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Chemister's Trick

{U}{R}

Instant

RTRReturn to Ravnica#149common
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 933
Illustrator
Christopher Moeller
Found in
Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption · Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption Foil · 8 more
Printings1
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
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Target creature you don't control gets -2/-0 until end of turn and attacks this turn if able. Overload {3}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Overload
Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+25.0%
$0.05
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.14
$0.09 low$0.01 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.05· across 1 printing

Rulings

7 · latest Jan 12, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    If you cast Chemister's Trick with overload, only creatures you don't control that are on the battlefield when Chemister's Trick resolves are affected. Creatures that come under another player's control later in the turn are not.

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    If, during a player's declare attacker's step, a creature is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under that player's control continuously since the turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack, the player isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    The controller of a creature that attacks if able still chooses which player or planeswalker it attacks.