Primary Research
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
When this enchantment enters, return target nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of your end step, if a card left your graveyard this turn, draw a card.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2026-03-20
Primary Research's last ability will check as your end step starts to see if any cards have left your graveyard this turn. If none did, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to remove cards from your graveyard during your end step in time to have the ability trigger.
- 2026-03-20
If a card in a graveyard has X in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Primary Research, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Lord Zuko | 2 | 16 | 25% |
| Quintorius, History Chaser | 2 | 0 | — |
| Toph, the First Metalbender | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mardu 2 decks
- Boros 2 decks
- Naya 1 deck
Primary Research price history
The Secrets of Strixhaven #26 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.26 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.16 | $0.24 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.24 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.23 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.24 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.25 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.25 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.25 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.24 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.24 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.25 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.25 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.25 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.24 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.24 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.24 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.24 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.24 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.27 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.26 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.27 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.27 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.25 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.25 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.27 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Primary Research
1 printing, 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.
Secrets of Strixhaven
- Normal
- $0.16
- Foil
- $0.26
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Primary 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.
