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Return the Past

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

Return the Past, Doctor Who printing
Doctor Who WHO · No. 388 2023-10-13

Card text

{4}{R}{R}
Enchantment
During your turn, each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. Its flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
"You're back! You're in my head. All my memories... are back." —The Twelfth Doctor
EDHREC rank #9516 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not 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

11 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.

2023-10-13 · 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.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.

2023-10-13 · 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.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell with flashback.

2023-10-13 · 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."

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If a card is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it with flashback if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.

2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Return the Past, Doctor Who printing
Doctor Who
WHO · #979
Rare
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Dark Fox TCG · Condition LP · Surge Foil