"Now your staff is as twisted as your soul."
Ray of Distortion - Commander 2019 (#72) - Illustrated by Cristi Balanescu - Magic: The Gathering Card
Flashback

Ray of Distortion

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Instant

Mana Cost: {3}{W}

Oracle Rules Text: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Flashback {4}{W}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Flavor Text: "Now your staff is as twisted as your soul."

Set: Commander 2019 (#72), Rarity: Common, Artist: Cristi Balanescu

Instant White Common
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
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Thumbnail Set Name Code Rarity Artist Released
Ray of Distortion - Commander 2019 MTG card scan Ray of Distortion Commander 2019 Viewing C19 Common Cristi Balanescu 2019-08-23

Official Rulings (6)

2021-03-19
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.
2021-03-19
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.
2021-03-19
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.
2021-03-19
"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."
2021-03-19
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
2021-03-19
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

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