Mana Value
5
Rarity
mythic
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Card Text
Spells can't be countered. Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost.
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
(TDC)
EDHREC Rank
#2,266
Commander Legal
✓ Can be your Commander
"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."
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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.
Wotc — September 24, 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.
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A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
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You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
Wotc — September 24, 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.
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If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.
Wotc — September 24, 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.
Wotc — September 24, 2021
If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
Wotc — September 24, 2021
If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
Wotc — September 24, 2021
If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
Wotc — September 24, 2021
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