Research // Development (155)
DIS · Dissension · rare
| Mana cost | |
|---|---|
| Mana value | 7.0 |
| Type | Instant |
| Rarity | rare |
| Colors | R, U |
| EDHREC rank | 29606 |
Create a 3/1 red Elemental creature token unless any opponent has you draw a card. Repeat this process two more times.
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Price history
Latest prices
| Provider | Type | Normal | Foil | Etched | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tcgplayer | retail | $0.31 | $0.37 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardmarket | retail | $0.26 | $1.10 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardhoarder | retail | $0.02 | — | — | 2026-09-27 |
| manapool | retail | $0.18 | $0.36 | — | 2026-09-24 |
| cardkingdom | retail | $0.69 | $1.99 | — | 2026-09-24 |
| cardkingdom | buylist | $0.18 | $0.60 | — | 2026-09-24 |
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Legality
| Format | Status |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Penny | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Predh | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
Rulings
- 2006-05-01: Development's effect is repeated three times no matter which option the opponent chooses. The opponent may choose a different option each time. You'll wind up with three Elemental tokens, two tokens and a card, one token and two cards, or three cards, whichever your opponent chooses.
- 2006-05-01: In a multiplayer game, each opponent, in turn, has the option to let you draw a card. If no opponent does, you put a token onto the battlefield. Then the process repeats two more times. A different opponent may let you draw a card each time.
- 2009-10-01: The exile zone is a part of the game, so you can't get exiled cards.
- 2009-10-01: A card "from outside the game" may be a card from your collection or a card from your sideboard. In tournament play, you can't choose a card from your collection. The cards you choose don't all have to come from the same place.
- 2022-12-08: A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Assault // Battery has a mana value of 5 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Assault // Battery.
- 2022-12-08: If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast a sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Assault this way, but not Battery.
- 2022-12-08: If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half. For example, if you copy Assault, the copy is also Assault, not Battery.
- 2022-12-08: Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.
- 2022-12-08: Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.
- 2022-12-08: Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard, Assault // Battery counts once, not twice.
- 2022-12-08: To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of this split card.
Other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese Simplified | Research // Development |
| French | Research // Development |
| German | Research // Development |
| Italian | Research // Development |
| Japanese | Research // Development |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Research // Development |
| Russian | Research // Development |
| Spanish | Research // Development |