Combat Research
Combat Research: Enchantment - Aura, Dominaria United. Enchant creature. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Enchantment - Aura
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United (DMU)
- Released
- 2022-09-09
- Collector number
- 44
- Artist
- Justine Cruz
- Commander rank
- 2,233 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Enchant
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About Combat Research
Combat Research is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue enchantment from Dominaria United (DMU), an expansion set released in September 2022. It is collector number 44 in that set, with art by Justine Cruz. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to Dominaria United (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.58 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
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}.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.58 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Combat Research by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Combat Research
Combat Research has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DMU-44 | Uncommon | 2026 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Combat Research.
- Because the card-draw ability is granted to the creature, if an opponent takes control of the enchanted creature and it deals combat damage while they control it, that opponent will draw a card.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.