In this paper, we have used scrambled cage approaches to tune the gas sorption properties of two families of lantern-type MOPs. While we were able to crystallise and refine the crystal structures of all of the homoleptic cages, the disorder induced by the scrambling in the family [Cu4(MeOL)4-x(CH3L)x] (x = 1, 2, 3) meant that it was not possible to determine the exact positions of the functional groups on the surface of the cages, which we attribute to the bulky nature of the substituents causing a greater degree of disorder at the periphery of the MOPs. The effect of scrambling was to gradually increase the surface area observed for the cages as x increased, although the scrambled cages showed lower uptake of N2 than the homoleptic cage [Cu4(CH3L)4]. For the family [Cu4(L)4-x(CH3L)x], it was found that the ligands scrambled across the entire cage, rather than occupying one specific position of the four possible positions in the lantern cage. The increased incorporation of the bulkier methyl group to the structure led to a smooth increase in the unit cell parameter c, in line with solid solutions. In this case, the scrambled cages showed enhanced surface areas with respect to either of the homoleptic cages [Cu4(CH3L)4] or [Cu4(L)4]. The scrambled material [Cu4(L)2(CH3L)2] shows the highest BET surface area determined so far for lantern-type cages. The application of Dubinin-Radushkevich analysis suggests that this is due to the creation of mesopores in the material, which show a greater contribution to the total pore volume of the scrambled materials than they do for the pure homoleptic cages. Controlling mesoporosity and the extrinsic porosity of these cages remains a challenge. The contrasting effects on the gas sorption properties of the cages presented here highlight that scrambling approaches are a worthwhile method for MOP synthesis, as they can allow gas uptake to be Please do not adjust margins Please do not adjust margins tuned while retaining a unique pore geometry. This effect could also be studied for scrambling metal sites on the paddlewheels of MOPs, as a means of varying the availability and chemical nature of open metal sites in the activated materials.