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Practical Research
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Strixhaven: School of MagesSTX · #212
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.16 € · 0.30 $ · ★ 0.27 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Blue Red
Card text
Draw four cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an instant or sorcery card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Ekaterina Burmak
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-04-23
Flavour text
The twins each researched spells to defeat Extus in their own way. Will hit the library. Rowan hit everything else.
Rulings
As Practical Research resolves, you can discard either one instant or sorcery card or discard two cards, each of which may or may not be an instant or sorcery card.