Compulsive Research

Mana cost: {2}{U}
Type: Sorcery
Set: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #147 (common)
Price: $0.26 USD

Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.

Compulsive Research has 14 printings, first in Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005). EDHREC ranks it #4,452 among Commander cards. It appears most in Shiko and Narset, Unified decks (4,551 on EDHREC). 5 public decks on TCG run it. It has 1 official ruling.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: legal
modern: legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: legal

Public decks that run Compulsive Research

Draconic Dissent - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
Enchantress Rubinia - Magic Online Theme Decks, led by Rubinia Soulsinger
Jeskai Striker - Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander, led by Shiko and Narset, Unified
Peer Through Time - Commander 2014, led by Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Reap the Tides - Commander Legends, led by Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Commanders that run Compulsive Research most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Shiko and Narset, Unified: 4,551 decks
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait: 1,271 decks
Elsha, Threefold Master: 993 decks
Niv-Mizzet, Parun: 911 decks
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned: 569 decks
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator: 549 decks
Lyse Hext: 523 decks
Octavia, Living Thesis: 412 decks

Often played with Compulsive Research

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2017-03-14: The target player can discard either one land card or two cards which may or may not be lands. The player can discard one land and one other card or two land cards if they choose.