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Desperate Ravings

{1}{R}

Instant

PLSTThe List#C15-149uncommon

Her mind was quite gone, yet she spoke nothing but truth.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 121
Illustrator
John Stanko
Found in
Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Convention Edition) · Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Retail Edition) · Mystery Booster Booster Pack (Convention Edition - 2021)
Printings5
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Draw two cards, then discard a card at random. Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback

Plays as: Card Draw · Looting

Market · per finishspark updated 17h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.24
$0.02 low$0.01 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.06· across 5 printings

Rulings

7 · latest Mar 19, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • 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.

  • WotCJun 8, 2016

    You draw two cards and discard one randomly all while Desperate Ravings is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.