Applied Researchers
Applied Researchers is an uncommon-rarity unit card from Riftbound's Vendetta set. It costs 4 Energy and has 4 Might. It belongs to the Mind domain. It has the Shurima tag. It has the Empower and Empowered keywords. It appears in 2.3% of tracked tournament decks whose legend can run it.
4 Energy | 4 Might | Unit | Mind | uncommon | Vendetta | Art: Polar Engine Studio
Rules Text
[Empower] 3 Energy (3 Energy: Empower me. Use only if not Empowered.) [Empowered] → Your spells cost 1 Energy Any Rune less, to a minimum of 1 Energy.
Keywords
Domain: Mind
Meta Statistics
Inclusion rate 2.3%. Win rate 48.6% across 46 decks with results.
Price
Market price $0.10 on TCGPlayer, updated Oct 5, 2026. Since Jul 26, 2026 its market price has ranged from $0.10 to $2.99. It is $0.10, down 33% from $0.15 30 days ago.
Tournament Decks
- Mel — Joshua Vallejo (7W-2L), CCS $25,000 Showdown Series Event - Riftbound Invitational Qualifier #5
- Ezreal — YBE Luddrox (7W-2L), NovaRiftbound's TCGArena Online $2K Showdown #3
- Lux — Team 8 (Alexander/Aaron Ramirez/John Lunasco) (6W-2L), Breach the Bay 2 Riftbound 15k Team Trios
- Viktor — victor yau (5W-5L), CCS $25,000 Showdown Series Event - Riftbound Invitational Qualifier #5
- Diana — Haste (4W-2L), Convergence #2
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