---
name: "Past in Flames"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "MM3"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2017"
collector_number: "105"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Anna Steinbauer"
oracle_id: "37a18736-5fe2-4897-809b-013497bdd890"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/past-in-flames-mm3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Past in Flames
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Return the Past](/printing/return-the-past-who.md) — Enchantment
2. [Flashback](/printing/flashback-sos.md) — Instant
3. [Recoup](/printing/recoup-ddk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Sorceress's Schemes](/printing/sorceresss-schemes-fin.md) — Sorcery
5. [Snapcaster Mage](/printing/snapcaster-mage-inr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Tombfire](/printing/tombfire-ody.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #105
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Anna Steinbauer

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

## Official Rulings
- *(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 no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
- *(2021-03-19)* If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell with flashback.
- *(2021-03-19)* Past in Flames affects only cards in your graveyard at the time it resolves. Instant and sorcery cards put into your graveyard later in the turn won't gain flashback.
- *(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)* 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.