Flash

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You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.

How it works

• Lifts the "sorcery speed only" restriction for permanents.
• A flash creature can come down at the end of an opponent's turn, on your opponent's combat step as a surprise blocker, or in response to an opponent's spell.
• Flash creatures don't have summoning sickness when entering -- but they still can't attack until your next turn unless they also have haste.

Common interactions

• Flash + ETB triggers: Brutalizer Exarch, Reflector Mage, Spell Queller -- powerful because you trigger them at instant speed.
• Flash + auras / equipment that grant flash: gives you political flexibility -- you can hold mana and respond instead of telegraphing on your turn.
• Yorion and other mass-flicker effects pair with flash creatures for value at instant speed.

Rule reference

[702.8]