---
name: "Self-Reflection"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "163"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Henry Peters"
oracle_id: "5c68853e-4fb8-465e-b262-e6dbaf972533"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/self-reflection-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Self-Reflection
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #163
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Henry Peters

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-11-08)* You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- *(2024-11-08)* 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.
- *(2024-11-08)* 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.
- *(2024-11-08)* You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- *(2024-11-08)* If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- *(2024-11-08)* Any "enters" abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the target creature will also work.