Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination
Creature — Lizard Egg // Creature — Lizard Horror
Defender
: Put a hatchling counter on this creature. Then if there are five or more hatchling counters on it, remove all of them and transform it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #17902
Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination pays off huge — a 13/13 trampling hexproof creature — but demands seven counters before it flips, which means roughly seven turns of doing nothing relevant. Unlike Triskaidekaphile, which converts a hand-size condition into a win immediately, the Test Subject asks you to protect a 0/3 through the early game and still survive long enough to collect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination fits narrowly into proliferate or counter-stacking strategies that can accelerate the flip ahead of schedule — without that support it's too slow for a four-player table where threats need to matter within three or four turns. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest; a seven-turn setup creature doesn't exist meaningfully in those formats. Modern can technically run it but won't — there's no competitive shell that wants to babysit a 0/3 for half the game. The card is essentially a Commander-only card, and even there it earns a slot only when the deck is built around it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
TriskaidekaphileRishkar's ExpertiseLudevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
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TriskaidekaphileReturn of the WildspeakerLudevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination is firmly bulk, and that price is stable — casual demand keeps a floor under it but there's no competitive pressure to drive it higher. It's a free inclusion budget-wise; the cost is entirely in the deck slot, not the dollar amount.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.