---
name: "Flare of Malice"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "331"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ron Spears"
oracle_id: "4ce156f8-6b0b-41ce-9e8f-b2735c757406"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flare-of-malice-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Flare of Malice
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Final Strike](/printing/final-strike-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Final Flare](/printing/final-flare-thb.md) — Instant
4. [Fling](/printing/fling-m11.md) — Instant
5. [Soul Shatter](/printing/soul-shatter-prm.md) — Instant
6. [Soulblast](/printing/soulblast-10e.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #331
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ron Spears
- **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: `legal`