Art by Andreas Zafiratos
Melek, Reforged Researcher
Legendary Creature — Weird Detective
Melek's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast.
Average Card Type Breakdown
Average Mana Curve
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Most Played With Melek, Reforged Researcher (187)
Arcane Signet
85% of decks · $0.49
Sol Ring
71% of decks · $1.38
Izzet Signet
67% of decks · $0.23
Talisman of Creativity
62% of decks · $0.52
Soul's Fire
49% of decks · $0.27
Mystic Retrieval
49% of decks · $0.21
Blasphemous Act
48% of decks · $0.88
Storm-Kiln Artist
48% of decks · $1.70
Rewind
48% of decks · $0.46
Unwind
46% of decks · $1.61
Archmage Emeritus
43% of decks · $0.57
Haughty Djinn
43% of decks · $0.33
Pirate's Pillage
43% of decks · $1.73
Practical Research
43% of decks · $0.30
Chaos Warp
42% of decks
Fellwar Stone
41% of decks
Lórien Revealed
40% of decks · $5.68
Consider
37% of decks · $0.34
Chemister's Insight
36% of decks · $0.11
Kazuul's Fury
36% of decks
Goblin Electromancer
36% of decks · $0.29
Temur Battle Rage
36% of decks · $0.25
Artful Dodge
36% of decks · $0.50
Silundi Vision
36% of decks
Sublime Epiphany
36% of decks · $0.35
Bender's Waterskin
34% of decks · $0.89
Mana Geyser
33% of decks · $1.24
Swiftfoot Boots
33% of decks
Resonating Lute
32% of decks · $1.18
Aetherspouts
32% of decks · $0.78
Immolating Gyre
30% of decks · $3.36
Opt
29% of decks · $0.27
Counterspell
28% of decks · $4.28
Thought Vessel
28% of decks
Pull from Tomorrow
28% of decks · $0.33
Vandalblast
28% of decks · $1.70
Deep Analysis
28% of decks · $0.23
Negate
27% of decks · $0.24
Pinnacle Monk
27% of decks
Windfall
27% of decks · $6.02
Mizzix's Mastery
27% of decks · $8.33
Seize the Spoils
26% of decks · $0.26
Crackling Drake
26% of decks · $0.18
Guttersnipe
26% of decks · $0.50
Tablet of Discovery
26% of decks · $1.69
Enter the Enigma
26% of decks · $0.30
Rapturous Moment
26% of decks · $0.25
Stormcatch Mentor
25% of decks · $0.33
Ponder
25% of decks · $3.58
Talrand, Sky Summoner
25% of decks · $1.82
Thrill of Possibility
24% of decks · $0.29
Wavebreak Hippocamp
24% of decks · $0.77
Sundering Eruption
24% of decks
Access Denied
23% of decks · $2.24
Behold the Multiverse
23% of decks · $0.27
Brainstorm
23% of decks · $0.57
Sky Diamond
23% of decks · $0.25
Drown in Dreams
23% of decks · $1.30
Rain of Revelation
23% of decks · $0.21
Ill-Timed Explosion
23% of decks · $0.34
Preordain
22% of decks · $0.87
Archmage of Runes
22% of decks · $3.67
Sink into Stupor
22% of decks
Fling
21% of decks · $0.32
Mind Stone
21% of decks
Pore Over the Pages
21% of decks · $0.19
Cosmic Epiphany
21% of decks · $0.22
Double Vision
21% of decks · $0.72
Young Pyromancer
20% of decks · $0.31
Fire Diamond
20% of decks · $0.39
Baral, Chief of Compliance
20% of decks · $4.76
Demand Answers
19% of decks · $0.63
Prismari Command
19% of decks · $0.32
Confounding Riddle
19% of decks · $0.31
Decaying Time Loop
19% of decks · $0.38
Soul Immolation
19% of decks · $2.66
Arcane Denial
18% of decks · $2.03
Cyclonic Rift
18% of decks · $39.16
Wayfarer's Bauble
18% of decks · $5.61
Bolt Bend
18% of decks · $5.18
Evacuation
18% of decks · $0.29
Thought Scour
17% of decks · $0.61
Traumatize
17% of decks · $4.05
Pirate's Prize
17% of decks · $0.19
Traumatic Critique
17% of decks · $0.74
Lightning Greaves
17% of decks · $4.00
Slip Through Space
17% of decks · $0.37
Abrade
16% of decks · $0.32
Curse of the Swine
16% of decks · $0.30
Gandalf's Sanction
16% of decks · $0.19
Enigma Drake
16% of decks · $0.11
Bond of Insight
16% of decks · $0.22
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16% of decks · $3.16
Past in Flames
15% of decks · $3.96
Propaganda
15% of decks · $2.22
Return the Favor
15% of decks · $1.08
Seething Song
15% of decks · $11.52
Third Path Iconoclast
15% of decks · $0.37
Snap
15% of decks · $3.97
Spellheart Chimera
15% of decks · $0.24
Experimental Overload
15% of decks · $0.22
Pongify
15% of decks · $3.12
Izzet Charm
15% of decks · $0.22
Sonic Screwdriver
14% of decks · $3.28
Inspired Tinkering
14% of decks · $1.33
Solve the Equation
14% of decks · $4.51
Three Steps Ahead
14% of decks · $5.94
Jeska's Will
14% of decks · $41.42
The Emperor of Palamecia
14% of decks
Case of the Ransacked Lab
14% of decks · $0.55
Waltz of Rage
14% of decks · $0.30
Run for Your Life
14% of decks · $0.31
Cut Your Losses
14% of decks · $1.64
Lightning Bolt
14% of decks · $0.87
Chain Reaction
14% of decks · $0.30
Sea Gate Restoration
13% of decks
Eject
13% of decks · $0.21
Hydroelectric Specimen
13% of decks
Summons of Saruman
13% of decks · $0.38
Commander's Sphere
13% of decks · $0.34
Seize the Storm
13% of decks · $0.23
Untimely Malfunction
13% of decks · $9.10
Melek, Izzet Paragon
12% of decks · $0.26
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
12% of decks · $5.18
Reality Shift
12% of decks · $0.35
Valakut Awakening
12% of decks
Mystical Tutor
12% of decks · $19.16
Shark Typhoon
12% of decks · $0.30
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
12% of decks · $9.66
Sanar, Unfinished Genius
12% of decks
Sokka's Haiku
12% of decks · $0.25
Thunderclap Drake
12% of decks · $0.77
Nibelheim Aflame
12% of decks · $3.72
Ashling, Rekindled
11% of decks
Expressive Iteration
11% of decks · $0.30
Mindsplice Apparatus
11% of decks · $1.17
Winged Boots
11% of decks · $7.88
Wizards of Thay
11% of decks · $1.37
Epic Experiment
11% of decks · $0.26
Inspiration from Beyond
10% of decks · $0.25
Rhystic Study
10% of decks · $69.59
Pym Particles
10% of decks · $0.31
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
9% of decks · $0.35
Hit the Mother Lode
9% of decks · $1.38
Steal the Show
9% of decks · $0.26
Murmuring Mystic
9% of decks · $1.77
Millikin
9% of decks · $0.34
Exhibition Tidecaller
9% of decks · $0.44
Treasure Cruise
9% of decks · $0.34
Sapphire Medallion
9% of decks · $8.55
Deranged Assistant
9% of decks · $0.28
Brass's Bounty
9% of decks · $0.56
Rite of the Dragoncaller
8% of decks · $3.80
Wash Out
8% of decks · $0.39
Whispersilk Cloak
8% of decks · $2.22
Decanter of Endless Water
8% of decks · $5.27
The Dawning Archaic
8% of decks · $0.91
Crash Through
8% of decks · $0.16
Thousand-Year Storm
8% of decks · $1.09
Primal Amulet
8% of decks
Baral and Kari Zev
8% of decks · $0.29
Fiery Inscription
7% of decks · $0.42
Glamdring
7% of decks · $2.75
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
7% of decks · $0.25
Cursed Mirror
7% of decks · $0.30
Star Compass
7% of decks · $0.49
Dragon's Rage Channeler
7% of decks · $1.65
Metallurgic Summonings
7% of decks · $2.36
Runechanter's Pike
7% of decks · $0.35
Eris, Roar of the Storm
7% of decks · $3.56
Leyline of Anticipation
7% of decks · $5.55
Alania, Divergent Storm
7% of decks · $0.39
Search for Azcanta
6% of decks
Mystic Remora
6% of decks · $15.08
Abstract Paintmage
6% of decks · $0.28
Coruscation Mage
6% of decks · $1.61
Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch
6% of decks
Chandra, Hope's Beacon
6% of decks · $3.02
Ruby Medallion
6% of decks · $14.49
Rielle, the Everwise
6% of decks · $3.99
Mocking Sprite
5% of decks · $0.32
Pyromancer's Goggles
5% of decks · $0.47
Aqueous Form
5% of decks · $0.29
Ral, Crackling Wit
5% of decks · $10.80
Dirgur Focusmage
5% of decks
Dragonfly Swarm
5% of decks · $0.17
Shadowspear
5% of decks · $30.19
New Cards
Glamdring, Foe-hammer
19% of decks
Confusticate and Bebother
9% of decks · $0.15
Geist of Saint Thalia
6% of decks · $0.74
Plunder the Trollshaws
5% of decks · $0.18
Thranduil's Decree
5% of decks · $0.19
Creatures (42)
Storm-Kiln Artist
48% of decks · $1.70
Archmage Emeritus
43% of decks · $0.57
Haughty Djinn
43% of decks · $0.33
Goblin Electromancer
36% of decks · $0.29
Pinnacle Monk
27% of decks
Crackling Drake
26% of decks · $0.18
Guttersnipe
26% of decks · $0.50
Stormcatch Mentor
25% of decks · $0.33
Talrand, Sky Summoner
25% of decks · $1.82
Wavebreak Hippocamp
24% of decks · $0.77
Archmage of Runes
22% of decks · $3.67
Young Pyromancer
20% of decks · $0.31
Baral, Chief of Compliance
20% of decks · $4.76
Enigma Drake
16% of decks · $0.11
Third Path Iconoclast
15% of decks · $0.37
Spellheart Chimera
15% of decks · $0.24
The Emperor of Palamecia
14% of decks
Hydroelectric Specimen
13% of decks
Melek, Izzet Paragon
12% of decks · $0.26
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
12% of decks · $5.18
Sanar, Unfinished Genius
12% of decks
Thunderclap Drake
12% of decks · $0.77
Ashling, Rekindled
11% of decks
Wizards of Thay
11% of decks · $1.37
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
9% of decks · $0.35
Murmuring Mystic
9% of decks · $1.77
Millikin
9% of decks · $0.34
Exhibition Tidecaller
9% of decks · $0.44
Deranged Assistant
9% of decks · $0.28
The Dawning Archaic
8% of decks · $0.91
Baral and Kari Zev
8% of decks · $0.29
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
7% of decks · $0.25
Dragon's Rage Channeler
7% of decks · $1.65
Eris, Roar of the Storm
7% of decks · $3.56
Alania, Divergent Storm
7% of decks · $0.39
Abstract Paintmage
6% of decks · $0.28
Coruscation Mage
6% of decks · $1.61
Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch
6% of decks
Rielle, the Everwise
6% of decks · $3.99
Mocking Sprite
5% of decks · $0.32
Dirgur Focusmage
5% of decks
Dragonfly Swarm
5% of decks · $0.17
Instants (50)
Soul's Fire
49% of decks · $0.27
Rewind
48% of decks · $0.46
Unwind
46% of decks · $1.61
Practical Research
43% of decks · $0.30
Chaos Warp
42% of decks
Consider
37% of decks · $0.34
Chemister's Insight
36% of decks · $0.11
Kazuul's Fury
36% of decks
Temur Battle Rage
36% of decks · $0.25
Silundi Vision
36% of decks
Sublime Epiphany
36% of decks · $0.35
Aetherspouts
32% of decks · $0.78
Opt
29% of decks · $0.27
Counterspell
28% of decks · $4.28
Pull from Tomorrow
28% of decks · $0.33
Negate
27% of decks · $0.24
Thrill of Possibility
24% of decks · $0.29
Access Denied
23% of decks · $2.24
Behold the Multiverse
23% of decks · $0.27
Brainstorm
23% of decks · $0.57
Drown in Dreams
23% of decks · $1.30
Rain of Revelation
23% of decks · $0.21
Sink into Stupor
22% of decks
Fling
21% of decks · $0.32
Demand Answers
19% of decks · $0.63
Prismari Command
19% of decks · $0.32
Confounding Riddle
19% of decks · $0.31
Decaying Time Loop
19% of decks · $0.38
Arcane Denial
18% of decks · $2.03
Cyclonic Rift
18% of decks · $39.16
Bolt Bend
18% of decks · $5.18
Evacuation
18% of decks · $0.29
Thought Scour
17% of decks · $0.61
Traumatic Critique
17% of decks · $0.74
Abrade
16% of decks · $0.32
An Offer You Can't Refuse
16% of decks · $3.16
Return the Favor
15% of decks · $1.08
Seething Song
15% of decks · $11.52
Snap
15% of decks · $3.97
Pongify
15% of decks · $3.12
Izzet Charm
15% of decks · $0.22
Three Steps Ahead
14% of decks · $5.94
Run for Your Life
14% of decks · $0.31
Lightning Bolt
14% of decks · $0.87
Eject
13% of decks · $0.21
Untimely Malfunction
13% of decks · $9.10
Reality Shift
12% of decks · $0.35
Valakut Awakening
12% of decks
Mystical Tutor
12% of decks · $19.16
Sokka's Haiku
12% of decks · $0.25
Sorceries (50)
Mystic Retrieval
49% of decks · $0.21
Blasphemous Act
48% of decks · $0.88
Pirate's Pillage
43% of decks · $1.73
Lórien Revealed
40% of decks · $5.68
Artful Dodge
36% of decks · $0.50
Mana Geyser
33% of decks · $1.24
Immolating Gyre
30% of decks · $3.36
Vandalblast
28% of decks · $1.70
Deep Analysis
28% of decks · $0.23
Windfall
27% of decks · $6.02
Mizzix's Mastery
27% of decks · $8.33
Seize the Spoils
26% of decks · $0.26
Enter the Enigma
26% of decks · $0.30
Rapturous Moment
26% of decks · $0.25
Ponder
25% of decks · $3.58
Sundering Eruption
24% of decks
Ill-Timed Explosion
23% of decks · $0.34
Preordain
22% of decks · $0.87
Pore Over the Pages
21% of decks · $0.19
Cosmic Epiphany
21% of decks · $0.22
Soul Immolation
19% of decks · $2.66
Traumatize
17% of decks · $4.05
Pirate's Prize
17% of decks · $0.19
Slip Through Space
17% of decks · $0.37
Curse of the Swine
16% of decks · $0.30
Gandalf's Sanction
16% of decks · $0.19
Bond of Insight
16% of decks · $0.22
Past in Flames
15% of decks · $3.96
Experimental Overload
15% of decks · $0.22
Inspired Tinkering
14% of decks · $1.33
Solve the Equation
14% of decks · $4.51
Jeska's Will
14% of decks · $41.42
Waltz of Rage
14% of decks · $0.30
Cut Your Losses
14% of decks · $1.64
Chain Reaction
14% of decks · $0.30
Sea Gate Restoration
13% of decks
Summons of Saruman
13% of decks · $0.38
Seize the Storm
13% of decks · $0.23
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
12% of decks · $9.66
Nibelheim Aflame
12% of decks · $3.72
Expressive Iteration
11% of decks · $0.30
Epic Experiment
11% of decks · $0.26
Inspiration from Beyond
10% of decks · $0.25
Pym Particles
10% of decks · $0.31
Hit the Mother Lode
9% of decks · $1.38
Steal the Show
9% of decks · $0.26
Treasure Cruise
9% of decks · $0.34
Brass's Bounty
9% of decks · $0.56
Wash Out
8% of decks · $0.39
Crash Through
8% of decks · $0.16
Utility Artifacts (12)
Swiftfoot Boots
33% of decks
Wayfarer's Bauble
18% of decks · $5.61
Lightning Greaves
17% of decks · $4.00
Mindsplice Apparatus
11% of decks · $1.17
Winged Boots
11% of decks · $7.88
Sapphire Medallion
9% of decks · $8.55
Whispersilk Cloak
8% of decks · $2.22
Primal Amulet
8% of decks
Glamdring
7% of decks · $2.75
Runechanter's Pike
7% of decks · $0.35
Ruby Medallion
6% of decks · $14.49
Shadowspear
5% of decks · $30.19
Mana Artifacts (18)
Arcane Signet
85% of decks · $0.49
Sol Ring
71% of decks · $1.38
Izzet Signet
67% of decks · $0.23
Talisman of Creativity
62% of decks · $0.52
Fellwar Stone
41% of decks
Bender's Waterskin
34% of decks · $0.89
Resonating Lute
32% of decks · $1.18
Thought Vessel
28% of decks
Tablet of Discovery
26% of decks · $1.69
Sky Diamond
23% of decks · $0.25
Mind Stone
21% of decks
Fire Diamond
20% of decks · $0.39
Sonic Screwdriver
14% of decks · $3.28
Commander's Sphere
13% of decks · $0.34
Decanter of Endless Water
8% of decks · $5.27
Cursed Mirror
7% of decks · $0.30
Star Compass
7% of decks · $0.49
Pyromancer's Goggles
5% of decks · $0.47
Enchantments (13)
Double Vision
21% of decks · $0.72
Propaganda
15% of decks · $2.22
Case of the Ransacked Lab
14% of decks · $0.55
Shark Typhoon
12% of decks · $0.30
Rhystic Study
10% of decks · $69.59
Rite of the Dragoncaller
8% of decks · $3.80
Thousand-Year Storm
8% of decks · $1.09
Fiery Inscription
7% of decks · $0.42
Metallurgic Summonings
7% of decks · $2.36
Leyline of Anticipation
7% of decks · $5.55
Search for Azcanta
6% of decks
Mystic Remora
6% of decks · $15.08
Aqueous Form
5% of decks · $0.29
Planeswalkers (2)
Chandra, Hope's Beacon
6% of decks · $3.02
Ral, Crackling Wit
5% of decks · $10.80
Utility Lands (13)
Rogue's Passage
57% of decks
Mystic Sanctuary
42% of decks
Reliquary Tower
35% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
14% of decks
Desolate Lighthouse
13% of decks
Mistrise Village
11% of decks
Arena of Glory
10% of decks
Witch's Clinic
10% of decks
Cephalid Coliseum
9% of decks
Agna Qel'a
6% of decks
Command Beacon
6% of decks
Castle Vantress
6% of decks
Temple of the False God
5% of decks
Lands (47)
Island
98% of decks
Mountain
98% of decks
Command Tower
86% of decks
Sulfur Falls
75% of decks
Shivan Reef
65% of decks
Frostboil Snarl
55% of decks
Cascade Bluffs
52% of decks
Izzet Boilerworks
51% of decks
Stormcarved Coast
50% of decks
Steam Vents
44% of decks
Temple of Epiphany
37% of decks
Kazuul's Fury
36% of decks
Training Center
36% of decks
Silundi Vision
36% of decks
Thundering Falls
33% of decks
Ferrous Lake
31% of decks
Exotic Orchard
30% of decks
Pinnacle Monk
27% of decks
Riverglide Pathway
24% of decks
Scalding Tarn
24% of decks
Sundering Eruption
24% of decks
Fiery Islet
22% of decks
Sink into Stupor
22% of decks
Riverpyre Verge
19% of decks
Myriad Landscape
19% of decks
Scorched Geyser
19% of decks
Turbulent Springs
16% of decks
Swiftwater Cliffs
15% of decks
Spirebluff Canal
14% of decks
Sea Gate Restoration
13% of decks
Hydroelectric Specimen
13% of decks
Valakut Awakening
12% of decks
Evolving Wilds
12% of decks
Molten Tributary
10% of decks
Volcanic Island
9% of decks
Jwari Disruption
9% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
8% of decks
Fabled Passage
8% of decks
Izzet Guildgate
8% of decks
Coastal Peak
8% of decks
Path of Ancestry
7% of decks
Rush of Inspiration
7% of decks
Shatterskull Smashing
7% of decks
Silverbluff Bridge
6% of decks
Eroded Canyon
6% of decks
Flooded Strand
5% of decks
Polluted Delta
5% of decks
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