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.
Brain Maggot
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.
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.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from HA2 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Historic Anthology 2* (released March 2020).
Card #7 in Historic Anthology 2.
Rarity tier: uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.
Card type: Enchantment Creature — Insect. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).
Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #15,453 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Min Yum. Rarix tracks 203 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Min Yum
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