Dralnu, Lich Lord

Printings

  • Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)#251
  • Time Spiral (TSP)#237

Dralnu, Lich Lord

Card Information

Type: Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

Mana Cost: 3Blue manaBlack mana

CMC: 5

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for BMana symbol for U

Set: Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 251

Oracle Text

If damage would be dealt to Dralnu, sacrifice that many permanents instead. {T}: Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. March 19, 2021

    "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."

    Source: wotc
  2. March 19, 2021

    You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

    Source: wotc
  3. March 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  4. March 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  5. March 19, 2021

    Dralnu may be one of the permanents you sacrifice while applying its replacement effect.

    Source: wotc
  6. March 19, 2021

    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.

    Source: wotc
  7. March 19, 2021

    If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.

    Source: wotc
  8. March 19, 2021

    A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

    Source: wotc
  9. March 19, 2021

    If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.

    Source: wotc
  10. March 19, 2021

    If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.

    Source: wotc
  11. March 19, 2021

    If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.

    Source: wotc
  12. March 19, 2021

    If any of the sacrificed permanents would deal or be dealt damage at the same time as Dralnu, they deal or are dealt damage at the same time that they're sacrificed. Any abilities of the sacrificed permanents that would trigger on that damage don't trigger, but abilities of other permanents that trigger on that damage do.

    Source: wotc
  13. March 19, 2021

    If 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.

    Source: wotc
  14. March 19, 2021

    If Dralnu would be dealt more damage than the number of permanents you control, instead you sacrifice all permanents you control.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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