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Turn the Earth, art by Alayna Danner
Art by Alayna Danner · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Turn the Earth

{G} · Instant

Choose up to three target cards in graveyards. The owners of those cards shuffle them into their libraries. You gain 2 life. Flashback {1}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Rulings (9)

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 you choose target cards in graveyards and all of those targets are somehow illegal as Turn the Earth tries to resolve (perhaps because your opponent responded with a Turn the Earth of their own), the spell will not resolve and you will gain no life.

Sep 24, 2021 · You may choose no targets for Turn the Earth. In that case, no libraries will be shuffled and you'll just gain 2 life.

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.

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 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 · 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 · Each affected library is shuffled only once, even if multiple cards are being shuffled into it.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=5 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Bant BlinkModern100%1
Erinis, Gloom Stalker / Street UrchincEDH100%1
Jund CreativityModern66.7%1–2×3
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Turn the Earth — price trend

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