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Magic · Ravnica: City of Guilds · #40 · Common

Compulsive Research

Magic card price for Compulsive Research: $1.86 market, from $0.20 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$1.86
0.0% this week · −6.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days0.0%
30 days−6.5%
90 days−0.5%
1 year+21.6%
All time−39.4%

Sellers right now

$0.20lowest listing$33.59highest
Market price$1.86
Mid listing$1.30
Direct$3.19
30-day avg$1.85

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$1.86
Cardmarket$0.93 €0.83

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

One year

$1.4952-week low$1.9952-week high
In the range74%
All-time low$0.42
All-time high$3.07
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$1.46$1.65$1.85$2.04
$1.86
Oct 2025Feb 2026Jun 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

We have tracked Compulsive Research (Foil) since February 2024, when it sold for $3.07. Today the market price is $1.86, down 39.4%. Across the past year it went +21.6%, with a low of $1.49 and a high of $1.99; today it sits in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $3.07, still 65.1% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.20, and the 30-day average market price is $1.85.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$1.86$0.20$33.590.0%
Normal$0.21$0.04$8.00−4.6%

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 (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 Compulsive Research (Foil Etched) (14), Strixhaven: Mystical Archive — Magic card price −1.9% 7d Compulsive Research (Foil Etched) Strixhaven: Mystical Archive · #14 $0.52

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