Malice is appropriate when vengeance is called for.
Smiting Helix - Modern Horizons (#109) - Illustrated by Evan Shipard - Magic: The Gathering Card
Modern Horizons Uncommon #109 Evan Shipard
Flashback

Smiting Helix

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Sorcery

Mana Cost: {3}{B}

Oracle Rules Text: Smiting Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life. Flashback {R}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Flavor Text: Malice is appropriate when vengeance is called for.

Set: Modern Horizons (#109), Rarity: Uncommon, Artist: Evan Shipard

Sorcery Black Red White Uncommon
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
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Smiting Helix - Modern Horizons MTG card scan Smiting Helix Modern Horizons Viewing MH1 Uncommon Evan Shipard 2019-06-14

Official Rulings (8)

2019-06-14
If the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Smiting Helix tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain 3 life.
2019-06-14
Smiting Helix is always a black spell. It’s not red and white if you cast it for its flashback cost.
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
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
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
“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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