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Alchemist's Retrieval

Blue

3 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Alchemist's Retrieval, The List printing
The List PLST · No. VOW-47 2024-08-02

Card text

{U}
Instant
Cleave {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Return target nonland permanent [you control] to its owner's hand.
Keywords: Cleave
To most, a terrifying apparition. To a necro-alchemist, a potent fuel source.
EDHREC rank #9237 Common Not on the Reserved List
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The 3 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.

2021-11-19 · Wizards of the Coast

You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.

2021-11-19 · Wizards of the Coast

A cleave cost is an alternative cost that's paid instead of the spell's mana cost. Casting a spell for its cleave cost doesn't change the spell's mana value.

2021-11-19 · Wizards of the Coast

If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

2021-11-19 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Alchemist's Retrieval, Innistrad: Double Feature printing
Innistrad: Double Feature
DBL · #314
Common
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Face to Face Games · Condition LP
Alchemist's Retrieval, Innistrad: Crimson Vow printing
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
VOW · #47
Common
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Pandora's Boox · Condition LP