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Dread Return

Black

14 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Dread Return, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 2564 2026-08-17

Card text

{2}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Keywords: Flashback
EDHREC rank #540 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 14 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✗ Banned
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

"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 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast

You choose the target for Dread Return before paying any of its costs, so it's not possible to cast it using flashback and bring back one of the creatures you sacrifice.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Dread Return, Warhammer 40,000 Commander printing
Warhammer 40,000 Commander
40K · #200★
Uncommon
∅ No QC price
Dread Return, Time Spiral Remastered printing
Time Spiral Remastered
TSR · #111
Uncommon
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
I Want That Stuff · Condition LP
Dread Return, Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed printing
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
DDQ · #55
Uncommon
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Bootown's Games and Hobbies · Condition HP
Dread Return, Premium Deck Series: Graveborn printing
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
PD3 · #23
Uncommon
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Jeux 3 Dragons · Condition LP · Foil