Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form
Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #49 · Uncommon · Creature — Human Insect // Creature — Insect Horror
Mana cost: {3}{U}
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. If an instant or sorcery card was milled this way, transform this creature. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
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Flying
Power/toughness 3/2 · Illustrated by Nils Hamm · Released April 8, 2016
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.05 USD · €0.06 EUR
- Foil: $0.37 USD · €0.36 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.01 USD (16.7%) to $0.05 USD; low $0.05 USD, high $0.09 USD.
Printings
- Innistrad Remastered #454 (INR) · Uncommon · 2025 · $0.17 USD
- Innistrad Remastered #52 (INR) · Uncommon · 2025 · $0.16 USD
- Shadows over Innistrad #49 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2016 · $0.05 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2016-04-08 · wotc — No player may take any action between the two steps of Aberrant Researcher's triggered ability. If the card put into your graveyard is an instant or sorcery card, Aberrant Researcher will have transformed before a player can take any action.
- 2016-04-08 · wotc — If a replacement effect causes the top card of your library to go to a zone other than your graveyard, Aberrant Researcher will still transform if that card was an instant or sorcery card.