Aberrant Researcher
Creature — Human Insect
SOIShadows over Innistrad#49uncommon
Foil
Aberrant Researcher shown
"Metamorphosis is a process." —Laboratory notes
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1778
- Illustrator
- Nils Hamm
- Found in
- Shadows over Innistrad MTGO Redemption · Shadows over Innistrad MTGO Redemption Foil · Shadows over Innistrad Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.)
3/2Flying
Plays as: Self Mill
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-12.5%
$0.07
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.30
$0.18 low$0.10 gap
Finish
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Nonfoil
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H $0.11L $0.03since Feb 2024$0.01
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$0.30as of 2026-07-12
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Cheapest playable copy$0.07· across 3 printings
Rulings
2 · latest Apr 8, 2016 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 8, 2016
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.
- WotCApr 8, 2016
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.