Siphon Insight
Instant
Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Flashback 


Illustrated by Livia Prima ยท Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
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Magic Online Promos #94066 rare 2024-09-22
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Breaking News #54 rare 2024-04-19
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Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #242 rare 2024-04-19
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Innistrad: Double Feature #241 rare 2022-01-28
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos #241s rare 2021-09-24
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos #241p rare 2021-09-24
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #375 rare 2021-09-24
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Innistrad: Midnight Hunt #241 rare 2021-09-24
Rulings
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Only you get to look at the exiled card. Its owner doesn't get to know what it is while it is in exile unless you tell them.
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You may play the card even if it is a land.
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You must still follow all normal timing rules to play a card exiled with Siphon Insight.
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You don't have to disclose which card you exiled and which card you put on the bottom of the library. For example, if your opponent knows what the top card of their library is and you cast Siphon Insight, you don't have to tell them where you put that card.
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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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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 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."
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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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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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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.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Tivit, Seller of Secrets 100.0% of lists
- Jace, Multiverse Architect 37.5% of lists
- Glarb, Calamity's Augur 16.7% of lists