---
name: "Mishra's Research Desk"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Unearth"]
set: "BRO"
set_name: "The Brothers' War"
collector_number: "162"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "95ac482c-c6ad-49b4-937e-460241ae355f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mishras-research-desk-bro"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Mishra's Research Desk
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Unearth

## Oracle Text
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile the top two cards of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Unearth {1}{R} ({1}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memorial Vault](/printing/memorial-vault-peoe.md) — Artifact
2. [Dark-Dweller Oracle](/printing/dark-dweller-oracle-pm19.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman
3. [Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa](/printing/mishra-tamer-of-mak-fawa-bro.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
4. [Oracle's Vault](/printing/oracles-vault-pakh.md) — Artifact
5. [Mangara's Tome](/printing/mangaras-tome-mir.md) — Artifact — Book
6. [Implement of Examination](/printing/implement-of-examination-klr.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Brothers' War (BRO) #162
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`