---
name: "Forbidden Alchemy"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "MM3"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2017"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "common"
artist: "David Rapoza"
oracle_id: "66d65cda-e3d1-4a00-8ff3-c6d5ef0ab0c1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/forbidden-alchemy-mm3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Forbidden Alchemy
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback {6}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Arcane Infusion](/printing/arcane-infusion-mid.md) — Instant
2. [Memory Deluge](/printing/memory-deluge-sch.md) — Instant
3. [Tracker's Instincts](/printing/trackers-instincts-dka.md) — Sorcery
4. [Flash of Insight](/printing/flash-of-insight-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Resentful Revelation](/printing/resentful-revelation-fin.md) — Sorcery
6. [Memories Returning](/printing/memories-returning-fin.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #38
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** David Rapoza
- **Total Printings:** 53 across all historical editions

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