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Magic · Archenemy: Nicol Bolas · #23 · Common

Compulsive Research

Magic card price for Compulsive Research: $0.20 market, from $0.05 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.20
−23.1% this week · −23.1% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day−13.0%
7 days−23.1%
30 days−23.1%
90 days−39.4%
1 year+66.7%
All time+100.0%

Sellers right now

$0.05lowest listing$6.99highest
Market price$0.20
Mid listing$0.27
Direct$0.10
30-day avg$0.25

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.20
Cardmarket$0.14 €0.12

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.1152-week low$0.4052-week high
In the range31%
All-time low$0.10
All-time high$0.40
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.08$0.20$0.31$0.43
$0.20
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Compulsive Research since February 2024, when it sold for $0.10. Today the market price is $0.20, up 100%. Across the past year it went +66.7%, with a low of $0.11 and a high of $0.40; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.40, still 100% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.05, and the 30-day average market price is $0.25.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.20$0.05$6.99−23.1%

The card in play

Type line
Sorcery
Rules text

Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless he or she discards a land card.

Flavor

"Four parts molten bronze, yes . . . one part frozen mercury, yes, yes . . . but then what?"

Other printings of Compulsive Research

13 more · $0.20 – $1.86
All printings
Compulsive Research (40), Ravnica: City of Guilds — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Compulsive Research Ravnica: City of Guilds · #40 $1.86 Compulsive Research (93), Conspiracy — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Compulsive Research Conspiracy · #93 $1.79 Compulsive Research (JP Alternate Art) (77), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price +1.3% 7d Compulsive Research (JP Alternate Art) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #77 $1.56 Compulsive Research (JP Alternate Art) (Foil Etched) (77), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price +3.4% 7d Compulsive Research (JP Alternate Art) (Foil Etched) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #77 $0.91 Compulsive Research (33), Modern Masters 2017 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Compulsive Research Modern Masters 2017 · #33 $0.57

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