Laughing Mad
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Final Fantasy #585 (common)
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.)
Laughing Mad has 2 printings, first in Final Fantasy (2025). EDHREC ranks it #2,191 among Commander cards. It appears most in Terra, Herald of Hope decks (9,459 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Laughing Mad
- Revival Trance - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Terra, Herald of Hope
Commanders that run Laughing Mad most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Terra, Herald of Hope: 9,459 decks
- Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied: 8,520 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 7,305 decks
- Norman Osborn // Green Goblin: 5,616 decks
- Celes, Rune Knight: 1,939 decks
- Black Waltz No. 3: 1,388 decks
- Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno: 1,261 decks
- Quintorius, History Chaser: 1,146 decks
Often played with Laughing Mad
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.