Empty the Laboratory
Midnight Hunt Commander 52 • rare
- Set
- Midnight Hunt Commander
- Collector number
- 52
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Tuan Duong Chu
- Market price
- $1.61
What it does
Sacrifice X Zombies, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a number of Zombie creature cards equal to the number of Zombies sacrificed this way. Put those cards onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Empty the Laboratory was released in 2021 as part of the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Commander set. This card was designed to align with the set's gothic horror themes and the mechanics associated with the blue-black 'Undead Unleashed' deck, which focuses on zombie tribal synergies. Its inclusion in a Commander-specific product reflects the game's shift toward creating specialized tools for the multiplayer format, allowing players to mass-reanimate graveyard creatures at a significant cost.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Caio Monteiro, who leaned into the dark, alchemical aesthetic central to the Innistrad plane. The visual narrative emphasizes the frantic, high-stakes nature of necromancy, portraying a scene of intense magical excavation. Within the community, the card is recognized for its high mana investment, positioning it as a late-game finisher that rewards players who have successfully filled their graveyards over the course of a match.
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