Snapcaster Mage

Name
Snapcaster Mage

Flavor Name
Encore Electromancer

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Human Wizard

Set
Secret Lair Drop

Rarity
Mythic

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.)


Flavor Text

Miku would never deny her fans at least one promised encore.


Power/Toughness
2/1

Number
#808

Other Prints
Final Fantasy Commander
Innistrad Remastered
Innistrad
Modern Masters 2017
The List
Pro Tour Promos
Regional Championship Qualifiers 2023
Magic Online Promos
Ultimate Box Topper
Shadows of the Past
Ultimate Masters

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

Availability
Paper

Rulings

(19/03/2021)
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.


(19/03/2021)
If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.


(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)
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.


(19/03/2021)
If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.


(19/03/2021)
If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this 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.


(06/06/2025)
"Flashback cost" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell 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."


(06/06/2025)
If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.


(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 can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.


(06/06/2025)
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.


(06/06/2025)
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.


(06/06/2025)
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.


(06/06/2025)
If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.


(06/06/2025)
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.


(06/06/2025)
If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.


(06/06/2025)
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.


(06/06/2025)
If you cast an instant or sorcery with in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.


(06/06/2025)
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.


(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)
If you cast an instant or sorcery with in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.


Artist
Raita Kazama

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