---
name: "Antarctic Research Base"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Plane — Earth"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Investigate"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "567"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Erikas Perl"
oracle_id: "d65ff607-1ff5-42bd-8db2-f082cc2f0b5e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/antarctic-research-base-who"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Antarctic Research Base
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Plane — Earth
- **Keywords:** Investigate

## Oracle Text
When you planeswalk to Antarctic Research Base and at the beginning of your upkeep, investigate.
Whenever chaos ensues, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the number of artifacts you control. It becomes a Plant in addition to its other types.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ecologist's Terrarium](/printing/ecologists-terrarium-neo.md) — Artifact
2. [Land Station](/printing/land-station-unk.md) — Artifact — Spacecraft
3. [Scholar of New Horizons](/printing/scholar-of-new-horizons-brc.md) — Creature — Human Scout
4. [Tezzeret, Cruel Captain](/printing/tezzeret-cruel-captain-eoe.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
5. [Seedship Agrarian](/printing/seedship-agrarian-eoe.md) — Creature — Insect Scientist
6. [Larval Scoutlander](/printing/larval-scoutlander-eoe.md) — Artifact — Spacecraft

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #567
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Erikas Perl

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2023-10-13)* If you control no artifacts for the chaos ability, you will still choose a target creature you control, and it will still become a Plant in addition to its other types.