Ignite the Future
~$0.40 low · ~$0.66 high
Red. Sorcery

Jumpstart 2022 #555 · Illustrated by Alex Konstad
What is Ignite the Future worth?
Highest TCGplayer price
~$0.66
Non-foil · Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #797
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Oracle text
Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may play cards this way without paying their mana costs.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Format legality
All 4 printings of Ignite the Future
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jumpstart 2022 j22 #555· 2022rare· Cardmarket €0.36 | rare | $0.46 | €0.36 | |
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate clb #797· 2022rare· Cardmarket €0.53 | rare | $0.66 | €0.53 | |
Forgotten Realms Commander afc #129· 2021rare· Cardmarket €0.66 | rare | $0.40 | €0.66 | |
Commander 2019 c19 #27· 2019rare· Cardmarket €0.40 | rare | $0.49 | €0.40 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2019
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #3,490 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flashback
- Artist
- Alex Konstad
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Jumpstart 2022 card (#555).
555 · J22 · R · EN
- 555Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- J22Set code for Jumpstart 2022
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (11)
2019-08-23
If a spell has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
2019-08-23
If you don't play some or all of the exiled cards, those cards remain in exile.
2019-08-23
If you cast Ignite the Future from a zone other than a graveyard, you must pay the mana cost or an alternative cost for each spell cast this way. If you cast Ignite the Future from a graveyard, you may choose to cast each spell for its mana cost, an alternative cost, or without paying its mana cost.
2019-08-23
If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs and not pay that cost. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Momentous Fall, you must pay those to cast the card.
2019-08-23
Ignite the Future doesn't change when you can play the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.
2021-03-19
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.
2021-03-19
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.
2021-03-19
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.
2021-03-19
“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.”
2021-03-19
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
2021-03-19
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
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