Card
Arcane Laboratory
Mana cost {2}{U}
Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.
Part of 4 known combos, 4 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · USG · #60
- Cheapest printing
- €0.61
- EDHREC salt
- 1.49
- Color identity
- Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Knowledge Pool, Possibility Storm, Eye of the Storm, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Knowledge Pool, Possibility Storm, Eye of the Storm, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Knowledge Pool, Possibility Storm, Eye of the Storm
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Knowledge Pool, Possibility Storm, Eye of the Storm, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence (early with Knowledge Pool, Possibility Storm, Eye of the Storm)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
4 known combos, 4 of them two-card.
- Arcane Laboratory + Knowledge Pool
Produces: Exile all spells players cast from their hand, Players can only cast one spell per turn, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Possibility Storm + Arcane Laboratory
Produces: Players can't cast spells from their hand, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Arcane Laboratory + Eye of the Storm
Produces: Exile all instants and sorceries any player casts, Players can only cast one spell per turn, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
When it leaves the battlefield, the effect ends and all players are able to cast spells unrestricted again. - 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
When Arcane Laboratory enters, it will look back over the turn to see if any spell was cast before it entered the battlefield. It will notice itself being cast. - 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
If a spell is countered, it still counts as the one spell cast.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast