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Goblin Researcher

Red

2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Goblin Researcher, Foundations Jumpstart printing
Foundations Jumpstart J25 · No. 559 2024-11-15

Card text

{3}{R}
Creature — Goblin Wizard
When this creature enters, exile the top card of your library. During any turn you attacked with this creature, you may play that card.
3 / 3
Slonk was struck by lightning twenty-seven times before he got the idea. Another forty-three hits and he'd perfected it.
EDHREC rank #25904 Common Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

You can play the exiled card if Goblin Researcher attacked and is still in combat, has left combat, has left the battlefield, or even if combat is over.

2022-12-02 · Wizards of the Coast

If you control more than one card named Goblin Researcher, each one's effect is independent from the other. Specifically, attacking with one will not allow you to play the card exiled by the other.

2022-12-02 · Wizards of the Coast

If you exile a land card with Goblin Researcher's enters-the-battlefield ability, you may play that land only if you have any available land plays. Normally, this means you can play the land only if you haven't played a land yet that turn.

2022-12-02 · Wizards of the Coast

Goblin Researcher's effect doesn't change when you can play the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.

2022-12-02 · Wizards of the Coast

Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.

2022-12-02 · Wizards of the Coast

The card Goblin Researcher exiles is exiled face up.

2022-12-02 · Wizards of the Coast

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