diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/phase0/sanity/test_blocks_random.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/phase0/sanity/test_blocks_random.py
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+from eth2spec.test.helpers.state import (
+    next_epoch,
+    next_slot,
+)
+from eth2spec.test.context import (
+    with_all_phases,
+    spec_state_test,
+)
+
+
+def generate_randomized_scenarios():
+    # TODO: WIP schema
+    return {
+        # ("randomize_state", "ensure all validator states present: pending/deposited, activated, exited, slashed"),
+        # ("randomized balances", "ensure distribution of bals"),
+        # ("transition to leak if not already, maybe", "assert is or is not leaking"),
+        "setup": [],
+        "epochs_to_skip": 0, # 0, 1, 2, N, EPOCHS_TO_INACTIVITY_LEAK,
+        "slots_to_skip": 0,  # 0, 1, 2, N, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH - 1,
+        "transitions": [ # TODO: consider large numbers of blocks, load on generated data
+            {
+                "block_producer": lambda spec, state: spec.SignedBeaconBlock(),
+                "epochs_to_skip": 0, # 0, 1, 2, N, EPOCHS_TO_INACTIVITY_LEAK,
+                "slots_to_skip": 0,  # 0, 1, 2, N, SLOTS_PER_EPOCH - 1,
+            }
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def id_from_scenario(test_description):
+    return '-'.join(':'.join((str(k),str(v))) for k,v in test_description.items())
+
+
+def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
+    """
+    Pytest hook to generate test cases from dynamically computed data
+    """
+    generated_name = "test_description"
+    generated_values = generate_randomized_scenarios()
+    metafunc.parametrize(generated_name, generated_values, ids=id_from_scenario, scope="module")
+
+
+def pytest_generate_tests_adapter(f):
+    """
+    Adapter decorator to allow dynamic test case generation
+    while leveraging existing decorators specific to spec tests.
+    """
+    def wrapper(test_description, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs["test_description"] = test_description
+        f(*args, **kwargs)
+    return wrapper
+
+
+@pytest_generate_tests_adapter
+@with_all_phases
+@spec_state_test
+def test_harness_for_randomized_blocks(spec, state, test_description):
+    for mutation, validation in test_description["setup"]:
+        mutation(spec, state)
+        validation(spec, state)
+    for _ in range(len(test_description["epochs_to_skip"])):
+        next_epoch(spec, state)
+    for _ in range(len(test_description["slots_to_skip"])):
+        next_slot(spec, state)
+    for transition in test_description["transitions"]:
+        # TODO apply transition
+        pass