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◇ Catalog #20

Mystic Retrieval

DIGITAL ONLY

sis·#20·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Scott Chou

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '23

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,081 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Sorcery

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 7

2021-03-19wotc

"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."

2021-03-19wotc

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.

2021-03-19wotc

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

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SIS — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #20 of *Shadows of the Past*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2023 Shadows of the Past release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity red/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{U} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Flashback.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,081 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Scott Chou. Rarix catalogs 240 other cards credited to this artist.