Siphon Insight (MID #241)
Siphon Insight is a rare printing from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID #241), a Instant. Illustrated by Livia Prima.
Card text
Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Flashback {1}{U}{B}
Details
| Mana cost | {U}{B} |
|---|---|
| Type | Instant |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) |
| Collector number | 241 |
| Artist | Livia Prima |
| Released | 2021-09-24 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-20, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.40, foil $0.38 (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 | 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
- September 24, 2021 — Only you get to look at the exiled card. Its owner doesn't get to know what it is while it is in exile unless you tell them.
- September 24, 2021 — You may play the card even if it is a land.
- September 24, 2021 — You must still follow all normal timing rules to play a card exiled with Siphon Insight.
- September 24, 2021 — You don't have to disclose which card you exiled and which card you put on the bottom of the library. For example, if your opponent knows what the top card of their library is and you cast Siphon Insight, you don't have to tell them where you put that card.
- June 6, 2025 — You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
- June 6, 2025 — 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.
- June 6, 2025 — "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell 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."
- June 6, 2025 — A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- June 6, 2025 — 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.
- June 6, 2025 — 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.