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Case of the Ransacked Lab

Enchantment — Case

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
To solve — You've cast four or more instant and sorcery spells this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
Price
$1.05
EDHREC rank
#2505
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Case of the Ransacked Lab card art
Case of the Ransacked Lab is a two-mana enchantment that draws a card immediately and threatens to become a repeatable instant-speed draw engine once solved — the rate is real. Orvar, the All-Form and Zethi, Arcane Blademaster both loop instants and sorceries in ways that make solving the case trivial, which is exactly the shell where this card earns its slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

40.4% of decks · synergy 0.39

Zethi, Arcane Blademaster attacks with imprinted instants on repeat, which means Case of the Ransacked Lab's solve condition — casting instants or sorceries — is baked into the deck's basic function, and the solved draw trigger stacks with every subsequent combat.

02
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot

Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot

44.0% of decks · synergy 0.38

Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot rewards casting instants and sorceries with prowess-style boosts, so Case of the Ransacked Lab slots into a deck already firing spells every turn and converts that density into card advantage.

03
Geralf, the Fleshwright

Geralf, the Fleshwright

41.5% of decks · synergy 0.37

Geralf, the Fleshwright cares about casting instant and sorcery spells to create tokens, and Case of the Ransacked Lab rewards that same behavior — the two win conditions feed off identical fuel.

04
Gale, Waterdeep ProdigyScion of Halaster

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster

32.5% of decks · synergy 0.32

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Scion of Halaster recurs spells from the graveyard and builds toward a high spell count naturally, making Case of the Ransacked Lab easy to solve and even easier to keep churning through.

05
Riku of Many Paths

Riku of Many Paths

25.8% of decks · synergy 0.23

Riku of Many Paths copies instants and sorceries, which means every spell does double duty toward solving Case of the Ransacked Lab while also threatening to copy the case itself for redundancy.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Case of the Ransacked Lab is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is its true home — the 100-card singleton format rewards card advantage engines that pay off over a long game, and a solved case becomes a persistent draw source that compounds advantage over multiple turns. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it competes with faster, more explosive draw spells and rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated enchantment or spell-matter brews. Standard is the one exception where the lack of competition at two mana can make it relevant in tempo-oriented blue decks.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Blazing Firesinger // Seething SongEmiel the BlessedCase of the Ransacked Lab

Blazing Firesinger // Seething SongEmiel the BlessedCase of the Ransacked Lab

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count

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Price Context

Current price

$1.05 cheap tier

At $1.05, Case of the Ransacked Lab sits in the cheap tier — a negligible buy-in for a card that shows up in over 40% of Zethi, Arcane Blademaster decks. The price reflects its narrow-but-real demand; it won't spike dramatically, but it holds value as a staple in spell-heavy Commander lists.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.