Mercurial Chemister
Commander 2020 221 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Collector number
- 221
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Wesley Burt
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
blue mana, tap: Draw two cards.
red mana, tap, Discard a card: This creature deals damage to target creature equal to the discarded card's mana value.
What some see as "distracted" is really "fathoming the unfathomable."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Mercurial Chemister was first introduced in the Return to Ravnica expansion in 2012, designed to represent the chaotic and brilliant nature of the Izzet League, a guild defined by its affinity for red and blue mana. The card reflects the Izzet philosophy of invention through trial and error, offering players the ability to discard cards to draw new ones or to deal direct damage based on the converted mana cost of those discarded cards.
The artwork for this particular printing in Commander 2020 was illustrated by Chase Stone, who captured the quintessential Izzet aesthetic—a blend of frantic energy and intellectual preoccupation. By the time it was reprinted in the Commander 2020 set, the card had become a staple for players looking to emphasize card advantage and damage synergy in deck archetypes that thrive on graveyard interaction and spell-slinging mechanics.
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