Mercurial Chemister
Creature — Human Wizard
C17Commander 2017#180rare
What some see as "distracted" is really "fathoming the unfathomable."
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster
- Illustrator
- Wesley Burt
- Found in
- Commander 2017 Commander Deck Arcane Wizardry
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
, 
: Draw two cards.
, , Discard a card: This creature deals damage to target creature equal to the discarded card's mana value.Plays as: Card Draw · Discard Outlet
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+4.8%
$0.22
$0.07 low$0.04 gap
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Nonfoil
$0.22as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.22L $0.11since Feb 2024$0.07
$0.03
$0.04+57% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.12· across 4 printings
Rulings
2 · latest Oct 1, 2012 · one tap opens all
- WotCOct 1, 2012
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.
- WotCOct 1, 2012
If the discarded card has
in its mana cost, X is 0.