---
name: "Laboratory Drudge"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Horror"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "CMR"
set_name: "Commander Legends"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Milivoj Ćeran"
oracle_id: "1c6a0d19-c7dd-4353-95ad-dfdef2d5d2d9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/laboratory-drudge-cmr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Laboratory Drudge
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each end step, draw a card if you've cast a spell from a graveyard or activated an ability of a card in a graveyard this turn.

> *"Quanto mais mãos, menor o trabalho."
— Ludevic, necroalquimista*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Secrets of the Dead](/printing/secrets-of-the-dead-c19.md) — Enchantment
2. [Graveborn Muse](/printing/graveborn-muse-10e.md) — Creature — Zombie Spirit
3. [Undead Augur](/printing/undead-augur-prm.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
4. [Corpse Augur](/printing/corpse-augur-c17.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
5. [Chill of the Grave](/printing/chill-of-the-grave-dbl.md) — Instant
6. [Selhoff Entomber](/printing/selhoff-entomber-dbl.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends (CMR) #78
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Milivoj Ćeran
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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