Study
Land
This land enters tapped.: Add
or
.
,
: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #13090
Study draws you two cards for two mana at sorcery speed — efficient raw card draw with no upside beyond the numbers. It's a fine role-player in decks that need pure card advantage on the cheap, but it loses ground to cantrips with selection or instant-speed alternatives at the same price point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Study competes in a crowded two-mana draw slot against options that come with selection, recursion, or upside — it gets the job done but rarely earns a slot over Preordain or Night's Whisper in most builds. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal homes, but those formats demand velocity and interaction density that Study can't provide at sorcery speed. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: serviceable, but the format's lower power floor does make the raw two-for-one easier to justify in budget lists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Study sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for what the card actually does. Bulk stays bulk; there's no reason this climbs unless a combo or Commander printing creates specific demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.