Cards And Zones
How Do You Play a Spell with Flow from Your Trash?
Flow lets you play a spell from your Trash for its Flow cost, then usually banishes it when it leaves the chain.
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The short answer
You may play a spell with FlowA spell keyword that lets you play it from your Trash for its Flow cost at its normal timing. After finalization, it is banished when it leaves the chain unless its own execution instructed that departure.View in Glossary from your TrashA player's off-board zone for cards that are killed or discarded and spells that finish resolving, unless an effect changes their destination. Its cards are public information and their order does not matter.View in Glossary by using its Flow cost in place of its base cost. Flow changes the zone and cost available for that play, but it does not give new timing permission.
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How it works
Card reference
Dredge Up
You still follow the normal steps of playing a spell and pay other applicable costs. If it has more than one FlowA spell keyword that lets you play it from your Trash for its Flow cost at its normal timing. After finalization, it is banished when it leaves the chain unless its own execution instructed that departure.View in Glossary cost, choose one as you play it. After the spell has been finalized, Flow replaces its departure from the chain with banishment. This applies when it resolves normally, is countered, or an effect tries to return it from the chain to hand. The exception is a departure instructed by the spell's own execution; in that case, follow that instruction.
Spell
Dredge Up
Draw 1. [Flow] [Energy 2] (You may play this from your trash for its Flow cost. Then banish it.)
In practice
Example
You play a Flow spell from your Trash and pay its Flow cost. Your opponent Counter (Cancel)To stop a card or ability on the chain from executing. Paid costs remain paid; a countered card normally goes to its owner's Trash. A countered finalized card can still satisfy Legion.View in Glossary it with an effect that would return the countered card to your hand. It leaves the chain, so Flow sends it to BanishmentA player's off-board zone for banished cards. Its cards are public information and their order does not matter. It is separate from the Trash; some effects use it temporarily.View in Glossary instead of your hand.