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Forbidden Alchemy

{2}{U}

Instant

MM3Modern Masters 2017#38common
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 10–141
Illustrator
David Rapoza
Found in
Modern Masters 2017 Booster Pack
Printings15EDHREC rank#5,197
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Flashback {6}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback
Plays as:
Library Manipulation
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil-7.7%
$0.24
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.28
$0.07 low-$0.01 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.06· across 15 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

7 · latest Mar 19, 2021
  • 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.

  • WotCSep 22, 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.