Forbidden Alchemy
Friday Night Magic 2012 7 • rare
- Set
- Friday Night Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 7
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback 6 generic mana black mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Forbidden Alchemy was originally introduced in the 2011 set Innistrad, designed to capture a gothic horror aesthetic. The Friday Night Magic version, released in 2012, serves as a promotional foil variant awarded to top-placing players at local game store tournaments. These versions are prized by collectors for their unique reflective card frame and the transition from standard set art to the specialized promotional design language of the era.
Artist Randy Gallegos illustrated this piece, focusing on the dark, alchemical transformation central to the card's mechanical function of filtering the deck. His work is known for atmospheric lighting and textural detail, which complements the somber, macabre tone Wizards of the Coast established for the Innistrad block. The design was received favorably by the Magic: The Gathering community, particularly among control players who valued the card's utility in the competitive meta-game.
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