---
name: "Perilous Research"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "CMD"
set_name: "Commander 2011"
collector_number: "54"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dany Orizio"
oracle_id: "9243b539-5f9e-4bb3-9973-3d48366aa7cc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/perilous-research-cmd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Perilous Research
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Draw two cards, then sacrifice a permanent.

> *When the School of the Unseen fell, so many magical treasures lay abandoned that no amount of death could deter the stream of thieves and desperate scholars.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hapless Researcher](/printing/hapless-researcher-jud.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Careful Study](/printing/careful-study-sld.md) — Sorcery
3. [Quick Study](/printing/quick-study-fdn.md) — Instant
4. [Courier's Capsule](/printing/couriers-capsule-ala.md) — Artifact
5. [Counsel of the Soratami](/printing/counsel-of-the-soratami-10e.md) — Sorcery
6. [Frantic Search](/printing/frantic-search-cmm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2011 (CMD) #54
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dany Orizio
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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