Rattleback Apothecary
Rattleback Apothecary: Creature - Gorgon Warlock, Outlaws of Thunder Junction. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Gorgon Warlock
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 100
- Artist
- Loïc Canavaggia
- Keywords
- Deathtouch
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About Rattleback Apothecary
Rattleback Apothecary is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), an expansion set released in April 2024. It is collector number 100 in that set, with art by Loïc Canavaggia. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Outlaws of Thunder Junction is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Deathtouch
Whenever you commit a crime, target creature you control gains your choice of menace or lifelink until end of turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
"Looking for a little liquid courage? I also stock liquid murder, if that's what you're after."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.19 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Rattleback Apothecary by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Rattleback Apothecary, newest first.
- The spell or ability that constituted a crime doesn’t have to have resolved yet or at all. As soon as you’re finished casting the spell, activating the ability, or putting the triggered ability on the stack, you’ve committed a crime.
- A player can commit only one crime per spell or ability they control. Targeting multiple opponents, permanents, spells, abilities, and/or cards with the same spell or ability doesn’t constitute committing multiple crimes.
- Changing the target or targets of a spell or ability won’t affect whether or not the controller of that spell or ability has committed a crime. Only the initial targets chosen for that spell or ability are used to determine whether or not its controller committed a crime.
- A player commits a crime as they cast a spell, activate an ability, or put a triggered ability on the stack that targets at least one opponent, at least one permanent, spell, or ability an opponent controls, and/or at least one card in an opponent’s graveyard.
- For example, an ability that triggers when you cast a spell that targets an opponent will trigger at the same time as an ability that triggers whenever you commit a crime. Those abilities can be put on the stack in either order (if you control them both), and they’ll both resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
- You choose which ability the target creature gets as Rattleback Apothecary’s triggered ability resolves.
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