---
name: "Flare of Denial"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "400"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jason A. Engle"
oracle_id: "437cfd16-94bc-43ba-afd8-e9e9d028a4ca"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flare-of-denial-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flare of Denial
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

> *"I see where you're going with that, and I don't like it."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mystic Denial](/printing/mystic-denial-ptk.md) — Instant
2. [Statute of Denial](/printing/statute-of-denial-m15.md) — Instant
3. [Abjure](/printing/abjure-wth.md) — Instant
4. [Fervent Denial](/printing/fervent-denial-c19.md) — Instant
5. [Force of Negation](/printing/force-of-negation-2x2.md) — Instant
6. [Flaccify](/printing/flaccify-unh.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #400
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jason A. Engle
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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