Forbidden Alchemy
Instant
Forbidden Alchemy
Instant
Card Text
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Black, Blue
- EDHREC Rank
- #5,241
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (53)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) | #152 | common | en | David Rapoza | $0.14 | β |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) | #65 | uncommon | en | David Rapoza | $0.03 | $0.11 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) | #355 | uncommon | en | David Rapoza | $0.16 | $0.51 |
| Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) | #86 | uncommon | en | David Rapoza | $0.10 | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #191 | common | en | Manuel CastaΓ±Γ³n | $0.21 | β |
| Shadows of the Past (SIS) | #15 | common | en | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #49 | common | en | David Rapoza | $0.07 | $0.13 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | en | David Rapoza | $0.05 | β |
| The List (PLST) | #MM3-38 | common | en | David Rapoza | $0.08 | β |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) | #56 | uncommon | en | David Rapoza | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #38 | common | en | David Rapoza | $0.05 | $0.27 |
| Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) | #43 | common | en | David Rapoza | $0.13 | β |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #45203 | common | en | Randy Gallegos | β | β |
| Friday Night Magic 2012 (F12) | #7 | rare | en | Randy Gallegos | β | $0.58 |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | en | David Rapoza | $0.07 | $0.53 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) | #152 | common | de | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #191 | common | de | Manuel CastaΓ±Γ³n | β | β |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #49 | common | de | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | de | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | de | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) | #152 | common | es | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #191 | common | es | Manuel CastaΓ±Γ³n | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | es | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | es | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) | #152 | common | fr | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #191 | common | fr | Manuel CastaΓ±Γ³n | β | β |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #49 | common | fr | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | fr | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | fr | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) | #152 | common | it | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #191 | common | it | Manuel CastaΓ±Γ³n | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | it | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | it | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) | #152 | common | ja | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #191 | common | ja | Manuel CastaΓ±Γ³n | β | β |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #49 | common | ja | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | ja | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) | #56 | uncommon | ja | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #38 | common | ja | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) | #43 | common | ja | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | ja | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | ko | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #191 | common | pt | Manuel CastaΓ±Γ³n | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | pt | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | pt | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | ru | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | ru | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #49 | common | zhs | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | zhs | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #38 | common | zhs | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | zhs | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) | #84 | uncommon | zht | David Rapoza | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #55 | common | zht | David Rapoza | β | β |
Official Rulings (7)
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.
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.
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
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.
"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."
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
If you have fewer than four cards in your library, you'll look at all the cards there and put one into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
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