Cackling Counterpart (DSC #72)
Cackling Counterpart is a rare printing from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC #72), a Instant. Illustrated by Zezhou Chen.
Card text
Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Irene's screams of denial harmonized with its terrible laughter.
Details
| Mana cost | {1}{U}{U} |
|---|---|
| Type | Instant |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) |
| Collector number | 72 |
| Artist | Zezhou Chen |
| Released | 2024-09-27 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.62 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- November 8, 2024 — "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."
- November 8, 2024 — 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.
- November 8, 2024 — 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.
- November 8, 2024 — 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.
- November 8, 2024 — A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- November 8, 2024 — You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- January 24, 2025 — The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
- January 24, 2025 — If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- January 24, 2025 — If the copied creature is a token, the token that’s created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token.
- January 24, 2025 — If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.
- January 24, 2025 — Any “enters” triggered ability of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any “as [this creature] enters” or “[this creature] enters with” abilities of the chosen creature will also work.