Alchemist's Retrieval (Innistrad: Crimson Vow) - Gatherer

Alchemist's Retrieval

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Alchemist's Retrieval

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Cleave

(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.

Flavor Text:

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

Expansion:

Innistrad: Crimson Vow

Rarity:

Common

Card Number:

Artist:

David Auden Nash

Language:

English

Rulings

11/19/2021	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.
11/19/2021	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.
11/19/2021	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 , you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
11/19/2021	If an effect allows you to "cast a spell without paying its mana cost," you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.