Alchemist's Retrieval Price
3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2021
Alchemist's Retrieval has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2021 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is The List #VOW-47 at $0.12, while the most expensive is Innistrad: Double Feature #314 at $0.40 — about 3× more. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.17. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Innistrad: Double Feature.
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Every Alchemist's Retrieval Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The List #VOW-47 (C) Cheapest | 2024 | $0.12 | — |
| Innistrad: Crimson Vow #47 (C) | 2021 | $0.17 | — |
| Innistrad: Double Feature #314 (C) | 2022 | $0.40 | $0.03 |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
(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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
4 PrecedentsIf 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 , 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.