Laboratory Maniac
The List INR-71 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- INR-71
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jason Felix
What it does
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
His mind whirled with grand plans, never thinking of what might happen if he were to succeed.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Laboratory Maniac was originally released in the 2011 Innistrad expansion, designed to support the set's graveyard-centric themes and focus on madness and horror tropes. It quickly became a staple in Commander and competitive formats due to its unique win condition, which forces players to rethink the traditional risks of depleting one's library.
This version appears in The List, a curated selection of cards reprinted in Set Boosters to introduce newer players to iconic mechanics from Magic's history. The card features the original illustration by Jason Felix, who utilized a stark, frantic aesthetic to capture the essence of a scientist whose obsession has pushed him beyond the brink of sanity.
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