Forbidden Alchemy

Name
Forbidden Alchemy

Mana Cost

Type
Instant

Set
Shadows of the Past

Rarity
Common

Text

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)


Number
#15

Other Prints
Double Masters 2022
Forgotten Realms Commander
Ravnica: Clue Edition
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
Friday Night Magic 2012
Innistrad Remastered
Innistrad
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
Modern Masters 2017
The List
Magic Online Promos
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Ultimate Masters

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

Availability
Arena

Rulings

(22/09/2011)
If you have fewer than four cards in your library, you'll look at all the cards there and put one into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.


(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.


(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 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)
"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)
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
David Rapoza

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