Zimone's Experiment
Sorcery
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal up to two creature and/or land cards from among them, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Put all land cards revealed this way onto the battlefield tapped and put all creature cards revealed this way into your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #18820
Zimone's Experiment lets you dig deep and keep what matters, all at instant speed for a flexible mana investment. It's a strong card-selection spell in spell-count or value-pile decks, and the cost-to-impact ratio justifies the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Zimone's Experiment fits best in Simic spell-slinger lists that want to sculpt their hand at end of turn — the instant speed is the whole point. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy it competes with a crowded field of cantrips and selection spells that cost less mana, so it rarely makes the cut. Pioneer and Standard give it more room to breathe where the alternatives are thinner, especially in controlling shells happy to spend mana on their opponent's end step. Across formats, its ceiling is set by how much you value the quantity of cards seen versus the raw mana efficiency of alternatives.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Zimone's Experiment sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying a premium for this effect. Bulk rares tend to stay flat or drift lower over time, so grab it for your deck now rather than treating the copy in your binder as anything to hold onto.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.