“The same magic that lets geists pass through our realm can force them out of it.”
Flashback
Silent Departure
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: {U}
Oracle Rules Text: Return target creature to its owner's hand. Flashback {4}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flavor Text: The same magic that lets geists pass through our realm can force them out of it.
Set: Innistrad Remastered (#84), Rarity: Common, Artist: John Avon
Sorcery
Blue
Common
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (6)
2024-11-08
"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."
2024-11-08
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
2024-11-08
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.
2024-11-08
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.
2024-11-08
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.
2024-11-08
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
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