I'm pulling out of the parking lot. We all know what that means. It's time for another drive to work.

And I just dropped off Rachel at school. Elementary school. She's interning in an elementary school.

So I don't often get to start with my podcast these days by dropping Rachel off at school.

But anyway, so today, I have an interesting topic today.

So one of the things that I get asked all the time is over the years I've made a lot of mechanics.

What is the best mechanic I ever made?

And I have different things to choose from.

Obviously, I've made a lot.

But today I'm going to talk about what I think is probably the best mechanic I've ever made.

And that mechanic is flashback.

So I'm going to talk all about how it got made and all sorts of things about the flashback mechanic.

Things, I mean, some stories I've told before, some I haven't.

So let's real quickly sort of explain what flashback is for those that don't know,

and then I will go into its history and stuff.

Okay, so flashback is a spell that goes on instance and sorceries,

and it has usually its own unique cost.

It has a flashback cost.

And once you cast the spells, or once these spells get in the graveyard, whether you cast them or discarded them or whatever, you can cast these spells out of your graveyard by paying the discharge.

I'm sorry, by paying the flashback cost.

And if you pay the flashback cost, it exiles upon resolution.

The rules say, by the way, that no matter what, whenever it leaves a stack is going

to be exiled, even if it's countered, it still will be exiled.

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