First printed in Innistrad (2011)
All 7 prints
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Sorcery
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
The same magic that lets geists pass through our realm can force them out of it.
- Illustrated by
- John Avon
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (6)
- "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."
- A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- 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.
- 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.
- You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 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 | 57.8% | +3.5 | +5.0 | 9611 |
- 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
1 combo:
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature ETB…: Dockside Extortionist + Lore Drakkis + Silent Departure