---
name: "Searing Spear Askari"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Knight"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flanking"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "191"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "d3c68573-95b1-4db5-bbea-363b86f713c1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/searing-spear-askari-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Searing Spear Askari
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Flanking

## Oracle Text
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
{1}{R}: This creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blazing Blade Askari](/printing/blazing-blade-askari-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Knight
2. [Burning Shield Askari](/printing/burning-shield-askari-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Fallen Askari](/printing/fallen-askari-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Knight of Valor](/printing/knight-of-valor-vis.md) — Creature — Human Knight
5. [Zhalfirin Knight](/printing/zhalfirin-knight-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight
6. [Femeref Knight](/printing/femeref-knight-mir.md) — Creature — Human Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #191
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 7 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`