Alchemist's Retrieval
Instant
Alchemist's Retrieval
Instant
Card 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.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 1
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #7,632
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (13)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) | #VOW-47 | common | en | David Auden Nash | $0.17 | — |
| Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) | #314 | common | en | David Auden Nash | $0.70 | $4.55 |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | en | David Auden Nash | $0.16 | $0.29 |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | de | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | es | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | fr | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | it | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | ja | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | ko | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | pt | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | ru | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | zhs | David Auden Nash | — | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) | #47 | common | zht | David Auden Nash | — | — |
Official Rulings (4)
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.
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.
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.
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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