Laboratory Maniac: IT'S ALIIIIIVE!

Modern*

HerbieHero

Creature (17)

• 2x Consecrated Sphinx
• 3x Deranged Assistant
• 4x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mirror-Mad Phantasm
• 4x Necrotic Ooze
• 3x Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Jace, Memory Adept

Land (24)

• 4x Darkslick Shores
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 7x Island
• 4x Nephalia Drownyard
• 5x Swamp

Instant (19)

• 3x Doom Blade
• 4x Forbidden Alchemy
• 4x Go for the Throat
• 4x Mana Leak
• 4x Negate

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Black Sun's Zenith

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Gut Shot

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Spellskite

Instant (3)

• 3x Surgical Extraction

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The moment I saw Laboratory Maniac spoiled, I knew I had to build a deck around him. This is that deck.

After a few tweaks, I've settled on a version that runs off a Mirror-Mad Phantasm combo; the tricky thing is that I can only run 1 MMP for the combo to work. Basically, I somehow dump an MMP into the graveyard, then drop Necrotic Ooze. Once I get Laboratory Maniac out, all I have to do is activate the Ooze's copy of MMP's ability. Then it gets shuffled into my library, and I reveal cards until I reveal a card named "Mirror-Mad Phantasm", of which there are none, because the only copy is in my graveyard. Then, by the time my next turn rolls around, I attempt to draw, have no cards left, and win via the Maniac.

Beyond just filling my grave with awesomeness, Jace and Drownyards give me an alternate win (traditional mill) if the Maniac combo goes tits-up.

Date added	13 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 12 - 1 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	64
Avg. CMC	2.83