Zimone's Experiment

Secrets of Strixhaven #169

Type: Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{G}

Card text: 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.

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Izzy

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.22 USD · $0.22 USD (Foil) · €0.09 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Zimone's Experiment in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth

Creature — Bear Wizard // Sorcery

Rampant Growth puts lands into play, increasing your land count and types for Zimone's Experiment to find more lands and creatures.

Wild Hypothesis

Sorcery

Zimone's Experiment finds creatures to put in hand, and Wild Hypothesis converts excess mana into Fractal creatures, working together in a ramp strategy.

$Pterafractyl$

Pterafractyl

Creature — Dinosaur Fractal

Zimone's Experiment can find Pterafractyl and put it in hand, and the ramp from Zimone's lands enables casting Pterafractyl for large X values.

uncommon

Environmental Scientist

Creature — Human Druid

Environmental Scientist searches for basic lands, and Zimone's Experiment rewards you for having multiple differently named lands by putting them directly into play.

Emil, Vastlands Roamer

Legendary Creature — Elf Druid

Zimone's Experiment puts differently named lands into play, directly enabling Emil's ability to create larger Fractals based on land diversity.

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