Alchemy: Eldraine

Alchemy: Eldraine

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***Alchemy: Eldraine*** is a *MTG Arena*-exclusive card set in the Alchemy-series that was released on October 10, 2023.

## Description

*Alchemy: Eldraine* is a digital only release adjacent to the release of *Wilds of Eldraine*. There are 30 new designed-for-digital cards included in the set (10 uncommons, 15 rares, 5 mythic rares). All of the cards are set on Eldraine.

## Mechanics

The digital-only mechanics **Conjure**, **Double team**, **Perpetually**, **Seek** and **Spellbook** are reused. From the main set, **Bargain**, **Celebration** and the **Wicked Role** are used.

Drover of the Swine, Porcine Portent and Swine Rebellion are the first cards to share a spellbook, and introduce named spellbooks.

The set re-introduces **Fetch counters** for the first time since *Commander 2020*. Boons are modified so they can be used multiple times and the previously existing versions are re-titled "One-time boon". *Alchemy: Eldraine* doesn't make use of this new format but does contain the first instances of one-time boons.

### List of exclusive digital only cards

White
* Cerise, Slayer of Fear
* Dedicated Dollmaker

Blue
* The Conundrum of Bowls
* Paths of Tuinvale
* Talion's Throneguard
* Tome of Gadwick

Black
* Dunbarrow Revivalist
* Underbridge Warlock

Red
* Draconic Debut
* Heir to Dragonfire
* Overcooked
* Victory of the Pyrohammer

Green
* A Golden Opportunity
* Hex, Kellan's Companion
* Swine Rebellion

Adventures
* Accident-Prone Apprentice // Amphibian Accident
* Porcine Portent // Lend a Ham
* Stormkeld Curator // Giant Secrets
* Steady Tortoise // Harried Dash

Multicolor
* Drover of the Swine
* First Little Pig
* Grow Old Together
* High Fae Prankster
* Jewel Mine Overseer
* Outfitted Jouster
* Second Little Pig
* Syr Joshua and Syr Saxon
* Third Little Pig

Colorless
* Captivating Crossroads
* Loch Larent

### List of cards that can be conjured

* () Porcine Portent conjures from the Three Pigs spellbook.
* () Giants Secrets conjures X cards at random from its spellbook.
* () Tome of Gadwick conjures a card at random from its spellbook.
* () Overcooked conjures Food Fight.
* () A Golden Opportunity conjures Gilded Goose and Golden Egg.
* () Swine Rebellion conjures from the Three Pigs spellbook.
* () Outfitted Jouster conjures Steelclaw Lance and Brawler's Plate.
* () Jewel Mine Overseer conjures seven copies of Seven Dwarves.
* () Drover of the Swine conjures from the Three Pigs spellbook.

### List of cards in Spellbooks

#### Giant Secrets

* All that Glitters
* Ethereal Armor
* Curiosity
* Staggering Insight
* On Serra's Wings
* Curator's Ward
* Celestial Mantle
* Metamorphic Alteration
* Aether Tunnel
* Face of Divinity
* Rousing Read
* Take Flight
* Knightly Valor

#### Three Pigs

Used by Drover of the Swine, Porcine Portent and Swine Rebellion.

* First Little Pig
* Second Little Pig
* Third Little Pig

#### Tome of Gadwick

* Brainstorm
* Ponder
* Obsessive Search
* Consider
* Sleight of Hand
* Preordain
* Opt
* Peek
* Thought Scour
* Piece it Together
* Serum Visions
* Quicken

## Notable cards

### Misprints

* Outfitted Jouster was originally released with the type line "Creature — Knight". It was changed to "Creature — Human Knight" with the release of *The Lost Caverns of Ixalan*.

## Trivia

* The Three Pigs spellbook is the smallest spellbook at just three cards.
* Grow Old Together is a follow up to the events depicted in Run Away Together.
* Outfitted Jouster is depicted wearing the Brawler's Plate and wielding a Steelclaw Lance.
* The Conundrum of Bowls references the fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and is a callback to the first animated short for *Throne of Eldraine*.
* A Golden Opportunity references the fable of The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs.
* Accident-Prone Apprentice references the poem of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
* The several cards depicting the three pigs reference the fable of The Three Little Pigs and the nursery rhyme of This Little Pig Went to Market.
* Steady Tortoise // Harried Dash references the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare.

## References

1. ↑ Expansion symbol
2. ↑ Scryfall set list
3. ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (July 28, 2023). "A First Look at Wilds of Eldraine". *magicthegathering.com*. Wizards of the Coast.
4. ↑ Clayton Kroh (October 2, 2023). "MTGG Arena Announcements - October 2, 2023". *magicthegathering.com*. Wizards of the Coast.
5. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 9, 2023). "Alchemy: Eldraine Card Image Gallery". magicthegathering.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2023.
6. ↑ MTG Arena (October 5, 2023). "Talion's Throneguard has many friends!". Twitter.
7. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 11, 2023). "Patch Notes - 2023.30.0"
8. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (November 14, 2023). "Arena Patch Notes - 2023.31.0". Arena Support.
9. ↑ Jay Annelli (October 9, 2023). "<3 From the WOE Alchemy set". Twitter. Retrieved on October 10, 2023.
10. ↑ MTG Arena (September 20, 2019). ""The middle blade was just right."". Twitter.