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Alchemist's Retrieval

{U}

Instant

PLSTThe List#VOW-47common

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

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Illustrator
David Auden Nash
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
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.
Cleave
Plays as:
BounceSpot Removal
Market · per finishtrend updated 6h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.12· across 3 printings· you're viewing it

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$0.120.0%30D
30D flat at$0.12Since Sep 2024:H $0.29L $0.11

Other printings

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Found in

1 productRounded odds
  • Mystery Booster 2 Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $14.58

    Nonfoil under 1%

Rulings

4 · latest Nov 19, 2021
  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    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.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    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.

  • WotCNov 19, 2021

    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.