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Mercurial Chemister
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2017C17 · #180
- Card type
- Creature — Human Wizard
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.27 € · 0.37 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Blue Red
Card text
, : Draw two cards. , , Discard a card: This creature deals damage to target creature equal to the discarded card's mana value.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Wesley Burt
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-08-25
Flavour text
What some see as "distracted" is really "fathoming the unfathomable."
Rulings
If the discarded card has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a land card, for example), its mana value is 0.
If the discarded card has in its mana cost, X is 0.
