---
name: "Alchemist's Greeting"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jakub Kasper"
oracle_id: "9aaf0df7-5e2d-4f49-a8cb-66523be15ad6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/alchemists-greeting-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Alchemist's Greeting
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Alchemist's Greeting deals 4 damage to target creature.
Madness {1}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

> *"인상적이군." —찬드라 날라르*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Explosive Shot](/printing/explosive-shot-tle.md) — Sorcery
2. [Violent Eruption](/printing/violent-eruption-c19.md) — Instant
3. [Fiery Temper](/printing/fiery-temper-inr.md) — Instant
4. [Cleansing Screech](/printing/cleansing-screech-plst.md) — Sorcery
5. [Kris Mage](/printing/kris-mage-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
6. [Acceptable Losses](/printing/acceptable-losses-ody.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #116
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jakub Kasper
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`