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Otherworldly Gaze, art by Chris Cold
Art by Chris Cold · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Otherworldly Gaze

{U} · Instant

Surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Flashback {1}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Rulings (7)

Sep 24, 2021 · A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.

Sep 24, 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."

Sep 24, 2021 · You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.

Sep 24, 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.

Sep 24, 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.

Sep 24, 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.

Jan 12, 2024 · When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperLegal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=283 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
DredgeLegacy87.5%8
PhoenixModern85.7%14
Goryo ReanimatorModern22.7%1–2×119
Asmo FoodModern20%5
Grixis FrogModern18.2%1–4×137
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Otherworldly Gaze — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
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