Madcap Experiment
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This printing
SetPKLD
Collector #122s
Released2016-09-30
Rarityrare
ArtistJoseph Meehan
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Madcap Experiment

RareColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
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.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2016-09-30Newest 2016-09-30Cheapest priced $0.29 in KLD
Rulings (4)
wotc20 Sept 2016
Any abilities that trigger as the artifact enters the battlefield aren't put onto the stack until Madcap Experiment is done resolving.
wotc20 Sept 2016
The number of cards revealed this way includes the artifact card you put onto the battlefield.
wotc20 Sept 2016
Once Madcap Experiment begins resolving, no player may take any actions other than those specified by Madcap Experiment until it's done resolving.
wotc20 Sept 2016
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.