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Risky Research

First printed in Marvel's Spider-Man (2025)

All 2 prints

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Risky Research

Sorcery

Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (3 of 6150). Most played in Norman Osborn.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Risky Research in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Through the Omenpaths (OM1), Sealed 57.7% -0.3 +2.8 1313
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Legality

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta
share of the archetype in the format
Play it
decks of the archetype that play this card
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 3 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks
0.0%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-20: 0.0% 2026-08-27: 0.0% 2026-09-03: 0.0% 2026-09-10: 0.0% 2026-09-17: 0.0% 2026-09-24: 0.0% 2026-10-01: 0.1% 2026-10-08: 0.1% 2026-10-15: 0.0% 2026-10-22: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3
3 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
0%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Norman Osborn 0.3% 5%
Baron Helmut Zemo 0.1% 25%
Emet-Selch, Unsundered 0.0% 33%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Arcane Signet100%1.6
Sol Ring100%1.0

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Norman Osborn
Zhang Guilin in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K
0-5
0%
Baron Helmut Zemo
Poovender Rao in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K
0-5
0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Joscha Bischoff,
1 main #35
0-4
Norman Osborn
Zhang Guilin,
1 main #62
0-5
Baron Helmut Zemo
Poovender Rao,
1 main #72
0-5

No recent decks in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Duel Commander.