Snapcaster Mage
Creature โ Human Wizard
Snapcaster Mage
Creature โ Human Wizard
Card Text
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.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 2 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #1,468
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (26)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) | #469 | mythic | en | Canata Katana | โ | $127.44 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) | #478 | mythic | en | Volkan Baวตa | $16.60 | $26.96 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD)Encore Electromancer | #808 | mythic | en | Raita Kazama | $1,114.07 | โ |
| Regional Championship Qualifiers 2023 (PR23) | #2 | mythic | en | Jack Hughes | $46.61 | โ |
| Shadows of the Past (SIS) | #23 | mythic | en | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| The List (PLST) | #ISD-78 | rare | en | Volkan Baวตa | $16.72 | โ |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) | #71 | mythic | en | Ryan Alexander Lee | $18.71 | $26.60 |
| Ultimate Box Topper (PUMA) | #U5 | mythic | en | Ryan Alexander Lee | โ | $47.78 |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #50 | mythic | en | Ryan Alexander Lee | $17.19 | $26.34 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #59685 | mythic | en | Joseph Meehan | โ | โ |
| Pro Tour Promos (PPRO) | #2016 | mythic | en | Joseph Meehan | โ | $41.87 |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | en | Volkan Baวตa | $16.35 | $49.72 |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | de | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | es | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | fr | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | it | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD)ใขใณ ใณใผ ใซ ใฎ ้ป ่ก ๅธซ | #808 | mythic | ja | Raita Kazama | โ | โ |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) | #71 | mythic | ja | Ryan Alexander Lee | โ | โ |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #50 | mythic | ja | Ryan Alexander Lee | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | ja | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | ko | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | pt | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | ru | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) | #50 | mythic | zhs | Ryan Alexander Lee | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | zhs | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
| Innistrad (ISD) | #78 | rare | zht | Volkan Baวตa | โ | โ |
Official Rulings (11)
"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.
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 split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
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 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.
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.
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