Pursue the Past

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Name	Pursue the Past
Type	Sorcery
Description	You gain 2 life. You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flavor	"Stones in your path are not obstacles, but discoveries." —Velomachus Lorehold
Artist	Craig Elliott
Set	Secrets of Strixhaven #216
Wallpaper	download
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About Pursue the Past

Pursue the Past, Sorcery, designed by Craig Elliott first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven. It see play in 2 formats: Pauper and Commander.

**Pursue the Past** would fit best in aggressive or midrange Boros (red-white) decks that want cheap value, graveyard synergy, and card filtering—particularly decks that benefit from discard (madness, reanimation splashes, flashback synergy, or graveyard-based strategies) or that want to trigger prowess-like effects while maintaining pressure. The life gain is minor but relevant against aggro, and the rummage-into-draw-two effect provides strong card flow, especially with flashback offering late-game value. However, in competitive formats, Boros decks often prefer more efficient or impactful card advantage options such as **Faithless Looting** (more efficient graveyard enabler), **Thrilling Discovery** (similar effect with better life gain synergy), or format staples like **Expressive Iteration** (where legal) for raw efficiency. In slower formats, **Sevinne’s Reclamation** or other recursive value spells may outclass it depending on strategy. This card would likely see play in synergy