Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form
Innistrad Remastered 454 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 454
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. If an instant or sorcery card was milled this way, transform this creature. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
"Metamorphosis is a process."— Laboratory notes
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form was originally introduced in the 2016 Shadows over Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering, later appearing as part of the Innistrad Remastered set. The design reflects the gothic horror theme of the Innistrad plane, illustrating the tragic transformation of a scientist whose pursuit of forbidden knowledge leads to a monstrous physical mutation. The card utilizes the double-faced mechanic to represent the visceral shift from a human researcher into a winged aberration.
The artwork was commissioned from Nils Hamm, an illustrator known for his atmospheric and surreal style. Hamm emphasized the grotesque nature of the transformation, focusing on the distorted anatomy of the creature in its perfected form. The card was well-received by players for its thematic consistency with the set's central narrative of psychological and bodily horror, effectively capturing the aesthetic of a classic mad scientist trope through the lens of fantasy horror.
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