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◇ Catalog #180

Mercurial Chemister

rtr·#180·rare·foil

Illus. Wesley Burt

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '12

14 yr ago

Value

$0.44+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.46 · low $0.41

NM$0.44

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.41–$0.46modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.70low $0.02range 3400.0%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,950 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.44

Nonfoil$0.18

Gameplay

Creature — Human Wizard

{U}, {T}: Draw two cards. {R}, {T}, Discard a card: This creature deals damage to target creature equal to the discarded card's mana value.

What some see as "distracted" is really "fathoming the unfathomable."

2/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 2

2012-10-01wotc

If the discarded card has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a land card, for example), its mana value is 0.

2012-10-01wotc

If the discarded card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.44. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.70 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RTR — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #180 of *Return to Ravnica*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2012 Return to Ravnica release.

Card type: Creature — Human Wizard, color identity red/blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{U}{R} (5 converted).

Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #14,950 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wesley Burt. Rarix catalogs 283 other cards credited to this artist.