Alchemist's Retrieval
~$0.12 low · ~$4.18 high
Blue. Instant
Innistrad: Double Feature #314 · Illustrated by David Auden Nash
Innistrad: Double Feature #314 · Illustrated by David Auden NashWhat is Alchemist's Retrieval worth?
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Oracle text
Cleave 
(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.
To most, a terrifying apparition. To a necro-alchemist, a potent fuel source.
Format legality
All 3 printings of Alchemist's Retrieval
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The List plst #VOW-47· 2024common· Cardmarket €0.10 | common | $0.12 | No foil printing | €0.10 | |
 Innistrad: Double Feature dbl #314· 2022common· Cardmarket €0.11 · €2.99 foil | common | $0.39 | $4.18 | €0.11€2.99 foil | |
 Innistrad: Crimson Vow vow #47· 2021common· Cardmarket €0.16 · €0.25 foil | common | $0.17 | $0.25 | €0.16€0.25 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2021
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #9,103 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Cleave
- Artist
- David Auden Nash
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Innistrad: Double Feature card (#314).
314 · DBL · C · EN
- 314Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- DBLSet code for Innistrad: Double Feature
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (4)
2021-11-19
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
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
, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.2021-11-19
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
If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.
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