Flare of Malice
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Promos #95s (rare)
You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.
Flare of Malice has 4 printings, first in Modern Horizons 3 (2024). EDHREC ranks it #1,312 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel decks (18,350 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Flare of Malice most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel: 18,350 decks
- Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow: 8,466 decks
- Vren, the Relentless: 4,218 decks
- Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern: 4,103 decks
- Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast: 2,305 decks
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare: 2,041 decks
- Fumulus, the Infestation: 1,633 decks
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth: 1,514 decks
Often played with Flare of Malice
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Starting with the next opponent in turn order (or, if you cast Flare of Malice on an opponent's turn, starting with the opponent whose turn it is) and proceeding in turn order, each opponent chooses a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control to sacrifice. Then those permanents are sacrificed at the same time.
- : If an opponent has multiple creatures and/or planeswalkers tied for the greatest mana value, that player chooses which one to sacrifice.