---
name: "Distracted Botanist"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Frog Druid"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Lifelink", "Deathtouch"]
set: "YSOS"
set_name: "Alchemy: Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "17"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michele Giorgi"
oracle_id: "c32fb920-81e9-4020-8a05-cf028df2a7af"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/distracted-botanist-ysos"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Distracted Botanist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Frog Druid
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Lifelink, Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
Lifelink
When this creature dies, permanent cards in your graveyard perpetually gain "When this permanent enters, you draw a card and gain 1 life."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spore Crawler](/printing/spore-crawler-vow.md) — Creature — Fungus
2. [Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist](/printing/arnyn-deathbloom-botanist-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire Druid
3. [Essenceknit Scholar](/printing/essenceknit-scholar-sos.md) — Creature — Dryad Warlock
4. [Moldervine Reclamation](/printing/moldervine-reclamation-onc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Exultant Cultist](/printing/exultant-cultist-sir.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Tomebound Lich](/printing/tomebound-lich-m20.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Secrets of Strixhaven (YSOS) #17
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michele Giorgi

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