Desperate Research
Invasion — rare
Sorcery
Desperate Research rulings:
There are no rulings for Desperate Research.
Invasion — rare
Sorcery
Desperate Research rulings:
There are no rulings for Desperate Research.
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Creature — Human Druid (1/1)
: Choose a creature card name. Reveal the top four cards of your library and put all of them with that name into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
Sorcery
Reveal the top seven cards of your library. Choose from among them a card with flying, a card with first strike, and so on for double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance. Put one of the chosen cards onto the battlefield, the other chosen cards into your hand, and the rest into your graveyard.
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier (7/7)
When Torsten, Founder of Benalia enters the battlefield, reveal the top seven cards of your library. Put any number of creature and/or land cards from among them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
When Torsten dies, create seven 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
Sorcery
Choose a card name other than a basic land card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with that name and exile them. That player shuffles, then creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token for each card exiled from their hand this way.
Sorcery
Reveal the top seven cards of your library, then put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order. If a card named Stomping Slabs was revealed this way, Stomping Slabs deals 7 damage to any target.
World Enchantment
As Null Chamber enters the battlefield, you and an opponent each choose a card name other than a basic land card name.
Spells with the chosen names can't be cast and lands with the chosen names can't be played.
Legendary Planeswalker — Tamiyo
Spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause you to discard cards or sacrifice permanents.
+1: Choose a nonland card name, then reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all cards with the chosen name from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
?3: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
+2: Reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all nonland permanent cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
?2: Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
?9: Put five +1/+1 counters on each creature you control and five loyalty counters on each other planeswalker you control.
Artifact
When Expert-Level Safe enters the battlefield, exile the top two cards of your library face down.
, : You and target opponent each secretly choose 1, 2, or 3. Then those choices are revealed. If they match, sacrifice Expert-Level Safe and put all cards exiled with it into their owners' hands. Otherwise, exile the top card of your library face down.
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot // Legendary Artifact — (3/2)
More Than Meets the Eye (You may cast this card converted for .)
Sacrifice another artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on Flamewar and convert it. Activate only as a sorcery.
, Discard your hand: Put all exiled cards you own with intel counters on them into your hand.
Flamewar, Streetwise Operative
Living metal (As long as it's your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.)
Menace, deathtouch
Whenever Flamewar deals combat damage to a player, exile that many cards from the top of your library face down. Put an intel counter on each of them. Convert Flamewar.
Sorcery
Look at the top four cards of your library. Choose one of them and put all cards with the same name as the chosen card from among them into your hand. You lose 1 life for each card put into your hand this way. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Enchantment
If you would draw a card, you may instead choose land or nonland and reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card of the chosen kind. Put that card into your hand and put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.
Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Creature — Bird (1/1)
Alrund gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand and each foretold card you own in exile.
At the beginning of your end step, choose a card type, then reveal the top two cards of your library. Put all cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Hakka, Whispering Raven
Flying
Whenever Hakka, Whispering Raven deals combat damage to a player, return it to its owner's hand, then scry 2.
Instant
Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Pilot (3/3)
Other Dwarves you control get +1/+1.
Each Vehicle you control gets +1/+1 as long as it's a creature.
Whenever Depala, Pilot Exemplar becomes tapped, you may pay . If you do, reveal the top X cards of your library, put all Dwarf and Vehicle cards from among them into your hand, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Creature — Human Spellshaper (1/1)
, , Discard a card: Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
Creature — Spirit (2/1)
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Soulshift 2 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
Sorcery
Exile the top X cards of your library. You may cast instant and sorcery spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren't cast into your graveyard.
Instant
Exile the top three cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top three cards of your library in another face-down pile. Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put all cards in the chosen pile into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 3 life.
Battle — Siege // Artifact Creature — Construct (0/0)
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When Invasion of Ravnica enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls that isn't exactly two colors.
Guildpact Paragon
Whenever you cast a spell that's exactly two colors, look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a card that's exactly two colors from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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