Primary Research
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven #26 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.15 USD
When this enchantment enters, return target nonland permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of your end step, if a card left your graveyard this turn, draw a card.
Primary Research has 1 printing, first in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026). EDHREC ranks it #10,899 among Commander cards. It appears most in Quintorius, History Chaser decks (6,097 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Primary Research
- Lorehold Spirit - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Quintorius, History Chaser
Commanders that run Primary Research most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Quintorius, History Chaser: 6,097 decks
- Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch: 222 decks
- Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury: 215 decks
- Excava, the Risen Past: 202 decks
- Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire: 146 decks
- Ghen, Arcanum Weaver: 144 decks
- Quintorius, Loremaster: 103 decks
- Quintorius, Field Historian: 79 decks
Often played with Primary Research
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Primary Research's last ability will check as your end step starts to see if any cards have left your graveyard this turn. If none did, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to remove cards from your graveyard during your end step in time to have the ability trigger.
- : If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.