Madcap Experiment
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.16 € · ★ 0.88 € · 0.32 $ · ★ 0.28 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an artifact card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Madcap Experiment deals damage to you equal to the number of cards revealed this way.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Joseph Meehan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-09-30
Rulings
Any abilities that trigger as the artifact enters the battlefield aren't put onto the stack until Madcap Experiment is done resolving.
If you don't reveal an artifact card, you'll randomize your library and be dealt damage equal to the number of cards in your library.
Once Madcap Experiment begins resolving, no player may take any actions other than those specified by Madcap Experiment until it's done resolving.
The number of cards revealed this way includes the artifact card you put onto the battlefield.