---
name: "Retrieve the Esper"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "FIN"
set_name: "Final Fantasy"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jake Murray"
oracle_id: "9d6fdbd4-ba51-4df1-b383-9b709b36a8d7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/retrieve-the-esper-fin"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Retrieve the Esper
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Create a 3/3 blue Robot Warrior artifact creature token. Then if this spell was cast from a graveyard, put two +1/+1 counters on that token.
Flashback {5}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cackling Counterpart](/printing/cackling-counterpart-mm3.md) — Instant
2. [Self-Reflection](/printing/self-reflection-lci.md) — Sorcery
3. [Visions of Glory](/printing/visions-of-glory-mic.md) — Sorcery
4. [Norin and Feldon](/printing/norin-and-feldon-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Artificer
5. [Group Project](/printing/group-project-sos.md) — Sorcery
6. [Brilliance Unleashed](/printing/brilliance-unleashed-tmt.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Final Fantasy (FIN) #68
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jake Murray
- **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`