Distracted Botanist
Alchemy: Secrets of Strixhaven • rare
- Set
- Alchemy: Secrets of Strixhaven
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Michele Giorgi
What it does
Deathtouch
Lifelink
When this creature dies, permanent cards in your graveyard perpetually gain "When this permanent enters, you draw a card and gain 1 life."
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Where it came from
The Distracted Botanist was introduced as part of the Alchemy: Secrets of Strixhaven expansion for Magic: The Gathering Arena, released in December 2021. Alchemy is a digital-first format that utilizes mechanics specifically designed for the online environment, allowing for cards that can permanently alter their state or the state of other cards in ways that would be logistically difficult in traditional tabletop play.
The card features an illustration by the artist Colin Boyer, who captures the whimsical and studious atmosphere of the Strixhaven University setting. The design focuses on the flavor of a researcher so engrossed in their work that they lose track of their surroundings, a thematic hallmark of the Witherbloom college within the game. It was received as a niche utility card, intended to provide players with additional card advantage through its unique digital-only 'draft' mechanic.
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