0.25
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 231 days tracked · $0.16 → $0.25 (+56%) · low $0.16 · high $0.66
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

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
CardTraderSP · 2 days agoSPregular€0.112 days ago
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€0.14today
Magic StrongholdSP · yesterdaySPregularCA$0.24yesterday
CardTraderNM · 2 days agoNMregular€0.172 days ago
CardTraderMP · 2 days agoMPregular€0.242 days ago
CardTraderHP · 2 days agoHPregular€0.312 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.35today
Card KingdomSP · foil · 3 days agoSPfoil$0.393 days ago
Card KingdomNM · foil · 3 days agoNMfoil$0.493 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.49today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.54today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.66today
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.86today
CardTraderSP · foil · 2 days agoSPfoil€0.932 days ago
CardTraderMP · foil · 2 days agoMPfoil€1.052 days ago

Truncated: 20 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 38 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 9 lists
  • 10 copies tracked

All printings of The Big Idea

USD · low $0.25 · high $0.27

Set#RarityUSD
The List (Unfinity Foil Edition)#26 · rare26rare$0.27 foil
Unstable#76 · rare76rare$0.25