Flare of Denial

Flare of Denial

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}

How we read this card

You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

on-cast —

Counter target spell.

on-cast —

Causes: sacrifice a nontoken creature, a nontoken creature dies, counter a spell.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Flare of Denial:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Flare of Denial:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

Flare of Denial puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Flare of Denial, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Pink Horror — When Pink Horror dies thanks to Flare of Denial, it makes 2 tokens
  8. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  9. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Flare of Denial, it triggers
  10. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Flare of Denial, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself

450 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Flare of Denial:

  1. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  2. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  3. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Flare of Denial, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

When Flare of Denial is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  3. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  4. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  5. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers

432 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Flare of Denial, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Flare of Denial is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Flare of Denial fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Flare of Denial fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — Flare of Denial fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  4. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Flare of Denial puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  5. Glissa's Retriever — Flare of Denial puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  6. Greenwarden of Murasa — Flare of Denial puts cards into the graveyard that Greenwarden of Murasa can bring back
  7. Reborn Hero — Flare of Denial fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Reborn Hero needs
  8. Treacherous Werewolf — Flare of Denial fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Werewolf needs

436 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.