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Snapcaster Mage

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

Snapcaster Mage, Final Fantasy Commander printing
Final Fantasy Commander FIC · No. 469 2025-12-05

Card text

{1}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Flash When this creature enters, 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.)
2 / 1
Keywords: Flash
Nym's scholars defended their tiny nation with spell-weaving faeries.
EDHREC rank #1438 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
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The 10 printings

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

In these decks

1 public deck plays Snapcaster Mage.

Official rulings

11 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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

2025-06-06 · 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.

2025-06-06 · 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.

2025-06-06 · 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.

2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2025-06-06 · 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.

2025-06-06 · 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.

2025-06-06 · 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.

2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast

"Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell 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."

2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Snapcaster Mage, Final Fantasy Commander printing
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FIC · #469
Mythic
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Geno Games · Chocobo Track Foil
Snapcaster Mage, Regional Championship Qualifiers 2023 printing
Regional Championship Qualifiers 2023
PR23 · #2
Mythic
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Fusion Gaming
Snapcaster Mage, Ultimate Box Topper printing
Ultimate Box Topper
PUMA · #U5
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Black Knight Games · Foil