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Experimental Overload

{2}{U}{R}

Sorcery

M21Core Set 2021#218uncommon
Foil

Explosions aren't necessarily failures, just a different kind of success.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1067
Illustrator
Lie Setiawan
Found in
Core Set 2021 MTGO Redemption · Core Set 2021 MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Create an X/X blue and red Weird creature token, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Then you may return an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Experimental Overload.

Plays as: Recursion · Creature Token Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.18
$0.02 low$0.00 gap
Foil+5.2%
$0.61
$0.18 low$0.03 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.18· across 1 printing

Rulings

3 · latest Jun 23, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    Because Experimental Overload is still on the stack while it's resolving, it doesn't count towards the value of X.

  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    The value of X is determined only as Experimental Overload resolves. The Weird's power and toughness don't change if the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard changes.

  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    You exile Experimental Overload even if you don't return a card to your hand.

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