Backdraft Hellkite magic the gathering card art
Double Masters 2022 (2x2)
#103rare English Foil

Backdraft Hellkite
3
mountainmountain

Creature — Dragon

Flying

Whenever this creature attacks, each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

Illustrated by Rudy Siswanto
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Legalities
Not Legal
standard
Not Legal
historic
Not Legal
pioneer
Not Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Not Legal
pauper
Legal
vintage
Legal
Commander
Not Legal
brawl
Not Legal
alchemy
Rulings
If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
2021-03-19wotc
If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
2021-03-19wotc
If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
2021-03-19wotc
"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."
2021-03-19wotc
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.
2021-03-19wotc
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.
2021-03-19wotc
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
2021-03-19wotc
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
2021-03-19wotc
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.
2021-03-19wotc
If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.
2021-03-19wotc
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.
2021-03-19wotc
Once Backdraft Hellkite has attacked, its ability will resolve and grant the appropriate cards flashback even if Backdraft Hellkite leaves the battlefield before the ability resolves or after it resolves but before you cast the spells.
2019-08-23wotc
Only instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard when Backdraft Hellkite's triggered ability resolves will gain flashback. Instant and sorcery cards that are put into your graveyard later in the turn won't gain flashback.
2019-08-23wotc


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