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Seize the Day
USD $13.49
USD foil $72.93
EUR €9.01
MTGO 0.73 tix

Seize the Day

{3}{R}

Sorcery

Untap target creature. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.

Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Flashback
Set
Odyssey (ODY #220)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2001-10-01
Artist
Greg Staples
EDHREC rank
#1,616
Colour identity
{R}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In a two-card combo

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.50
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 4

Angel of Destiny+Seize the Day
{R}{W}
Each opponent loses the game
Prossh, Skyraider of Kher+Xenagos, God of Revels+Seize the Day
{B}{R}{G}
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite combat damage
Sword of Feast and Famine+Sword of Hearth and Home+Ardent Elementalist+Seize the Day
{R}
Infinite combat damageInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite storm countInfinite untap of lands you controlNear-infinite landfall triggersPut all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield
Sword of Feast and Famine+Sword of Hearth and Home+Archaeomancer+Seize the Day
{U}{R}
Infinite combat damageInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite storm countInfinite untap of lands you controlNear-infinite landfall triggersPut all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2018-12-07

    If the target creature becomes an illegal target for Seize the Day, the spell doesn't resolve. There isn't an additional combat phase or main phase.

  • 2018-12-07

    If you somehow cast Seize the Day during an opponent's main phase, that opponent attacks during the resulting combat phase, since it's still that player's turn. If you somehow cast it not during a main phase at all, all that happens is you untap the target creature.

  • 2018-12-07

    Seize the Day can target a creature that's already untapped.

  • 2021-03-19

    "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."

  • 2021-03-19

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

  • 2021-03-19

    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.

  • 2021-03-19

    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.

  • 2021-03-19

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

  • 2021-03-19

    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.

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