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Mystic Retrieval

Mystic Retrieval Price

8 printings · 7 sets · first printed 2012

Cheapest $0.21
Median $0.30
Highest $2.11
EDHREC Rank #5,423

Mystic Retrieval has been printed 8 times across 7 sets, first in 2012 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Innistrad Remastered #77 at $0.21, while the most expensive is Innistrad Remastered #363 at $2.11 — about 10× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $0.30. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 8x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Innistrad Remastered.

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Every Mystic Retrieval Printing, Compared

Cheapest first · unpriced last
Printing Year Price Dealer Buys
Innistrad Remastered #77 (U) Cheapest 2025 $0.21 $0.02
Dark Ascension #42 (U) 2012 $0.24 $0.03
Ultimate Masters #66 (U) 2018 $0.30 —
Commander 2019 #90 (U) 2019 $0.31 $0.05
Commander 2015 #98 (U) 2015 $0.31 $0.05
Innistrad Remastered #363 (U) 2025 $2.11 $1.40
The List #INR-77 (U) 2026 — —
Shadows of the Past #20 (U) 2023 — —

Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.

Oracle Text
Sorcery
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Flashback 2R (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Legal In
Modern Legacy Vintage Commander Brawl

Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.

Official Judge Precedents

7 Precedents

Mystic Retrieval can't target itself. It's on the stack when you choose its target.

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.

A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

"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."

You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

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.

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.