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Goblin Researcher

{3}{R}

Creature — Goblin Wizard

J22Jumpstart 2022#34common

Slonk was struck by lightning twenty-seven times before he got the idea. Another forty-three hits and he'd perfected it.

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 15
Illustrator
Izzy
Found in
Jumpstart 2022 Booster Pack
Printings2EDHREC rank#25,429
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
When this creature enters, exile the top card of your library. During any turn you attacked with this creature, you may play that card.
3/3
Plays as:
Cast From ExileImpulse Draw
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil+33.3%
$0.16
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.14· across 2 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

6 · latest Dec 2, 2022
  • WotCDec 2, 2022

    Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.

  • WotCDec 2, 2022

    Goblin Researcher's effect doesn't change when you can play the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.

  • WotCDec 2, 2022

    If you control more than one card named Goblin Researcher, each one's effect is independent from the other. Specifically, attacking with one will not allow you to play the card exiled by the other.

  • WotCDec 2, 2022

    If you exile a land card with Goblin Researcher's enters-the-battlefield ability, you may play that land only if you have any available land plays. Normally, this means you can play the land only if you haven't played a land yet that turn.

  • WotCDec 2, 2022

    The card Goblin Researcher exiles is exiled face up.

  • WotCDec 2, 2022

    You can play the exiled card if Goblin Researcher attacked and is still in combat, has left combat, has left the battlefield, or even if combat is over.