1 – 20 of 29 cards where the name includes “research”
Aberrant Researcher {3}{U}
Creature — Human Insect
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. If an instant or sorcery card was milled this way, transform Aberrant Researcher.
“Metamorphosis is a process.”
—Laboratory notes
Perfected Form
Color Indicator: Blue Creature — Insect Horror
Flying
The final pages of the experiment log were blank. Investigators found it abandoned on a desk in the researcher’s lab, open, the pages flipping in the wind from a shattered window.
Illustrated by Nils Hamm
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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| Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form, SOI #49 |
| Shadows Over Innistrad Checklist 1 Card, TSOI #CH1 |
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| Shadows over Innistrad | $0.09 | €0.06 | 0.03 |
Academy Researchers {1}{U}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
When Academy Researchers enters the battlefield, you may put an Aura card from your hand onto the battlefield attached to Academy Researchers.
They brandish their latest theories as warriors would wield weapons.
Illustrated by Stephen Daniele
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Blood Researcher {1}{B}{G}
Creature — Vampire Druid
Menace (This creature can’t be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Blood Researcher.
“Dean Valentin warns us not to consume the samples for our safety, but I think he’s just being greedy.”
Watermark: Witherbloom
Illustrated by Cristi Balanescu
- Standard
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- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
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- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Body of Research {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}
Sorcery
Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of cards in your library.
Needledeep had promised that his final project would be his biggest one yet.
Watermark: Quandrix
Illustrated by Antonio José Manzanedo
- Standard
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- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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| Fractal Token, TSTX #3 |
| Body of Research, STX #336 |
Combat Research {U}
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has “Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.”
As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)
Illustrated by Justine Cruz
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Compulsive Research {2}{U}
Sorcery
Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.
“Four parts molten bronze, yes … one part frozen mercury, yes, yes … but then what?”
Illustrated by Michael Sutfin
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Desperate Research {1}{B}
Sorcery
Choose a card name other than a basic land card name. Reveal the top seven cards of your library and put all of them with that name into your hand. Exile the rest.
Illustrated by Ron Spencer
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Field Research {2}{U}
Sorcery
Kicker {2}{U} (You may pay an additional {2}{U} as you cast this spell.)
Draw two cards. If this spell was kicked, draw three cards instead.
“In the field, speed-reading is a survival skill.”
Illustrated by PINDURSKI
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
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- Legal
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- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Firemind's Research {U}{R}
Enchantment
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a charge counter on Firemind’s Research.
{1}{U}, Remove two charge counters from Firemind’s Research: Draw a card.
{1}{R}, Remove five charge counters from Firemind’s Research: It deals 5 damage to any target.
Watermark: Planeswalker
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Illustrated by Grzegorz Rutkowski
- Standard
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- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Forensic Researcher {2}{U}
Creature — Merfolk Detective
{T}: Untap another target permanent you control.
{T}, Collect evidence 3: Tap target creature you don’t control. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)
Illustrated by Aldo Domínguez
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Goblin Researcher {3}{R}
Creature — Goblin Wizard
When Goblin Researcher enters the battlefield, exile the top card of your library. During any turn you attacked with Goblin Researcher, you may play that card.
Slonk was struck by lightning twenty-seven times before he got the idea. Another forty-three hits and he’d perfected it.
Illustrated by Izzy
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Hapless Researcher {U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Sacrifice Hapless Researcher: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Scholars possess such lofty knowledge that it shouldn’t be surprising when they fall.
Illustrated by Ron Spears
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Innocuous Researcher {3}{G}
Creature — Centaur Detective
Parley — Whenever Innocuous Researcher attacks, each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, you investigate. Then each player draws a card.
At the beginning of your end step, you may untap all lands you control. If you do, you can’t cast spells until your next turn.
Illustrated by Simon Dominic
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
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| Clue Token, TMKM #18 |
| Innocuous Researcher, MKC #348 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
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| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #38 | $0.10 | €0.21 | 0.47 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #348 | $0.13 | 0.63 | |
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Melek, Reforged Researcher {3}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Weird Detective
Melek, Reforged Researcher’s power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast.
Illustrated by Andreas Zafiratos
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Mishra's Research Desk {1}
Artifact
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mishra’s Research Desk: Exile the top two cards of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Unearth {1}{R} ({1}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Illustrated by Matt Stewart
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
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- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made this Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental {1}{G}{G}
Creature — Elemental
Art rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, it gets +2/+2 for each creature in the blocker’s art beyond the first.)
Just call it OMRSTPLRLCNSWMTCTHTALCNEE for short.
Illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Perilous Research {1}{U}
Instant
Draw two cards, then sacrifice a permanent.
When the School of the Unseen fell, so many magical treasures lay abandoned that no amount of death could deter the stream of thieves and desperate scholars.
Illustrated by Donato Giancola
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Practical Research {3}{U}{R}
Instant
Draw four cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an instant or sorcery card.
The twins each researched spells to defeat Extus in their own way. Will hit the library. Rowan hit everything else.
Watermark: Prismari
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Illustrated by Ekaterina Burmak
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Private Research {U}
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a page counter on Private Research.
When enchanted creature dies, draw a card for each page counter on Private Research.
Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Research Assistant {1}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
{3}{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
There are many words and phrases that can cause an experienced wizard to tremble in fear. Chief among them is “oops.”
Illustrated by Svetlin Velinov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal