---
name: "Flash of Defiance"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "99"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "9f66855d-3ae8-4163-a5f1-aa23a9cd06a5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flash-of-defiance-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flash of Defiance
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Green creatures and white creatures can't block this turn.
Flashback—{1}{R}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Abandon the Post](/printing/abandon-the-post-dbl.md) — Sorcery
2. [Nightbird's Clutches](/printing/nightbirds-clutches-isd.md) — Sorcery
3. [Artful Dodge](/printing/artful-dodge-dka.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ember Gale](/printing/ember-gale-shm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Jeskai Barricade](/printing/jeskai-barricade-frf.md) — Creature — Wall
6. [Defender of Chaos](/printing/defender-of-chaos-ulg.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #99
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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