---
name: "Blinding Flare"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Strive"]
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "91"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Evan Shipard"
oracle_id: "3c8b0a8a-8f80-4c3e-8f27-fb1df94aa0d4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blinding-flare-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blinding Flare
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Strive

## Oracle Text
Strive — This spell costs {R} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Any number of target creatures can't block this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Desperate Stand](/printing/desperate-stand-jou.md) — Sorcery
2. [Twinflame](/printing/twinflame-jou.md) — Sorcery
3. [Sparkmage's Gambit](/printing/sparkmages-gambit-ogw.md) — Sorcery
4. [Wave of Indifference](/printing/wave-of-indifference-ons.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ember Gale](/printing/ember-gale-shm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Harness by Force](/printing/harness-by-force-jou.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #91
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Evan Shipard
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`