Past in Flames
Past in Flames: Sorcery, Time Spiral Remastered. Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Special
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
- Released
- 2021-03-19
- Collector number
- 350
- Artist
- Anthony Jones
- Commander rank
- 1,270 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flashback
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About Past in Flames
Past in Flames is a Magic: The Gathering card, a red sorcery from Time Spiral Remastered (TSR), a Masters set released in March 2021. It is collector number 350 in that set, with art by Anthony Jones. It costs {3}{R} (three generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Innistrad (2011) to Doctor Who (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.42 (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 Past in Flames by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Past in Flames
Past in Flames has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MM3-105 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2303 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #565 | Rare | 2023 |
| Shadows of the Past (SIS) #43 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #206 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #206★ | Mythic | 2022 |
| Signature Spellbook: Chandra (SS3) #4 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #105 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #131 | Mythic | 2016 |
| Innistrad (ISD) #155 | Mythic | 2011 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Past in Flames, 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.
- If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
- If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell with flashback.
- Past in Flames affects only cards in your graveyard at the time it resolves. Instant and sorcery cards put into your graveyard later in the turn won't gain flashback.
- "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."
- 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.
- If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
- You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Past in Flames is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.