Desperate Research vs Spoils of the Vault — MTG Card Comparison
Desperate Research
Choose a card name other than a basic land card name. Reveal the top seven cards of your library and put all of them with that name into your hand. Exile the rest.
Spoils of the Vault
Choose a card name. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with that name, then put that card into your hand. Exile all other cards revealed this way, and you lose 1 life for each of the exiled cards.
| Stat | Desperate Research | Spoils of the Vault |
|---|---|---|
| Mana Cost | {1}{B} | {B} |
| CMC | 2 | 1 |
| Type | Sorcery | Instant |
| Rarity | Rare | Rare |
| Set | Invasion | Ultimate Masters |
| Price (USD) | — | — |
| Standard | ✗ | ✗ |
| Modern | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pioneer | ✗ | ✗ |
| Legacy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vintage | ✓ | ✓ |
| Commander | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pauper | ✗ | ✗ |
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