---
name: "Rending Flame"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "VOW"
set_name: "Innistrad: Crimson Vow"
collector_number: "175"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Olena Richards"
oracle_id: "24ac7e7e-b60d-4965-91c1-7ea7e6387737"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rending-flame-vow"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rending Flame
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Rending Flame deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that permanent is a Spirit, Rending Flame also deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

> *« C'est notre devoir d'apporter le Sommeil béni aux morts, même s'ils résistent. »
—Grëte, Ordre de Saint Traft*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hungry Flames](/printing/hungry-flames-jmp.md) — Instant
2. [Flame Spill](/printing/flame-spill-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Flamekin Spitfire](/printing/flamekin-spitfire-lrw.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
4. [Feed the Flames](/printing/feed-the-flames-ecl.md) — Instant
5. [Concentrated Fire](/printing/concentrated-fire-msc.md) — Instant
6. [Flame Spirit](/printing/flame-spirit-6ed.md) — Creature — Elemental Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #175
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Olena Richards
- **Total Printings:** 12 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`