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Past in Flames
Oracle Text
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Card Details
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Past in Flames is a quintessential combo and value engine in Magic: The Gathering, especially in spell-heavy decks that want to turn the graveyard into a second hand. In the Doctor Who expansion, it fits the show’s time-bending feel perfectly: your spells don’t stay dead, they get rewritten into a new timeline for one explosive turn. Casting it after you’ve spent the early game trading resources lets every instant and sorcery in your graveyard gain flashback equal to its normal cost, often enabling a huge chain of removal, cantrips, rituals, or burn spells. It’s strongest in decks built to stock the graveyard quickly with cards like Faithless Looting-style effects, cheap interaction, and mana-positive spells. A key tip is to pair it with rituals or spell-copy payoffs so the turn you cast Past in Flames generates enough mana or triggers to keep going. It rewards careful sequencing and excels when you can win immediately after resolving it.
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Character Background
Past in Flames is a quintessential combo and value engine in Magic: The Gathering, especially in spell-heavy decks that want to turn the graveyard into a second hand. In the Doctor Who expansion, it fits the show’s time-bending feel perfectly: your spells don’t stay dead, they get rewritten into a new timeline for one explosive turn. Casting it after you’ve spent the early game trading resources lets every instant and sorcery in your graveyard gain flashback equal to its normal cost, often enabling a huge chain of removal, cantrips, rituals, or burn spells. It’s strongest in decks built to stock the graveyard quickly with cards like Faithless Looting-style effects, cheap interaction, and mana-positive spells. A key tip is to pair it with rituals or spell-copy payoffs so the turn you cast Past in Flames generates enough mana or triggers to keep going. It rewards careful sequencing and excels when you can win immediately after resolving it.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 16:10:46 UTC