Compulsive Research
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2017-03-14
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Compulsive Research, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait | 1 | 0 | — |
| Shiko and Narset, Unified | 1 | 0 | — |
| Teferi, Temporal Archmage | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
- Simic 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Compulsive Research price history
The Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #147 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.27 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Compulsive Research
12 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.26
- Normal
- $0.20
- Foil
- $0.24
- Normal
- $0.26
- Foil
- $0.31
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Normal
- $0.23
Showcase
Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Normal
- $0.31
- Foil
- $0.47
- Etched
- $0.52
Borderless
Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Normal
- $0.79
- Foil
- $1.56
- Etched
- $0.93
- Normal
- $0.23
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
- Normal
- $0.15
- Normal
- $0.06
- Foil
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.29
- Normal
- $0.10
- Foil
- $0.25
- Normal
- $0.22
- Foil
- $1.86
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Compulsive Research. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
