Aberrant Researcher // Perfected Form
Innistrad Remastered 52 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered
- Collector number
- 52
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Market price
- $0.17
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 Shadows over Innistrad set in 2016, later appearing in the 2025 Innistrad Remastered release as card number 52. The card reflects the set's central narrative themes of transformation and cosmic horror, depicting a Delver of Secrets-style evolution where a scholarly pursuit of forbidden knowledge leads to a monstrous physical transmutation.
The artwork for this double-faced card was created by illustrator Svetlin Velinov. His design emphasizes the tragic metamorphosis of the researcher, contrasting the intellectual focus of the front face with the alien, insectoid physiology of the transformed creature on the back. The piece was well-received for its effective visual storytelling, grounding the mechanical 'flip' mechanic in the thematic despair characteristic of the gothic Innistrad plane.
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