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◇ Catalog #VOW-47

Alchemist's Retrieval

plst·#VOW-47·common·nonfoil

Illus. David Auden Nash

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Aug '24

2 yr ago

Value

$0.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.12 · low $0.11

NM$0.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$0.11–$0.13modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.17low $0.12range 41.7%n 56

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,074 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.12

Gameplay

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.

To most, a terrifying apparition. To a necro-alchemist, a potent fuel source.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2021-11-19wotc

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.

2021-11-19wotc

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.

2021-11-19wotc

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

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.12 and $0.17 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PLST — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #VOW-47 of *The List*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 The List release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {U} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Cleave.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,074 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by David Auden Nash. Rarix catalogs 130 other cards credited to this artist.