Dread Return
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
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Legality
9 formatsBanned / restricted now
- ModernBanned
B/R history
- 2011Banned in Modern · 12 Aug 2011Current
Rulings
7- 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
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
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
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 can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- 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.
- 2022-12-08
You choose the target for Dread Return before paying any of its costs, so it's not possible to cast it using flashback and bring back one of the creatures you sacrifice.
Versions
16| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMMCommander Masters | 153 | 2023 | Common | Kev Walker |
| CMMCommander Masters | 637 | 2023 | Common | Thomas M. Baxa |
| DMRDominaria Remastered | 80 | 2023 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| DMRDominaria Remastered | 302 | 2023 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| 40KWarhammer 40,000 Commander | 200 | 2022 | Uncommon | L J Koh |
| 40KWarhammer 40,000 Commander | MX-15265 | 2022 | Uncommon | L J Koh |
| TSRTime Spiral Remastered | 111 | 2021 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| PLSTThe List | MX-96309 | 2020 | Uncommon | Svetlin Velinov |
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| 2XMDouble Masters | 89 | 2020 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| SLDSecret Lair Drop | 2564 | 2019 | Rare | Zbigniew M. Bielak |
| DDQDuel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed | 55 | 2016 | Uncommon | Svetlin Velinov |
| C14Commander 2014 | 142 | 2014 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| PD3Premium Deck Series: Graveborn | 23 | 2011 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| TD0Magic Online Theme DecksOnline | MX-42255 | 2010 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| TSPTime Spiral | 104 | 2006 | Uncommon | Kev Walker |
| PRMMagic Online PromosPromoOnline | 60482 | 2002 | Uncommon | Svetlin Velinov |