---
name: "Combat Research"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "DMU"
set_name: "Dominaria United"
collector_number: "44"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Justine Cruz"
oracle_id: "fbfd7f38-be9a-49bf-8769-79e1e7e8dfdc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/combat-research-dmu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Combat Research
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Curious Obsession](/printing/curious-obsession-jmp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Snake Umbra](/printing/snake-umbra-woc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Staggering Insight](/printing/staggering-insight-thb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Curiosity](/printing/curiosity-8ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Keen Sense](/printing/keen-sense-plc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Scavenged Weaponry](/printing/scavenged-weaponry-inv.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United (DMU) #44
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Justine Cruz
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`