---
name: "Pursue the Past"
mana_cost: "{R}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "216"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Craig Elliott"
oracle_id: "4384996f-aeaa-41ac-aa0e-12d72c887731"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pursue-the-past-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pursue the Past
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
You gain 2 life. You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
Flashback {2}{R}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

> *"Stones in your path are not obstacles, but discoveries."
—Velomachus Lorehold*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Faithful Mending](/printing/faithful-mending-mid.md) — Instant
2. [Thrilling Discovery](/printing/thrilling-discovery-otc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Faithless Looting](/printing/faithless-looting-pidw.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ancestral Tribute](/printing/ancestral-tribute-ody.md) — Sorcery
5. [Return the Past](/printing/return-the-past-who.md) — Enchantment
6. [Desperate Ravings](/printing/desperate-ravings-ema.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #216
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Craig Elliott
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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