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Spirit Flare
Instant
3
W
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. Flashback—{1}{W}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Mana cost
3
W
Mana value
4
Printings
From
$0.13
EDHREC rank
#30245
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Formats
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Rulings
4 Oct 2004
If either target is illegal when the spell resolves, it will do no damage.
19 Mar 2021
If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
19 Mar 2021
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
19 Mar 2021
"Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
19 Mar 2021
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
19 Mar 2021
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
19 Mar 2021
You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

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