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Sins of the Past

Sorcery4 generic manaBlack manaBlack mana

Six mana, double black included, buys you exactly one free spell back from the bin, and the design pays for that flexibility with the heaviest possible terms: both the returned spell and this sorcery exile after the cast. That last clause is the real constraint. You are not building a loop here; you get one cast, the returned spell never touches your graveyard again, and the enabler is gone too. The effect is closer to a one-shot graveyard-flashback toolbox than a recursion engine, and at this rate it only justifies itself when the spell waiting in the yard is worth far more than its own mana cost: a board-clearing sorcery, a tutor, a game-ending instant you cast at the wrong moment the first time. The ceiling is genuine, because casting something "without paying its mana cost" ignores whatever made it expensive originally. The floor is brutal, because six mana to replay a single removal spell is a losing trade in almost any context. It belongs to the lineage of one-shot graveyard-recursion sorceries that try to recoup tempo by replaying your best spell, but where cheaper members of that family invite repetition, this one is deliberately terminal: the twin exile clauses make it a finisher's tool, not a value loop, and the cost ensures you reach for it only when the payoff dwarfs the investment.

Sins of the Past (rav)
RAV · #106rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.41
Foil: $3.72
Oracle Text

Rules text

Until end of turn, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Exile Sins of the Past.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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