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Stalked Researcher DSK 0073 · common

Stalked Researcher · {1}{U} · Creature — Human Wizard · Defender
Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, this creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. · Power / toughness: 3/3 · "Just a shadow. It's only a shadow. Please let it be a shadow."

Stalked Researcher · {1}{U} · Creature — Human Wizard · Defender Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, this creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. · Power / toughness: 3/3 · "Just a shadow. It's only a shadow. Please let it be a shadow."

Price
from $0.101 printing
Win rate
54.1% GIH 78,033 instances · Premier Draft
Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 42,233 wins in 78,033 card-in-hand instances.

68,247 distinct games · 22,235 distinct drafts · games recorded Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024.

17Lands file dated Oct 29, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

54.1%when drawn (GIH)

−0.4 pp vs 54.5% average · 78,033 instances

Premier Draft · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · average from 1,011,949 games

#159 of 261 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 6.6 on average (346,935 packs).

29 of 42 blue cards · 10 of 15 blue common cards.

Taken at pick9.252,557 picks
Makes the deck55.4%52,557 picks with known usage
When played53.6%154,460 matchesBenched 55.3%
113,346 matches
When drawn54.1%78,033 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 54.1% · 31,645 instances
● Drawn later 54.2% · 46,388 instances

In hand 54.1% · 78,033 instances
Unseen in deck 53.3% · 103,155 instances
+0.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with blue cards

Win rate when drawn54.1%78,033 instances29 of 42
Opening hand54.1%31,645 instances20 of 41
Drawn later54.2%46,388 instances32 of 42
In the deck53.7%181,192 instances25 of 43
Without seeing it53.3%103,155 instances14 of 43
Improvement when drawn+0.8 pp78,033 instances / 103,155 instances33 of 42
When benched55.3%113,346 matches2 of 43
Makes the deck55.4%52,557 picks with known usage27 of 43
Pick (last seen)6.6346,935 packs35 of 43
Taken at9.252,557 picks34 of 43

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Eerie Tempo WU55.7%29,036 instancesRooms UR54.5%11,113 instancesManifest Dread UG53.8%4,442 instancesEerie Control UB51.8%5,850 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.1% · 78,033 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Bottomless Pool // Locker Room+4.5 pp38,032 games with both in the deck · 9,688 both drawnShepherding Spirits+5.2 pp13,115 games with both in the deck · 2,941 both drawnTrapped in the Screen+3.4 pp38,963 games with both in the deck · 10,123 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 39% of 261 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

DSK 0073 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.10
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.12

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 19 packs (5.38%) · 48.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Collector BoosterTraditional foil commons100% per positionTraditional foil commons

Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Marta Nael, DSK 73 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Duskmourn: House of Horror · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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