Past in Flames
Sorcery
Past in Flames
Sorcery
Card Text
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Red
- Color Identity
- Red
- EDHREC Rank
- #1,337
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (38)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #2303 | mythic | en | Brigitte Roka & Clifton Stommel | $5.21 | β |
| Doctor Who (WHO) | #565 | rare | en | BBC Studios | β | $1.35 |
| Shadows of the Past (SIS) | #43 | mythic | en | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #206β | mythic | en | Johannes MΓΌcke | β | $4.48 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #206 | mythic | en | Johannes MΓΌcke | $1.65 | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | en | Anthony Jones | $1.83 | $24.45 |
| Signature Spellbook: Chandra (SS3) | #4 | mythic | en | Josu Hernaiz | $1.61 | $4.32 |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #105 | mythic | en | Anna Steinbauer | $3.68 | $15.07 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | en | Anthony Jones | $2.05 | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | en | Anthony Jones | $1.99 | $13.91 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | de | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | de | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | de | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | es | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | es | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | es | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | fr | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | fr | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | fr | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | it | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | it | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | it | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | ja | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #105 | mythic | ja | Anna Steinbauer | β | β |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | ja | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | ja | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | ko | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | pt | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | pt | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | pt | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | ru | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | ru | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | zhs | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #105 | mythic | zhs | Anna Steinbauer | β | β |
| Commander 2016 (C16) | #131 | mythic | zhs | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | zhs | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #350 | special | zht | Anthony Jones | β | β |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #155 | mythic | zht | Anthony Jones | β | β |
Official Rulings (12)
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.
If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
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.
Past in Flames affects only cards in your graveyard at the time it resolves. Instant and sorcery cards put into your graveyard later in the turn won't gain flashback.
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.
If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
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.
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
"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."
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.
If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
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