Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form
~$0.05 low · ~$0.44 high
Blue. Creature — Human Insect // Creature — Insect Horror
Innistrad Remastered #52 · Illustrated by Nils Hamm
Innistrad Remastered #52 · Illustrated by Nils HammWhat is Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form worth?
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Oracle text
Aberrant Researcher
Creature — Human Insect
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. If an instant or sorcery card was milled this way, transform this creature. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
3/2
"Metamorphosis is a process." —Laboratory notes
Perfected Form
Creature — Insect Horror
Flying
5/4
The final pages of the experiment log were blank. Investigators found it abandoned on a desk in the researcher's lab, open, the pages flipping in the wind from a shattered window.
Format legality
All 3 printings of Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Innistrad Remastered inr #52· 2025uncommon· Cardmarket €0.10 · €0.07 foil | uncommon | $0.16 | $0.18 | €0.10€0.07 foil | |
 Innistrad Remastered inr #454· 2025Retro Frameuncommon· Cardmarket €0.07 · €0.62 foil | uncommon | $0.17 | $0.37 | €0.07€0.62 foil | |
 Shadows over Innistrad soi #49· 2016uncommon· Cardmarket €0.06 · €0.36 foil | uncommon | $0.05 | $0.44 | €0.06€0.36 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #23,097 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flying, Transform, Mill
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
Rulings (2)
2016-04-08
No player may take any action between the two steps of Aberrant Researcher's triggered ability. If the card put into your graveyard is an instant or sorcery card, Aberrant Researcher will have transformed before a player can take any action.
2016-04-08
If a replacement effect causes the top card of your library to go to a zone other than your graveyard, Aberrant Researcher will still transform if that card was an instant or sorcery card.
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