---
name: "Desperate Research"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "308b49ad-ebab-41c4-9e09-44202549bafc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/desperate-research-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Desperate Research
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose a card name other than a basic land card name. Reveal the top seven cards of your library and put all of them with that name into your hand. Exile the rest.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Demonic Consultation](/printing/demonic-consultation-me2.md) — Instant
2. [Spoils of the Vault](/printing/spoils-of-the-vault-mrd.md) — Instant
3. [Divining Witch](/printing/divining-witch-plst.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
4. [Mitotic Manipulation](/printing/mitotic-manipulation-mbs.md) — Sorcery
5. [Diabolic Revelation](/printing/diabolic-revelation-m13.md) — Sorcery
6. [Relentless Pursuit](/printing/relentless-pursuit-j22.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #100
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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