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◇ Catalog #47

Alchemist's Retrieval

vow·#47·common·nonfoil

Illus. David Auden Nash

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Nov '21

4 yr ago

Value

$0.26+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.27 · low $0.25

NM$0.26

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$0.24–$0.27modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.28low $0.03range 833.3%n 45

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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

Foil$0.32

Nonfoil$0.26

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 $0.26. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.28 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VOW — 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 #47 of *Innistrad: Crimson Vow*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2021 Innistrad: Crimson Vow 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.