Chemister's Trick

set	min	mtgo
-	C$ 0.49	0.03 tix

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Name	Chemister's Trick
Type	Instant
Description	Target creature you don't control gets -2/-0 until end of turn and attacks this turn if able. Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
Artist	Christopher Moeller
Set	Return to Ravnica #149
Wallpaper	download
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About Chemister's Trick

Chemister's Trick, Instant, designed by Christopher Moeller first released in May, 2020 in the set Return to Ravnica. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of C$ 0.49.

This card, Chemister's Trick, would be beneficial in a tempo-based deck looking to disrupt the opponent's board while maintaining control. It can be particularly effective against aggressive strategies by forcing a key attacker to block or by neutralizing a threatening creature. However, in more competitive settings, cards like Izzet Charm or Electrolyze may offer more versatile options and efficiency, potentially overshadowing Chemister's Trick in deckbuilding decisions.

Rules

04/15/13

Because a spell with overload doesn’t target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.

04/15/13

Effects that cause you to pay more or less for a spell will cause you to pay that much more or less while casting it for its overload cost, too.

04/15/13

Overload doesn’t change when you can cast the spell.

10/01/12

If you cast Chemister’s Trick with overload, only creatures you don’t control that are on the battlefield when Chemister’s Trick resolves are affected. Creatures that come under another player’s control later in the turn are not.

10/01/12

If, during a player’s declare attacker’s step, a creature is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can’t attack, or hasn’t been under that player’s control continuously since the turn began (and doesn’t have haste), then it doesn’t attack. If there’s a cost associated with having a creature attack, the player isn’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either.

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