Mercurial Chemister

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Mercurial Chemister: Creature - Human Wizard, Commander 2020. U, Tap: Draw two cards. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
Blue and red (UR)
Power / toughness
2/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
221
Artist
Wesley Burt
Commander rank
15,863 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Mercurial Chemister

Mercurial Chemister is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and red creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 221 in that set, with art by Wesley Burt. It costs {3}{U}{R} (three generic, one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Return to Ravnica (2012) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{U}, {T}: Draw two cards.

{R}, {T}, 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."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Mercurial Chemister by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Mercurial Chemister

Mercurial Chemister has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #RTR-180Rare2021
Commander 2017 (C17) #180Rare2017
Return to Ravnica (RTR) #180Rare2012

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Mercurial Chemister, newest first.

  • 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 {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

Similar cards

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Mercurial Chemister is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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