Risky Research

Risky Research

Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.

on-cast — surveils

on-cast — draws you 2 cards

on-cast —

Causes: surveil, draw a card, make a player lose life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Risky Research is one).

When Risky Research surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Risky Research is one).

When Risky Research makes a player lose life:

  1. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  2. Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
  4. Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Wax-Wane Witness — gets +1/+0
  6. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  7. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  8. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  9. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
  10. Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Risky Research is one).

When Risky Research is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Risky Research is one).

When Risky Research makes a player draw a card:

  1. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Risky Research is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Harness the Storm — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  3. Samwise Gamgee — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  4. Bloodbond March — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — Risky Research fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  9. Victimize — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  10. Bound // Determined — Risky Research puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Risky Research is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Risky Research:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Risky Research is one).

When Risky Research is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Master of Winds — triggers

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.