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Flashback

Flashback

{R}
Instant

Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Quintorius found that every new discovery motivated him to keep exploring.

Illustrated by Flavio Greco Paglia

Formats
Legalstandard
Legalhistoric
Legaltimeless
Legalpioneer
Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Not Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Legaloathbreaker
Legalbrawl
Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#115
RarityRare
ReleasedApr 24, 2026
EDHREC rank#1,811

Prices

USD$3.47
USD foil$3.61
EUR€4.40
EUR foil€5.74
MTGO0.40 tix
Rulings (10)
  • If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell with flashback.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

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