---
name: "Burning Oil"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "DKA"
set_name: "Dark Ascension"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Trevor Claxton"
oracle_id: "c8e9bec0-43e5-4e84-9e0e-5f3db362f1e4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/burning-oil-dka"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Burning Oil
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Burning Oil deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Flashback {3}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

> *De temps en temps, une mauvaise plaisanterie de démon vous donne une bonne idée.*

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4. [Fires of Undeath](/printing/fires-of-undeath-dka.md) — Instant
5. [Sacred Fire](/printing/sacred-fire-mid.md) — Instant
6. [Flaming Gambit](/printing/flaming-gambit-tor.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dark Ascension (DKA) #84
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Trevor Claxton
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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