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Tapping at the Window

Tapping at the Window

{1}{G}
Sorcery

Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Flashback {2}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Illustrated by Nils Hamm

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

This printing

Number#201
RarityCommon
ReleasedSep 24, 2021
EDHREC rank#18,875

Prices

USD$0.20
USD foil$0.24
EUR€0.07
EUR foil€0.07
MTGO0.03 tix
Rulings (6)
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

    Jun 6, 2025 · 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.

    Jun 6, 2025 · 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.

    Jun 6, 2025 · 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.

    Jun 6, 2025 · 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."

    Jun 6, 2025 · 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.

    Jun 6, 2025 · Wizards of the Coast

Printings (2)

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