Flip

Flip is an unlockable activated item added in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance. It is the starting item for Tainted Lazarus.

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While holding Flip, when Isaac enters a new room containing an item (Treasure Room, Shop, etc.), the item pedestal will have a second "ghostly" item behind it.
- The real item can be interacted with normally, while the ghostly item cannot.
- The ghostly item will vanish if there is no real item on the pedestal and Isaac leaves the room.
Upon use, flips all real / ghostly items around on pedestals, allowing Isaac to collect the ghostly items. Does not affect pedestals that do not contain a ghostly item.
- As long as the room isn't exited, empty pedestals can be flipped, meaning both the original item and the flipped ghostly item can be collected.
If playing as Tainted Lazarus, activating it also flips between them and Dead Tainted Lazarus.

Flip has no effect on item pedestals that do not generate upon the creation of the room (i.e. Boss items, items from chests / beggars, etc.).
Buying a real item, such as from a Shop or Devil Room, will also buy the ghostly version for free, although it can still only be obtained using Flip.

Book of Virtues: Spawns a small white Isaac head wisp in the middle ring with high health. If you are playing Tainted Lazarus, the wisp is given to the form that isn't holding Book of Virtues. A wisp is also granted when Flip is automatically used by clearing the room as Tainted Lazarus.

Tainted Isaac / Glitched Crown: The cycling effect only gets applied to the primary item; the ghostly item does not cycle. Using Flip on a cycling item pedestal will cause the currently visible item to switch places with the ghostly one, after which neither item will cycle.
The D6 / Rune of Perthro / Dice Shard, etc.: Only rerolls visible item. Ghostly items remain unchanged.
Car Battery: No effect.
Damocles: Additional pedestals will not have ghostly items.
Void: Ghostly items no longer appear when absorbed by Void, rendering Flip useless.

Flip's icons are the alchemy symbols for death and life, respectively.
Prior to patch V1.7.6, Flip's pickup quote was "Life and death".
Prior to patch V1.7.6, using Flip as a character other than Tainted Lazarus after having previously used Esau Jr. would switch between Esau Jr. and the base character. This was most likely a bug, as Flip was not yet obtainable for other characters besides using Death Certificate or as a starting item for Eden.