Battletide Alchemist

set	min	mtgo
-	18.88	0.02 tix

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Name	Battletide Alchemist
Type	Creature — kithkin cleric
Description	If a source would deal damage to a player, you may prevent X of that damage, where X is the number of Clerics you control.
Flavor	"I do not heal. Healing means that the pain has already been felt. To stop suffering, one must prevent the world's wounds altogether."
Artist	Steve Prescott
Set	Morningtide #2
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Battletide Alchemist

Battletide Alchemist, Creature — kithkin cleric, designed by Steve Prescott first released in Feb, 2008 in the set Morningtide. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 18.88.

A deck focused on clerics would benefit from including Battletide Alchemist, as it can help prevent damage to players based on the number of clerics controlled. While it can be a useful defensive option in certain situations, there are potentially better cards like Soul Warden or Soul's Attendant that provide more consistent and immediate value in cleric-based decks. Whether Battletide Alchemist should see play ultimately depends on the specific strategy and synergy of the deck it's included in.

Rules

04/01/08

If a source would deal damage to multiple players at the same time, you may prevent X damage that source would deal to each of those players. The choice for each player is made separately.

04/01/08

You count the number of Clerics you control at the time the damage would be dealt.

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