Dread Return

Double Masters (2XM) #89 · Uncommon · Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Those who forget the horrors of the past are doomed to re-meet them.

Illustrated by Kev Walker · Released August 7, 2020

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.01 USD (1.4%) to $0.73 USD; low $0.66 USD, high $0.74 USD.

Printings

  1. Secret Lair Drop #2564 (SLD) · Rare · 2026 · $3.37 USD
  2. Commander Masters #153 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.64 USD
  3. Commander Masters #637 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.70 USD
  4. Dominaria Remastered #302 (DMR) · Uncommon · 2023 · $0.70 USD
  5. Dominaria Remastered #80 (DMR) · Uncommon · 2023 · $0.67 USD
  6. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #200 (40K) · Uncommon · 2022 · $0.84 USD
  7. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #200★ (40K) · Uncommon · 2022 · $6.91 USD foil
  8. Time Spiral Remastered #111 (TSR) · Uncommon · 2021 · $0.67 USD
  9. Double Masters #89 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2020 · $0.73 USD
  10. The List #DDQ-55 (PLST) · Uncommon · 2019 · $0.68 USD
  11. Magic Online Promos #60482 (PRM) · Uncommon · 2017
  12. Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed #55 (DDQ) · Uncommon · 2016 · $0.79 USD
  13. Commander 2014 #142 (C14) · Uncommon · 2014 · $0.50 USD
  14. Premium Deck Series: Graveborn #23 (PD3) · Uncommon · 2011 · $1.12 USD foil
  15. Magic Online Theme Decks #A41 (TD0) · Uncommon · 2010
  16. Time Spiral #104 (TSP) · Uncommon · 2006 · $1.42 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2021-03-19 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2021-03-19 · wotc — 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.
  3. 2021-03-19 · wotc — "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."
  4. 2021-03-19 · wotc — 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.
  5. 2021-03-19 · wotc — You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  6. 2021-03-19 · wotc — A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  7. 2022-12-08 · wotc — You choose the target for Dread Return before paying any of its costs, so it's not possible to cast it using flashback and bring back one of the creatures you sacrifice.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Szarekh, the Silent King · in 84% of 32 decks
  2. Imotekh the Stormlord · in 70% of 44 decks
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale · in 61% of 49 decks
  4. Syr Konrad, the Grim · in 40% of 40 decks
  5. The Mycotyrant · in 39% of 49 decks
  6. The Master, Transcendent · in 13% of 46 decks
  7. Meren of Clan Nel Toth · in 10% of 48 decks
  8. Winter, Cynical Opportunist · in 10% of 50 decks

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