Mystic Retrieval

Public decks that run Mystic Retrieval

• Mystic Intellect - Commander 2019, led by Sevinne, the Chronoclasm
• Seize Control - Commander 2015, led by Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Commanders that run Mystic Retrieval most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Mizzix of the Izmagnus: 2,950 decks
• Vadrik, Astral Archmage: 2,069 decks
• Niv-Mizzet, Parun: 1,318 decks
• Melek, Reforged Researcher: 1,179 decks
• Alania, Divergent Storm: 851 decks
• The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell: 802 decks
• Magnus the Red: 727 decks
• Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy: 668 decks

Often played with Mystic Retrieval

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Thalia's Geistcaller
• Ray of Distortion
• Purify the Grave
• Farm // Market
• Prismatic Strands
• Runic Repetition
• Rolling Temblor
• Downhill Charge
• Fervent Denial
• Dryad's Revival

Rulings

• 2011-01-22: Mystic Retrieval can't target itself. It's on the stack when you choose its target.
• 2021-03-19: 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.
• 2021-03-19: A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
• 2021-03-19: "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."
• 2021-03-19: You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
• 2021-03-19: 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.
• 2021-03-19: 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.