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Dread Return
CommonColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
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.)
Keywords
Flashback
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
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Other printings
15 other English printingsEarliest 2006-10-06Newest 2026-08-17Cheapest priced $0.48 in C14
sld· #2564
2026-08-17$4.48
cmm· #637
2023-08-04$0.56
dmr· #80
2023-01-13$0.69
dmr· #302
2023-01-13$0.81
40k· #200
2022-10-07$0.84
40k· #200★
2022-10-07$6.98
tsr· #111
2021-03-19$0.65
2xm· #89
2020-08-07$0.67
plst· #DDQ-55
2019-11-07$0.65
prm· #60482
2017-05-31—
ddq· #55
2016-02-26$0.78
c14· #142
2014-11-07$0.48
pd3· #23
2011-11-18$1.10
td0· #A41
2010-11-08—
tsp· #104
2006-10-06$1.32
Rulings (7)
wotc8 Dec 2022
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.
wotc19 Mar 2021
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
wotc19 Mar 2021
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.
wotc19 Mar 2021
"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."
wotc19 Mar 2021
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.
wotc19 Mar 2021
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.
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