---
name: "Flame Discharge"
mana_cost: "{X}{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "NEO"
set_name: "Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty"
collector_number: "142"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Joshua Raphael"
oracle_id: "fa4755c2-e573-45c3-bd6a-61b2b35fbd24"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flame-discharge-neo"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flame Discharge
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Flame Discharge deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker. If you controlled a modified creature as you cast this spell, it deals X plus 2 damage instead. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

> *"What? Why would it need a cooling unit?"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Kami's Flare](/printing/kamis-flare-neo.md) — Instant
2. [Flame Spill](/printing/flame-spill-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Rending Flame](/printing/rending-flame-vow.md) — Instant
4. [Flame Fusillade](/printing/flame-fusillade-rav.md) — Sorcery
5. [Flame Burst](/printing/flame-burst-ody.md) — Instant
6. [Blazing Salvo](/printing/blazing-salvo-ddk.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #142
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Joshua Raphael
- **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: `not_legal`