Mystical Teachings
Instant
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Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #9916
Mystical Teachings tutors any instant or card with flash directly to hand — and the flashback means a single copy does it twice. The four-mana cost is real, but Fire Lord Azula and similar control-flavored commanders will spend it without hesitation to find exactly the answer the board demands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fire Lord Azula
Fire Lord Azula's control gameplan rewards surgical tutoring, and Mystical Teachings hits every counterspell, removal instant, and flash threat in the 99 — then does it again from the graveyard when the next crisis arrives.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mystical Teachings earns its slot in any deck that runs a critical mass of instants and flash cards — the flashback turns one tutor into two, which is exceptional card economy in a 100-card singleton format. Pauper is where it has historically been most broken, forming the backbone of Teachings control decks that chain answers indefinitely off a small toolbox. In Legacy and Modern it's too slow at four mana when Mystical Tutor and Vampiric Tutor exist, but Pioneer and Standard builds willing to play a longer game can extract real value from the flashback. Across every format, the ceiling is determined by how many flash or instant-speed silver bullets the deck can pack.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Mystical Teachings sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up without any budget consideration. Given the flashback utility and its sustained role in Pauper control, it's a stable buy at this price rather than a card likely to crater further.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.