First printed in Dark Ascension (2012)
All 8 prints
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Sorcery
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- Illustrated by
- Scott Chou
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (7)
- Mystic Retrieval can't target itself. It's on the stack when you choose its target.
- 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.
- A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- "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."
- You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- 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.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR), Premier Draft | 56.1% | +1.8 | +2.9 | 2545 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
38 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition + Turnabout
- Infinite turns, Lock: Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition + Time Warp
- Infinite untap of permanents you control, Cast all spells in your library…: Apex of Power + Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition + Vadrik, Astral Archmage
- Infinite turns, Lock: Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition + Temporal Manipulation
- Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite magecraft triggers…: Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition + Turnabout + Vadrik, Astral Archmage
- Infinite untap of permanents you control, Cast all spells in your library…: Apex of Power + Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition
- Infinite turns, Lock: Capture of Jingzhou + Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition
- Infinite turns, Lock: Anhelo, the Painter + Call to Mind + Mystic Retrieval + Talrand, Sky Summoner + Walk the Aeons
- Infinite turns, Lock: Anhelo, the Painter + Call to Mind + Mystic Retrieval + Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory + Time Warp
- Infinite turns, Lock: Anhelo, the Painter + Call to Mind + Mystic Retrieval + Talrand, Sky Summoner + Time Warp