---
name: "Blast from the Past"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Madness", "Buyback", "Flashback", "Cycling", "Kicker"]
set: "UND"
set_name: "Unsanctioned"
collector_number: "48"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Douglas Shuler"
oracle_id: "08638828-ce88-44d4-a6b2-1effb68ccbdf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blast-from-the-past-und"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blast from the Past
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Madness, Buyback, Flashback, Cycling, Kicker

## Oracle Text
Madness {R}, cycling {1}{R}, kicker {2}{R}, flashback {3}{R}, buyback {4}{R}
Blast from the Past deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Goblin Ruinblaster](/printing/goblin-ruinblaster-zen.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman
2. [Calibrated Blast](/printing/calibrated-blast-mh2.md) — Instant
3. [Goblin Barrage](/printing/goblin-barrage-dom.md) — Sorcery
4. [Tome Blast](/printing/tome-blast-sos.md) — Sorcery
5. [Geistblast](/printing/geistblast-soi.md) — Instant
6. [Solar Blast](/printing/solar-blast-dmr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unsanctioned (UND) #48
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Douglas Shuler

## Format Legalities
Commander: `not_legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `not_legal` | Vintage: `not_legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2020-02-29)* If you cycle Blast from the Past, you can then use madness to cast it. If you cast Blast from the Past using madness, you may also pay for kicker or buyback.
- *(2020-02-29)* Flashback and buyback don't mix. If you cast Blast from the Past using flashback, it will be exiled rather than go back to your hand.
- *(2020-02-29)* Flashback and kicker do mix. You can pay the kicker cost in addition to the flashback cost to get the extra Goblin token.
- *(2022-12-08)* Casting a spell with madness ignores the timing rules based on the card's card type. For example, you can cast a sorcery with madness if you discard it during an opponent's turn.
- *(2022-12-08)* A spell cast for its madness cost is put onto the stack like any other spell. It can be countered, copied, and so on. As it resolves, it's put onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card or into its owner's graveyard if it's an instant or sorcery card.
- *(2022-12-08)* Cards are discarded in a Magic game only from a player's hand. Effects that put cards into a player's graveyard from anywhere else do not cause those cards to be discarded.