Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
//
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Grave ResearcherPromo Pack
Creature — Troll Warlock // Sorcery
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Mana cost
{2}{B} // {B}
Power / toughness
3/3
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Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
//
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Format legality
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyLegal
Price history (USD · lowest price)
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About Grave Researcher
This page covers the promo pack printing of Grave Researcher (85p), a Black Creature — Troll Warlock // Sorcery from Promo Pack: Secrets of Strixhaven (PSOS). It is printed at Rare rarity. The one keyword in its text is Surveil. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 7 more formats.
We track no other printing of 85p in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.
The cheapest listing in the United States is US$1.86, level with TCGplayer's US$2.00 market price. Only one store has it in the United States, so the price is whatever that shop asks and there is no second quote to check it against.
It is trading at its 90-day high of US$2.00.
Promo Pack: Secrets of Strixhaven is a promo pack release, released April 2026. Grave Researcher has 1 other card in the database, listed further down the page.
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) // Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Grave Researcher (Promo Pack) 85p cost?
- The cheapest listing for Grave Researcher (85p) in the United States is US$1.86, from a marketplace rather than one of the stores we track. TCGplayer's market price is US$2.00.
- What set is Grave Researcher from?
- Grave Researcher is card 85p from Promo Pack: Secrets of Strixhaven (PSOS) in Magic: The Gathering. It is a rare Black creature.
- Where can I buy Grave Researcher?
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Card details
- Card number
- 85p
- Set
- Promo Pack: Secrets of Strixhaven (PSOS)
- Set type
- Promo Pack
- Released
- 24 April 2026
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Promo Pack
- Type line
- Creature — Troll Warlock // Sorcery
- Colour
- Black
- Colour identity
- Black
- Mana cost
- {2}{B} // {B}
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Finish
- Non-foil
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