---
name: "Defy Gravity"
mana_cost: "{U}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "JUD"
set_name: "Judgment"
collector_number: "38"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "5a295dc1-7f60-4581-b0f9-61e8b14339bf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defy-gravity-jud"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Defy Gravity
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Flashback {U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [View from Above](/printing/view-from-above-con.md) — Instant
2. [Jump](/printing/jump-2ed.md) — Instant
3. [Vault Skyward](/printing/vault-skyward-som.md) — Instant
4. [Zephyr Charge](/printing/zephyr-charge-m20.md) — Enchantment
5. [Leap](/printing/leap-sth.md) — Instant
6. [Updraft](/printing/updraft-5ed.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Judgment (JUD) #38
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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