Mystic Retrieval

Name
Mystic Retrieval

Mana Cost

Type
Sorcery

Set
Shadows of the Past

Rarity
Uncommon

Text

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)


Number
#20

Other Prints
Commander 2015
Commander 2019
Dark Ascension
Innistrad Remastered
The List
Ultimate Masters

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Arena

Rulings

(19/03/2021)
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.


(19/03/2021)
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.


(22/01/2011)
Mystic Retrieval can't target itself. It's on the stack when you choose its target.


(19/03/2021)
"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."


(19/03/2021)
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.


(19/03/2021)
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.


(19/03/2021)
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.


Artist
Scott Chou

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