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Return the Past

Return the Past

{4}{R}{R}
Enchantment

During your turn, each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. Its flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

"You're back! You're in my head. All my memories... are back." —The Twelfth Doctor

Illustrated by Irina Nordsol

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

This printing

Number#697
RarityRare
ReleasedOct 13, 2023
EDHREC rank#9,481

Prices

USD foil$2.34
EUR foil€0.02
Rulings (11)
  • If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.

    Oct 13, 2023 · 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.

    Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.

    Oct 13, 2023 · 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.

    Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.

    Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

    Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs such as overload 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.

    Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard 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."

    Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If a card is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it with flashback if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

    Oct 13, 2023 · 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.

    Oct 13, 2023 · 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.

    Oct 13, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

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