---
name: "Flash of Insight"
mana_cost: "{X}{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "JUD-40"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "9196c8dc-bca6-4c35-949e-8c14a699a41d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flash-of-insight-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flash of Insight
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Exile X blue cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost, then exile it. You can't exile Flash of Insight to pay for its own flashback cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Memory Deluge](/printing/memory-deluge-sch.md) — Instant
2. [Siphon Insight](/printing/siphon-insight-dbl.md) — Instant
3. [Forbidden Alchemy](/printing/forbidden-alchemy-tdc.md) — Instant
4. [Mystical Teachings](/printing/mystical-teachings-fdn.md) — Instant
5. [Petals of Insight](/printing/petals-of-insight-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
6. [Resentful Revelation](/printing/resentful-revelation-fin.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #JUD-40
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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