Return the Past

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Return the Past: Enchantment, Doctor Who. During your turn, each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{R}{R}
Mana value
6
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
92
Artist
Irina Nordsol
Commander rank
9,204 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Return the Past

Return the Past is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 92 in that set, with art by Irina Nordsol. It costs {4}{R}{R} (four generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

During your turn, each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. Its flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

"You're back! You're in my head. All my memories... are back." -The Twelfth Doctor

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Return the Past by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Return the Past

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #388Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #697Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #979Rare2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Return the Past, newest first.

  • If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
  • 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 split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • "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."

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