Return the Past Price
4 printings · 1 set · first printed 2023
Return the Past has been printed 4 times across 1 set, first in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Doctor Who #92 at $0.34, while the most expensive is Doctor Who #979 at $3.42 — about 10× more. The median across 4 priced printings is $1.78. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 4x, including dedicated reprint sets like Doctor Who.
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Every Return the Past Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who #92 (R) Cheapest | 2023 | $0.34 | $0.11 |
| Doctor Who #388 (R) | 2023 | $1.25 | $0.45 |
| Doctor Who #697 (R) Foil | 2023 | $2.32 | $0.45 foil |
| Doctor Who #979 (R) Foil | 2023 | $3.42 | — |
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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
11 PrecedentsIf a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
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.
If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
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.
"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."
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.
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.
If you cast an instant or sorcery with 
in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.