Tracker's Instincts
~$0.22 low · ~$0.77 high
Green. Sorcery
Dark Ascension #128 · Illustrated by Jung Park
Dark Ascension #128 · Illustrated by Jung ParkWhat is Tracker's Instincts worth?
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Oracle text
Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put a creature card from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Format legality
The only printing of Tracker's Instincts
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dark Ascension dka #128· 2012uncommon· Cardmarket €0.12 · €0.55 foil | uncommon | $0.22 | $0.77 | €0.12€0.55 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2012
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #22,650 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Flashback
- Artist
- Jung Park
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Dark Ascension card (#128).
128
- 128Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Tracker's Instincts, read from the Dark Ascension printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Tracker's Instincts. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 2: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Sorcery is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Illustration
- By Jung Park. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Dark Ascension. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 128 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Jung Park, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- FlashbackCR 702.34
- You may cast it from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then it is exiled.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (7)
2011-01-22
You must put a creature card from among the revealed cards into your hand if one is there, even if you'd rather put all the revealed cards into your graveyard.
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
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
"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
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
2021-03-19
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
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.
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