Deep Analysis

World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #dh36sb · Common · Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{U}

Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"The specimen seems to be broken."

Illustrated by Daren Bader · Released August 6, 2003

Printings

  1. Marvel Super Heroes Commander #149 (MSC) · Common · 2026 · $0.24 USD
  2. Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #194 (SOC) · Common · 2026 · $0.29 USD
  3. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #150 (TDC) · Common · 2025 · $0.19 USD
  4. Foundations Jumpstart #304 (J25) · Common · 2024 · $0.21 USD
  5. Modern Horizons 3 #268 (MH3) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.22 USD
  6. Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander #94 (OTC) · Common · 2024 · $0.21 USD
  7. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #100 (MKC) · Common · 2024 · $0.28 USD
  8. Commander Masters #86 (CMM) · Common · 2023 · $0.23 USD
  9. Tales of Middle-earth Commander #188 (LTC) · Common · 2023 · $0.30 USD
  10. Dominaria Remastered #46 (DMR) · Common · 2023 · $0.20 USD
  11. Starter Commander Decks #46 (SCD) · Common · 2022 · $0.16 USD
  12. Double Masters 2022 #44 (2X2) · Common · 2022 · $0.18 USD
  13. New Capenna Commander #218 (NCC) · Common · 2022 · $0.17 USD
  14. The List #EMA-45 (PLST) · Common · 2019 · $0.19 USD
  15. Commander 2019 #83 (C19) · Common · 2019 · $0.17 USD
  16. Eternal Masters #45 (EMA) · Common · 2016 · $0.18 USD
  17. Legendary Cube Prize Pack #23 (PZ1) · Uncommon · 2015
  18. Vintage Masters #65 (VMA) · Common · 2014
  19. Commander 2013 #38 (C13) · Common · 2013 · $0.39 USD
  20. Magic Online Promos #35150 (PRM) · Common · 2013
  21. Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas #65 (DDH) · Uncommon · 2011 · $0.24 USD
  22. Friday Night Magic 2007 #2 (F07) · Rare · 2007 · $19.95 USD foil
  23. World Championship Decks 2003 #dh36 (WC03) · Common · 2003 · $0.61 USD
  24. World Championship Decks 2003 #dh36sb (this printing) · Common · 2003
  25. World Championship Decks 2003 #dz36 (WC03) · Common · 2003 · $0.52 USD
  26. World Championship Decks 2002 #cr36 (WC02) · Common · 2002 · $0.49 USD
  27. World Championship Decks 2002 #shh36 (WC02) · Common · 2002 · $0.72 USD
  28. Torment #36 (TOR) · Common · 2002 · $0.68 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2024-11-08 · 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.
  2. 2024-11-08 · 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."
  3. 2024-11-08 · 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.
  4. 2024-11-08 · wotc — A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  5. 2024-11-08 · wotc — You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  6. 2024-11-08 · 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.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Rootha, Mastering the Moment · in 64% of 47 decks
  2. Sauron, Lord of the Rings · in 49% of 35 decks
  3. Shiko and Narset, Unified · in 45% of 44 decks
  4. Sauron, the Dark Lord · in 14% of 50 decks
  5. Stella Lee, Wild Card · in 13% of 45 decks
  6. Vivi Ornitier · in 9% of 46 decks
  7. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen · in 8% of 49 decks

All cards in World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03)