Return the Past

Public decks that run Return the Past

• Paradox Power - Doctor Who, led by Yasmin Khan

Commanders that run Return the Past most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Judith, Carnage Connoisseur: 1,471 decks
• The Thirteenth Doctor // Yasmin Khan: 818 decks
• Rowan, Scion of War: 569 decks
• Imodane, the Pyrohammer: 379 decks
• Ashling, Flame Dancer: 262 decks
• Electro, Assaulting Battery: 224 decks
• Zuko, Firebending Master: 120 decks
• Sevinne, the Chronoclasm: 115 decks

Often played with Return the Past

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Thijarian Witness
• Sisterhood of Karn
• Bill Potts
• Lunar Hatchling
• Me, the Immortal
• Strax, Sontaran Nurse
• Become the Pilot
• Fugitive of the Judoon
• Nardole, Resourceful Cyborg
• Start the TARDIS

Rulings

• 2023-10-13: If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
• 2023-10-13: A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
• 2023-10-13: If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
• 2023-10-13: 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.
• 2023-10-13: If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
• 2023-10-13: You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
• 2023-10-13: 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.
• 2023-10-13: "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."
• 2023-10-13: If a card is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it with flashback if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
• 2023-10-13: 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.
• 2023-10-13: If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.