---
name: "Warped Researcher"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard Mutant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "LGN"
set_name: "Legions"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "069862f9-f051-40cc-84f2-c0208873a34c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/warped-researcher-lgn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Warped Researcher
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard Mutant
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/4

## Oracle Text
Whenever a player cycles a card, this creature gains flying and shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gempalm Sorcerer](/printing/gempalm-sorcerer-lgn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard Sorcerer
2. [Fleeting Aven](/printing/fleeting-aven-ons.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
3. [Windcaller Aven](/printing/windcaller-aven-j25.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
4. [Zenith Seeker](/printing/zenith-seeker-akh.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard
5. [Rhet-Tomb Mystic](/printing/rhet-tomb-mystic-drc.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird Wizard
6. [Nimble Obstructionist](/printing/nimble-obstructionist-hou.md) — Creature — Bird Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legions (LGN) #56
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** rk post
- **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: `legal`