Flashback

Secrets of Strixhaven #115

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {R}

Card text: Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Rarity: rare

Artist: Flavio Greco Paglia

"Quintorius found that every new discovery motivated him to keep exploring."

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$3.93 USD · $4.50 USD (Foil) · €5.15 EUR

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Format Legality

Format	Legality
Standard	✓ Legal
Pioneer	✓ Legal
Modern	✓ Legal
Legacy	✓ Legal
Commander	✓ Legal
Vintage	✓ Legal
Pauper	✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker	✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Flashback in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Ancestral Anger

Sorcery

Flashback gives Ancestral Anger flashback again, letting you cast it multiple times from the graveyard for repeated card draw and pump effects.

Tome Blast

Sorcery

Gives Tome Blast flashback again after you've already used it once, allowing you to cast it a third time for more damage.

Zealous Lorecaster

Creature — Giant Sorcerer

Returns instant/sorcery cards to your hand, and Flashback lets you cast them from the graveyard again for maximum value.

uncommon

Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette

Creature — Orc Sorcerer // Sorcery

Flashback gives Striking Palette flashback, letting you copy multiple spells across multiple turns for repeated value.

mythic

The Dawning Archaic

Legendary Creature — Avatar

Casts instant/sorcery cards from your graveyard for free, and Flashback gives those cards flashback so you can cast them again after exiling.

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