Laquatus's Creativity
Sorcery
Target player draws cards equal to the number of cards in their hand, then discards that many cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #21126
Laquatus's Creativity forces a target player to discard their hand and draw seven cards — massive disruption or a gift, depending entirely on whether your opponent's hand was better than a fresh seven. The cost is that unpredictability: you're gambling that their new hand is worse, which makes this a niche slot rather than a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Laquatus's Creativity earns its slot in wheel-based strategies that don't mind refilling opponents — the chaos is the point, and effects like this can shatter a carefully assembled combo hand mid-stack. Legacy and Vintage are legal but ignore it; seven mana at sorcery speed doesn't compete in formats where games end on turn one or two. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: playable in the right shell, pointless everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Laquatus's Creativity sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable simply because interest is low, not because it's poised to spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.