---
name: "Undead Alchemist"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "ISD"
set_name: "Innistrad"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michael C. Hayes"
oracle_id: "3807e6fe-0555-4b09-aef2-efd58abaf669"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/undead-alchemist-isd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Undead Alchemist
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/2
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
If a Zombie you control would deal combat damage to a player, instead that player mills that many cards.
Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from their library, exile that card and create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Necromancer's Assistant](/printing/necromancers-assistant-m15.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Undead Butler](/printing/undead-butler-dbl.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Geralf's Mindcrusher](/printing/geralfs-mindcrusher-scd.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
4. [Rotcrown Ghoul](/printing/rotcrown-ghoul-avr.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Lich Lord of Unx](/printing/lich-lord-of-unx-plst.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
6. [Stitcher's Supplier](/printing/stitchers-supplier-j22.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad (ISD) #84
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michael C. Hayes
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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