First printed in Edge of Eternities (2025)

All 4 prints

Edge of Eternities (EOE) #214, 2025
Edge of Eternities (EOE) #347, 2025
Edge of Eternities Promos (PEOE) #214p, 2025
Edge of Eternities Promos (PEOE) #214s, 2025

Biotech Specialist

Creature — Insect Scientist

When this creature enters, create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, this creature deals 2 damage to target opponent.

"Modify these alleles and try again."

1/3

Illustrated by: Alexandre Honoré

Legality

Legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in: Pauper, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH

Prices

MTGO price: 0.05 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Biotech Specialist in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Edge of Eternities (EOE), Premier Draft	60.2%	+4.8	+5.2	9639
Edge of Eternities (EOE), Sealed	61.7%	+4.7	+7.1	1150

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Standard In 145 of 1822 decks (8.0%), most in BRG (unclassified)

Staple: main deck, 5% of decks (#120)

Share of decks

8.0%

▼ 3.8 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

145

145 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

33 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
BRG (unclassified)	8.3%	96%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Greedy Freebooter	100%	12.4
The Sackville-Bagginses	100%	12.3
Stomping Ground	100%	10.5
Obsessive Pursuit	99%	12.4
Blooming Marsh	99%	11.4
Overgrown Tomb	99%	8.9
Gene Pollinator	99%	12.5
Starting Town	99%	3.2
Lively Dirge	98%	12.2
Umbral Collar Zealot	98%	12.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
BRG pizzangry in Standard Challenge 16	9-0 100%
BRG Univerce in Standard Challenge 32	8-1 89%
BRG pizzangry in Standard Challenge 16	8-1 89%
BRG NukaCola in Standard Challenge 32 Special	8-1 89%
BRG pizzangry in Standard Challenge 32	7-1 88%
BRG _Stream in Standard Challenge 16	6-1 86%
BRG AgrusKos93 in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%
BRG Univerce in Standard Challenge 32	7-2 78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BRG tyame, 31 Oct	4 main	5-0
BRG AgrusKos93, 30 Oct	4 main	#3 (top 8) of 44 6-2
BRG pizzangry, 30 Oct	4 main	#7 (top 8) of 44 4-3
BRG s0fT1_, 30 Oct	4 main	#15 of 44 4-2
BRG Tenco19, 30 Oct	4 main	#30 of 44 2-4
BRG pizzangry, 29 Oct	4 main	#1 (top 8) of 36 9-0
BRG Varo, 29 Oct	4 main	#7 (top 8) of 36 4-3
BRG unagieel, 29 Oct	4 main	#9 of 36 3-2

Pioneer In 46 of 644 decks (7.1%), most in BRG (unclassified)

Share of decks

7.1%

▲ 6.7 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

46 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

61%

13 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
BRG (unclassified)	7.5%	96%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
The Sackville-Bagginses	100%	11.1
Overgrown Tomb	100%	5.1
Blooming Marsh	100%	4.7
Deadly Dispute	98%	11.1
Blackcleave Cliffs	98%	10.7
Stomping Ground	91%	11.3
Greedy Freebooter	85%	13.7
Blood Crypt	67%	8.7
Copperline Gorge	63%	11.9
Springleaf Drum	59%	14.0

Best win rate

Deck	Record
BRG xfile in Pioneer Challenge 32	8-1 89%
BRG xfile in Pioneer Challenge 32	7-1 88%
BRG xfile in Pioneer Challenge 32	7-1 88%
BRG GhostbloodGhost in Pioneer Challenge 16	6-2 75%
BRG Univerce in Pioneer Challenge 32	6-2 75%
BRG GhostbloodGhost in Pioneer Challenge 32	5-2 71%
BRG SpockVidaLoka in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%
BRG May_Chang in Pioneer Challenge 32	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BRG TheGodPharaoh, 30 Oct	4 main	#25 of 160 5-3
BRG RNAPBP1, 30 Oct	4 main	#30 of 160 5-3
BRG xfile, 29 Oct	4 main	#2 (top 8) of 48 8-1
BRG makaaaa, 29 Oct	4 main	#23 of 48 3-3
BRG Cake363, 26 Oct	4 main	5-0
BRG Bawer, 25 Oct	4 main	#16 of 30 3-2
BRG night25456, 24 Oct	4 main	5-0
BRG May_Chang, 22 Oct	4 main	#10 of 40 4-2

Commander In 20 of 6185 decks (0.3%), most in Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower

Share of decks

0.3%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

20 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

43%

6 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower	0.3%	95%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Tana, the Bloodsower	100%	187.4
Leyline of Transformation	100%	103.1
Glamer Gifter	100%	98.2
Glint-Horn Buccaneer	100%	58.3
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator	100%	56.7
Weftstalker Ardent	100%	56.2
Stomping Ground	100%	13.3
Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria	100%	8.0
Eldritch Evolution	100%	6.7
Taiga	100%	5.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Justin Mcnutt in Paragon Gaming October 24th CEDH $3K	4-2 67%
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Joseph Buckohr in Paragon Gaming October 24th CEDH $3K	1-4 20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower andrew knudskov, 25 Oct	1 main	#26 of 28 0-3
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Ian Illian, 25 Oct	1 main	#6 (top 8) of 31 1-2
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower DANIEL ORAVET, 24 Oct	1 main	#1 (top 8) of 22 3-0
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Nick Anderson, 24 Oct	1 main	#6 (top 8) of 29 1-2
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Justin Mcnutt, 24 Oct	1 main	#3 (top 8) of 45 4-2
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Joseph Buckohr, 24 Oct	1 main	#27 of 45 1-4
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Alex Canario, 24 Oct	1 main	#32 of 36 0-4
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Tana, the Bloodsower Dallas Glaze [Monolith], 17 Oct	1 main	#51 of 59 0-4