Galvanic Iteration
Galvanic Iteration: Instant, Innistrad Remastered. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue and red (UR)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Innistrad Remastered (INR)
- Released
- 2025-01-24
- Collector number
- 236
- Artist
- Johann Bodin
- Keywords
- Flashback
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About Galvanic Iteration
Galvanic Iteration is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and red instant from Innistrad Remastered (INR), a Masters set released in January 2025. It is collector number 236 in that set, with art by Johann Bodin. It costs {U}{R} (one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (2021) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Flashback {1}{U}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Better potent than predictable.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Galvanic Iteration by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Galvanic Iteration
Galvanic Iteration has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #184 | Rare | 2026 |
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #404 | Rare | 2026 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #94076 | Rare | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #430 | Rare | 2025 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #227 | Rare | 2024 |
| Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #224 | Rare | 2022 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #224 | Rare | 2021 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #371 | Rare | 2021 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #224p | Rare | 2021 |
| Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos (PMID) #224s | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Galvanic Iteration, newest first.
- 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.
- You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell 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."
- A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- 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.
- 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.
- If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one -" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
- The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. The new targets must be legal.
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