---
name: "Alchemist's Retrieval"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Cleave"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "VOW-47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Auden Nash"
oracle_id: "8651da8e-9b2c-4530-a521-aea490ad88d4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/alchemists-retrieval-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Alchemist's Retrieval
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Cleave

## Oracle Text
Cleave {1}{U} (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.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Repeal](/printing/repeal-clu.md) — Instant
2. [Quicksilver Geyser](/printing/quicksilver-geyser-mbs.md) — Instant
3. [Disperse](/printing/disperse-mor.md) — Instant
4. [Rescue](/printing/rescue-dom.md) — Instant
5. [Regress](/printing/regress-roe.md) — Instant
6. [Vedalken Mastermind](/printing/vedalken-mastermind-plst.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #VOW-47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Auden Nash
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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