Flash
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This printing
SetMIR
Collector #66
Released1996-10-08
Rarityrare
ArtistDavid Ho
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Flash

RareColour IDMV 2
Instant
You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, sacrifice it unless you pay its mana cost reduced by .
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 1999-04-21Newest 2018-03-16Cheapest priced $1.72 in 6ED
Rulings (4)
wotc16 Mar 2018
Only the generic mana in that creature's mana cost is reduced. For example, if that creature's mana cost is {1}{R}, you'll have to pay {R} to keep it.
wotc16 Mar 2018
The creature enters the battlefield, so it will trigger enters-the-battlefield abilities even if you choose not to pay.
wotc16 Mar 2018
If you choose not to pay, the creature is sacrificed immediately. No player will get priority in between the creature entering the battlefield and being sacrificed. Sacrificing the creature this way will trigger any abilities that trigger when it leaves the battlefield, and those abilities will be put onto the stack at the same time as those that triggered when it entered the battlefield.
wotc16 Mar 2018
If the creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.