Spirit Flare

Spirit Flare

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{W}

How we read this card

Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, it deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature an opponent controls.

on-cast —

on-cast — deals its power damage

Flashback—{1}{W}, Pay 3 life.

static —

Causes: tap a creature, a creature deals noncombat damage, make a player lose life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Flare is one).

When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Spirit Flare:

  1. Unctus, Grand Metatect — draws you 1 card
  2. Sharae of Numbing Depths — draws you 1 card
  3. Rewrite History — draws you 1 card
  4. Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
  5. Icewrought Sentry — gets +2/+1
  6. Hawkeye's Bow — deals 1 damage
  7. Lust for War — deals 3 damage
  8. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — triggers

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

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Flare is one).

  1. Master Pakku — When Master Pakku becomes tapped thanks to Spirit Flare, it mills a card

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature deals noncombat damage — 1,420 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Flare is one).

When a creature deals noncombat damage thanks to Spirit Flare:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Tandem Lookout — draws you 1 card
  3. Armadillo Cloak — gains you that much life
  4. Vampiric Link — gains you that much life
  5. Spirit Loop — gains you that much life
  6. Spirit Link — gains you that much life
  7. Guilty Conscience — deals that much damage
  8. Visions of Brutality — makes a player lose life equal to that much
  9. Arm with Aether — triggers

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Flare is one).

When a creature deals noncombat damage thanks to Spirit Flare:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Flare is one).

When Spirit Flare makes a player lose life:

  1. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  2. Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
  4. Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Wax-Wane Witness — gets +1/+0
  6. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  7. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  8. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  9. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
  10. Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control

46 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 (Spirit Flare is one).

When Spirit Flare is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  3. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  4. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  5. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  6. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  7. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  8. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

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

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Flare is one).

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Spirit Flare:

  1. Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Druid's Call — makes that many tokens
  3. Shriveling Rot — kills it
  4. Cracked Skull — kills a creature
  5. Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
  6. Frozen Solid — kills a creature
  7. Mortal Wound — kills a creature
  8. Mire Blight — kills it
  9. Death Pits of Rath — kills it
  10. Sleep Magic — sacrifices itself

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