Laughing Mad
Laughing Mad: Instant, Final Fantasy. As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards. Flashback 3R. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 143
- Artist
- RARE ENGINE
- Commander rank
- 2,338 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flashback
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About Laughing Mad
Laughing Mad is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red instant from Final Fantasy (FIN), an expansion set released in June 2025. It is collector number 143 in that set, with art by RARE ENGINE. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Final Fantasy is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Flashback {3}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Laughing Mad by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Laughing Mad
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy (FIN) #585 | Common | 2025 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Laughing Mad, newest first.
- A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- 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."
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Laughing Mad is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.