Alchemist's Retrieval
Innistrad: Double Feature 314 • common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Collector number
- 314
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- David Auden Nash
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
Cleave 1 generic mana blue mana (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.
To most, a terrifying apparition. To a necro-alchemist, a potent fuel source.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Alchemist's Retrieval was originally released in the 2021 set Innistrad: Crimson Vow as a common blue instant. This particular version belongs to the Innistrad: Double Feature set, a curated compilation released in 2022 that combined cards from the block's two expansions, Midnight Hunt and Crimson Vow. The set was designed with a distinct grayscale aesthetic, intended to evoke the feel of classic black-and-white horror cinema, providing a stylized, high-contrast look that differs significantly from the card's original colorized art.
The artwork for this piece captures the gothic, alchemical atmosphere of the Innistrad plane. Illustrators for the set were tasked with maintaining the moody, suspenseful tone of the setting while adapting to the monochrome treatment. The card itself serves as a functional utility spell, allowing players to bounce permanents to their owner's hand, a staple effect in blue magic that fits the flavor of an alchemist desperately recovering or salvaging their experimental components during the chaos of the set's narrative.
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