Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up
Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure
Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #14100
Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up puts a 3/2 body on board that draws you a card when it fights or brawls — value baked directly into the combat step, no extra mana required. The cost is running a four-mana 3/2 in a format where that rate is easy to beat on pure stats, but in Beluna Grandsquall decks the adventure half is the point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Beluna Grandsquall
Beluna Grandsquall triggers off every creature with an adventure, and Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up gives her deck a blue adventure body that replaces itself through fights — exactly the kind of redundant, self-contained piece those decks want to fill out the 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up is a role-player in adventure-tribal builds — the card draw on fight is real, but it only fires once, so you're running it for the adventure synergy more than the effect itself. In constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, the rate is too fragile: a 3/2 for four that draws one card when it fights is well below the power floor. Pauper is where this kind of grindy value sometimes finds a home, and the fight-for-a-card effect is functional enough that budget blue decks might give it a look if the creature type or adventure tag matters for a specific build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card value. Bulk commons with narrow synergy applications rarely climb without a breakout deck to drive demand, so treat this as a free include if you're already buying into an adventure package.
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Mentioned
- Beluna Grandsquall
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.