R&D's Secret Lair
Unhinged 135 • rare
- Set
- Unhinged
- Collector number
- 135
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Avon
- Market price
- $4.25
What it does
Play cards as written. Ignore all errata.
tap: Add colorless mana. (This mana is still added to your mana pool.)
"Let them complain. As long as the addictive ink is working, we can do anything we want." PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
R&D's Secret Lair was released in 2004 as part of the Unhinged set, Wizards of the Coast's third silver-bordered expansion designed for casual and humorous gameplay. The card was created as a meta-commentary on the game's development process, allowing players to briefly access a simulated design office during a match. Its design was intended to break the conventional boundaries of Magic: The Gathering by utilizing the specific mechanics of the 'Un-' sets, which intentionally eschew standard tournament legality in favor of creative, chaotic interactions.
The card was illustrated by Matt Cavotta, who at the time was both an artist and a member of the internal Wizards of the Coast creative team. His illustration humorously depicts the interior of a workspace filled with design paraphernalia, reinforcing the card's theme of peering behind the curtain of the company's development department. Upon release, the card became a centerpiece for Un-set enthusiasts, appreciated primarily for its clever conceptual design and its role as a self-referential joke regarding the mechanics of card creation.
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