Deep Analysis
Sorcery
Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—
, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)"The specimen seems to be broken."
Illustrated by Daren Bader · Magic Online Promos (PRM)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
Printings
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Marvel Super Heroes Commander
#149
common
2026-06-26
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Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
#194
common
2026-04-24
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
#150
common
2025-04-11
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Foundations Jumpstart
#304
common
2024-11-15
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Modern Horizons 3
#268
uncommon
2024-06-14
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Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
#94
common
2024-04-19
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Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
#100
common
2024-02-09
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Commander Masters
#86
common
2023-08-04
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Tales of Middle-earth Commander
#188
common
2023-06-23
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Dominaria Remastered
#46
common
2023-01-13
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Starter Commander Decks
#46
common
2022-12-02
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Double Masters 2022
#44
common
2022-07-08
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New Capenna Commander
#218
common
2022-04-29
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The List
#EMA-45
common
2019-11-07
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Commander 2019
#83
common
2019-08-23
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Eternal Masters
#45
common
2016-06-10
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Legendary Cube Prize Pack
#23
uncommon
2015-11-18
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Vintage Masters
#65
common
2014-06-16
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Commander 2013
#38
common
2013-11-01
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Magic Online Promos
#35150
common
2013-01-11
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Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
#65
uncommon
2011-09-02
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Friday Night Magic 2007
#2
rare
2007-01-01
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World Championship Decks 2003
#dz36
common
2003-08-06
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World Championship Decks 2003
#dh36sb
common
2003-08-06
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World Championship Decks 2003
#dh36
common
2003-08-06
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World Championship Decks 2002
#shh36
common
2002-12-01
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World Championship Decks 2002
#cr36
common
2002-12-01
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Torment
#36
common
2002-02-04
Rulings
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A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
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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.
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You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
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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.
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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.
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"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."
Archetypes that play this card
Legacy
- Doomsday 8.6% of lists
Pauper
- Mono-Blue Delver 80.8% of lists
- Familiars 10.0% of lists
- Tron 2.6% of lists
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- Other 2.1% of lists
- Mono Red Madness 0.5% of lists
Premodern
- Ill-Gotten Gains 100.0% of lists
- Medallion 87.5% of lists
- 50.0% of lists