Flash of Insight

judJudgment#40uncommon
{X}{1}{U}
Legal in 8 of 23 formats
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Instant

Look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Flashback—{1}{U}, Exile X blue cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost, then exile it. You can't exile Flash of Insight to pay for its own flashback cost.)

Ability breakdown
Abilities
SpellLook at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
SpellFlashback—{1}{U}, Exile X blue cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost, then exile it. You can't exile Flash of Insight to pay for its own flashback cost.)
Rulings
  • WotCMar 19, 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."

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

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

  • WotCMar 19, 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.

  • WotCMar 19, 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.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

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

  • WotCMar 19, 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.

Market & price history

Market

JUD #40
2026-07-06
Flash of Insight
$2.17TCGplayer market +3.8% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06
Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$0.27Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$0.80· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-0.53 (-196.3%)
Foil
Best buylist (NM)$32.50· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$32.49 (+50.0%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 6h ago
Realized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$2.17 +1.9%
Foil$57.62 +12.0%
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Flash of Insight
Cheaper copy available: $0.46
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Demand signals

Plays as
Library ManipulationX Spell

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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Ben Thompson
Reference & exit links
Card details
Artist
Ben Thompson
Frame
tombstone
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp