---
name: "Unstable Experiment"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Connive"]
set: "OM1"
set_name: "Through the Omenpaths"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Adrián Rodríguez Pérez"
oracle_id: "5b7bbc76-22cc-482e-8d65-34cff34c93c8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unstable-experiment-om1"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unstable Experiment
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Connive

## Oracle Text
Target player draws a card, then up to one target creature you control connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Leader, Super-Genius](/printing/leader-super-genius-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Gamma Scientist Villain
2. [Trickster's Stratagem](/printing/tricksters-stratagem-msh.md) — Sorcery
3. [Hypnotic Grifter](/printing/hypnotic-grifter-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Raffine's Informant](/printing/raffines-informant-snc.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Change of Plans](/printing/change-of-plans-pncc.md) — Instant
6. [Psionic Snoop](/printing/psionic-snoop-snc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Through the Omenpaths (OM1) #45
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Adrián Rodríguez Pérez
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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