Mercurial Chemister
Creature — Human Wizard
RTRReturn to Ravnica#180rare
Foil
What some see as "distracted" is really "fathoming the unfathomable."
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Wesley Burt
- Found in
- Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption · Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption Foil · 8 more
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 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+10.5%
$0.21
$0.03 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.40
$0.20 low$0.12 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.21as of 2026-07-12
+10.5%
H $0.21L $0.11since Feb 2024$0.03
$0.03
$0.000% · normal spread
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Foil
$0.40as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.69L $0.24since Feb 2024$0.20
$0.08
$0.12+60% · 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.