First printed in Urza's Saga (1998)
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, you may put an Aura card from your hand onto the battlefield attached to this creature.
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Stephen Daniele
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Ruling (1)
- You can't put an Aura card from your hand onto the battlefield this way if that Aura can't legally enchant Academy Researchers. For example, you can't put an Aura with "enchant land" or "enchant green creature" onto the battlefield attached to Academy Researchers (unless Academy Researchers somehow turned into a land or a green creature before the ability resolved).
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
15 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Academy Researchers + Altar of Dementia + Fool's Demise
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Academy Researchers + Fool's Demise + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Academy Researchers + Blasting Station + Fool's Demise
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Academy Researchers + Ashnod's Altar + Fool's Demise
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Academy Researchers + Fool's Demise + Goblin Bombardment
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Academy Researchers + Fool's Demise + Woe Strider
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Academy Researchers + Bartolomé del Presidio + Fool's Demise
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Academy Researchers + Fool's Demise + Thermopod
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Academy Researchers + Carrion Feeder + Fool's Demise
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Academy Researchers + Fool's Demise + Phantom Train