Archmage's Newt
Creature — Salamander Mount
Rarity
Rare
Mana Cost
Artist
Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo
Power / Toughness
2 / 2
Oracle Text
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. That card gains flashback
until end of turn instead if this creature is saddled. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Saddle 3
Rules for this card
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A keyword ability that lets you tap creatures to make another creature “saddled” until end of turn. See rule 702.171, “Saddle.”
Rulings (15)
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Wizards of the CoastTo 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.
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Wizards of the CoastYou can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
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Wizards of the CoastIf a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
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Wizards of the CoastIf 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.
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Wizards of the CoastIf a permanent becomes a copy of a saddled Mount, the copy won't be saddled.
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Wizards of the CoastYou 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.
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Wizards of the Coast"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."
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Wizards of the CoastIf you cast an instant or sorcery with
in its mana cost and a flashback cost equal to its mana cost, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and paying that cost. If that spell has flashback , you won't be able to choose the value of X; the value of X will simply be 0.
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Wizards of the CoastA 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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Wizards of the CoastAn ability that triggers when a creature "attacks while saddled" will trigger only if that creature was saddled when it was declared as an attacker.
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Wizards of the CoastIf a card with no mana cost gains flashback equal to its mana cost, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
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Wizards of the Coast"Saddle N" means "Tap any number of other untapped creatures you control with total power N or greater: This permanent becomes saddled until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
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Wizards of the CoastCreatures with saddle can attack or block as normal even if they aren't saddled.
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Wizards of the CoastYou may activate a permanent's saddle ability even if that permanent is already saddled.
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Wizards of the Coast"Saddled" isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. It won't stop being saddled until the turn ends or it leaves the battlefield.