Laboratory Maniac
Ultimate Masters 61 • uncommon
- Set
- Ultimate Masters
- Collector number
- 61
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Market price
- $2.37
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 set Innistrad, designed as an unconventional alternate win condition for blue decks. The card reflects the set's gothic horror themes, portraying a researcher who has pushed his studies to the point of psychological collapse. In the context of the game, it rewards players for depleting their own library, a strategy that inverted traditional concepts of resource management.
The Ultimate Masters printing, released in 2018, features updated card frame technology while retaining the original illustration by Jason Felix. Felix’s design emphasizes the frantic, unhinged nature of the subject, utilizing a palette and posture that evoke classic mad scientist tropes. The card remains a staple in niche competitive formats and casual Commander play, largely due to the unique tension it creates on the battlefield.
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