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Innistrad: Crimson Vow

Alchemist's Retrieval

Instant

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

Color profile

Color identity

  • Blue

Format check

Legality

TLR
Duel
Brawl
Penny
PreDH
Future
Legacy
Modern
Pauper
Alchemy
Pioneer
Vintage
Historic
Standard
Timeless
Commander
Gladiator
Old School
Premodern
Oathbreaker
Standard Brawl
Pauper Commander
Competitive Brawl

Official notes

Rulings

4
  1. Wizards of the Coast

    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.

  2. Wizards of the Coast

    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.

  3. Wizards of the Coast

    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 {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.

  4. Wizards of the Coast

    If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

Public deck signals

Often played with

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Cards found together in sampled public decks. Lands are excluded and different printings count as one card. This suggests shared play, not a proven combo.

No sampled co-occurrences found

No other nonland cards were found alongside this card in the sampled public decks.

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Other printings

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