Compulsive Research

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Compulsive Research: Sorcery, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Target player draws three cards. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Common
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
147
Artist
Sara Winters
Commander rank
4,378 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Compulsive Research

Compulsive Research is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue sorcery from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 147 in that set, with art by Sara Winters. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 12 sets, from Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

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?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Compulsive Research by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Compulsive Research

Compulsive Research has been printed in 12 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #311Common2024
Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #38Common2024
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #715Common2022
Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #14Rare2021
Strixhaven Mystical Archive (STA) #77Rare2021
Commander Legends (CMR) #394Common2020
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas (E01) #23Common2017
Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #33Uncommon2017
Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #21Uncommon2015
Commander 2014 (C14) #102Common2014
Conspiracy (CNS) #93Common2014
Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A19Common2010

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Compulsive Research.

  • The target player can discard either one land card or two cards which may or may not be lands. The player can discard one land and one other card or two land cards if they choose.

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