<p><strong>A spell that was cast using Flashback will always be exiled, no matter how it left the stack</strong></p>
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<p>702.33. Flashback</p>
<p>702.33a Flashback appears on some instants and sorceries. It represents two static abilities: one that functions while the card is in a player’s graveyard and another that functions while the card is on the stack. “Flashback [cost]” means “You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and <strong>“If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack.”</strong> Casting a spell using its flashback ability follows the rules for paying alternative costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2f–h.</p>
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<p>I know if a spell that has been cast with flashback is countered with a regular counter it is still exiled, but what about cards that return the card to the hand like <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=373326" rel="nofollow">Venser</a> or <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397881" rel="nofollow">Remand</a> or even a counter that returns the card to the top of the library like  <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3345" rel="nofollow">Memory Lapse</a>?</p>

<p>Where does the flash-backed spell go then?</p>

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Did you read the pages you linked to? Near the bottom of the *Remand* one, it says "If you Remand a card with Flashback, the card will still be exiled.".
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What happens to a spell that is cast with flashback when it gets countered by a Remand?
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# What happens to a spell that is cast with flashback when it gets countered by a Remand?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-29)

I know if a spell that has been cast with flashback is countered with a regular counter it is still exiled, but what about cards that return the card to the hand like [Venser](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=373326) or [Remand](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=397881) or even a counter that returns the card to the top of the library like [Memory Lapse](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3345)?

Where does the flash-backed spell go then?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Did you read the pages you linked to? Near the bottom of the *Remand* one, it says "If you Remand a card with Flashback, the card will still be exiled.".  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-10-29. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

**A spell that was cast using Flashback will always be exiled, no matter how it left the stack**

> 702.33. Flashback
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> 702.33a Flashback appears on some instants and sorceries. It represents two static abilities: one that functions while the card is in a player’s graveyard and another that functions while the card is on the stack. “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.”** Casting a spell using its flashback ability follows the rules for paying alternative costs in rules 601.2b and 601.2f–h.


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